The Bureau is proud to share its new Strategic Plan for 2021-2024. It aims to provide clear guidelines to orient the organisation’s projects and activities in the coming years around one ambition: “To rise up to the level of children”. This plan will bring us closer to our vision by helping to build a world where every child enjoys his or her rights equally and in all circumstances.
In a world where child protection is not high on the agenda of many institutions accountable for children’s rights, the IBCR seeks to continue its work to bring about change in the daily practice of professionals who interact with children in their work. By involving children, providing sustainable training to child protection stakeholders, strengthening collective responsibility and collaboration between child protection actors and valuing the work of change agents, we aim to contribute to creating child protection systems that are responsive to and respectful of children’s rights and needs.
The IBCR has a single ambition for the next four years: “To rise up to the level of children”. To achieve this, four main directions have been identified:
1. BY LISTENING TO CHILDREN AND ENSURING THEIR PARTICIPATION
› Children are consulted on and/or involved in project oversight
› Representativity and the best interest of the child are central considerations in child participation activities
› A balance between child participation and child protection is maintained at every project stage
2. BY PROVIDING TOOLS AND TRAINING TO WORKERS WITH PROFESSIONAL
RESPONSIBILITIES FOR CHILDREN
› Each project is designed to ensure that newly acquired capacities are maintained over the long term
› Training materials and courses are practical, accessible and tailored to local needs
› Consideration is given to factors that could cause resistance to changes in practices
3. BY IMPROVING RESPONSIBILITY SHARING AND COLLABORATION BETWEEN PROJECT PARTICIPANTS
› Institutional partner accountability is emphasised from the outset of each project
› Partners are increasingly involved in tracking and achieving results
› The project partners help develop and follow up on a post-project strategy
4. BY MOBILISING AND ENSURING RECOGNITION FOR AGENTS OF CHANGE
› Lesser-known roles in child protection systems are promoted through various activities
› Support is provided to actors who are in a position to facilitate changes in practices
› Support is provided to child protection actors who introduce innovative practices and collaboration between them is strengthened
To consult our Strategic Plan 2021-2024
Focus on : our theory of change
This new strategic plan is an opportunity to put forward our theory of change, i.e. the reason for our action, what we hope to change with our interventions. It is intended to be timeless, and is not limited to the period covered by this new strategic plan.
A theory of change is a method of explaining how a particular intervention or set of interventions is expected to lead to a specific developmental change through an analysis of cause and effect. United Nations Development Group
Its visual representation allows us to grasp the initial situation (which we wish to change), our actions and their impacts, and finally the expected results, what our intervention should change for children, in order to achieve a world where every child enjoys his or her rights equally and in all circumstances.
Our Theory of change (click to zoom in):
