Overview CRNSA Strategic Plan
Introducing the CRNSA 2015-2019 Strategic Plan
The CRNSA Strategic Plan focuses on five thematic areas:
- Capacity building and strengthening
- Research, lobbying and advocacy
- Communication and information dissemination
- Child Rights monitoring, evaluation and reporting
- Organisational development
These goals inform our five strategic outcomes:
Outcome 1: National Child Rights networks in Southern Africa strengthened and supported to effectively promote and protect the rights of children
Key Results
- Vibrant national child rights networks with sound corporate governance systems operational in Southern Africa
- Increased sharing of experiences at national, regional and international levels by CRNSA partners
- Increased resource base (human and financial) of national child rights networks in Southern Africa
- Knowledge and skills in child rights instruments among national child rights networks and member states improved
- National child rights networks effectively engaging with human rights mechanisms at country level and regional level through CRNSA
Outcome 2: Improved social, economic and policy environment for the promotion, protection and fulfillment of children’s rights in Southern Africa
Key Results
- Gaps and challenges on children’s rights identified, documented and remedial strategies and
- interventions developed and implemented by CRNSA members and their respective state parties
- International and regional child rights protocols domesticated and commitments observed by all
- member states
- A SADC Child Rights Protocol developed & adopted all member states
- Child rights governance frameworks and mechanisms established with adequate resources
- Increased resource allocation by member states for child focused national and local budget votes
- Improved documentation of ‘best practices’ and knowledge management by CRNSA partners
Outcome 3: Mechanisms for effective and timely communication of the regional network’s programs and activities established and maintained
Key Results
- CRNSA communication and information dissemination strategy produced
- Key communication and information dissemination technologies in place
- Increased sharing of experiences at national, regional and international by CRNSA partners
- A continuous and systematic mechanism of collecting, collation dissemination of child rights information in place
Outcome 4: States parties in SADC are compliant to regional, continental and international child rights protocols
Key Results
- Continuous and systematic mechanism for child rights monitoring established
- Member states produce periodic status reports on children’s rights policy and
- State parties meet their reporting and accountability requirements to international and regional bodies on child rights
- Readily available and up to date information on the state of children’s rights in Southern African countries
Outcome 5: An effective regional child rights network for Southern Africa is established
Key Results
- Joint programs with SADC and other regional child rights stakeholders established
- Observer status to treaty bodies like the ACERWC and the UNCRC obtained
- MOUs signed with all the members for effective participation
- CRNSA registered with the secretariat fully established with but not limited to the following:
- All key positions in the secretariat filled
- Fully resourced offices
- A monitoring and evaluation framework established
- Administrative and operational guidelines in place
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