Within the framework of its voluntary cooperation project PRIDE (project for strengthening all aspects of children’s rights, as for its French acronym), the IBCR has created a Social Laboratory.
An innovative collaborative process bringing together the partners of the PRIDE network, this Social Lab allows for exchanges on common themes and the identification of good practices in the promotion and respect of children’s rights in the 11 countries of the project.
Like an incubator for projects, it will also allow for the development and testing of new approaches and innovative solutions to strengthen the protection of children and guarantee the respect of their rights in all circumstances.
Over the 7 years of the PRIDE, the good practices identified and the innovations created within the framework of the Laboratory will be made available to any person, organisation, institution or government wishing to drive change at a local, regional or international level and thus advance the protection and respect of children’s rights around the world.
The Social Laboratory was launched in the autumn of 2021, with meetings bringing together partners from each country to present the process and launch discussions on local issues. In order to frame the exchanges, the organisations in each country have defined a common theme for the current year, which corresponds to the major national child protection issues (violence against children, gender-based violence, child work…).
Social Lab workshop, Dakar, Senegal, March 2022
Social Lab Workshop, Colombia November 2021
Social Lab workshop, Peru, January 2022
A Social Lab for:
PROMOTING the expertise and experience of countries and partner organisations and institutions
CREATING a community of practice to foster potential synergies between child protection stakeholders
IDENTIFYING good practices that can improve the respect and protection of children’s rights
EXPERIMENTING, jointly developing and implementing innovative solutions, with a collaborative approach
CREATING AND SHARING tools and reference documents on a global scale
Working together towards innovation
Four complementary actions:
THEMATIC EVENTS AND WORKSHOPS
Regular meetings to discuss and reflect on common issues
A DIGITAL PLATFORM FOR COLLABORATIVE WORK
A unique space for creating and sharing tools, articles or documentation
SOCIAL EXPERIMENTS
Pilot projects to test innovative joint solutions or the implementation of good practices
SHARING RESULTS AT A NATIONAL, REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LEVEL
Learn more about the PRIDE Social Lab
Download the dedicated brochure
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