plan de acción del iin/oea 2007-2011 action plan 2007-2011 cartagena de indias, 26-27 july, 2007...

Plan de Acción del IIN/OEA 2007-2011

ACTION PLAN 2007-2011

Cartagena de Indias, 26-27 July, 2007

MARÍA DE LOS DOLORES AGUILAR MARMOLEJODirector General of the IIN

Introduction

IIN/OAS Action Plan 2007-2011

This Action Plan 2007-2011:

Recognizes the IIN expertise and historic legacy generated in its 80-year institutional performance.

Takes into consideration the mandates approved by the IIN Directing Council, the XIX Pan American Child Congress, the OAS Resolutions, and the Strategic Plan 2005-2008 prepared and adopted by the IIN Directing Council.

The Plan has the following characteristics:

It provides for the continuity of existing commitments.

It prioritizes those commitments responding to the present reality and circumstances.

It promotes a participatory and shared management through a coordinated dialogue

It strengthens strategic alliances with various agencies, international and regional organizations, government agents, the academic sector, etc.

It introduces the Systemic Intervention Approach.

Guiding Principles

• A Right-based Approach in conformity with the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

•A Family and Community-oriented Approach based on the directives of the XIX Pan American Child Congress.

•A Governance-based Approach pursuant to the OAS Inter-American Democratic Charter.


Vision

To becomea specialized forum of excellence, a coordinator

within the Inter-American System of the search for government consensus and commitment, and a

technical referent on child issues at regional level, thus contributing to the promotion and protection

of children’s rights and the improvementof their living conditions through a

family and community-based approach.

To becomea specialized forum of excellence, a coordinator

within the Inter-American System of the search for government consensus and commitment, and a

technical referent on child issues at regional level, thus contributing to the promotion and protection

of children’s rights and the improvementof their living conditions through a

family and community-based approach.


Mission

Contributing to governance strengthening in the OAS Member States with the cooperation oforganized civil society, by means of actionsfavouring public policy design and a culture

of respect for children’s rights, leading to the integral development and welfare of children

and their families.

Contributing to governance strengthening in the OAS Member States with the cooperation oforganized civil society, by means of actionsfavouring public policy design and a culture

of respect for children’s rights, leading to the integral development and welfare of children

and their families.


Vision, Mission, Strategic Objectives


INTERVENTION LOGFRAME

Intervention Areas

Vision

Overall Strategic Objective

Specific StrategicObjective

To enhance intervention capacities for the promotion and protection of children's rights in the competent institutions in the states, the organized civil society, and in children and their families in

the OAS Member States

To reinforce the IIN management and leverage at regional and international level, in its capacity as an

OAS organization specialized on children's rights and welfare, and consequently become an

irreplaceable coordinator and referent within the Inter-American System.

Legal AreaArea for Promotion and

ProtectionCommunication and

Information Area

To become a specialized forum of excellence, a coordinator within the Inter-American System of the search for government consensus and commitment, and a technical referent on child issues at regional level, thus contributing to the promotion and protection of children’s rights and the

improvement of their living conditions through a family and community-based approach.

To strengthen democratic governance through the respect for and promotion of children's basic rights in the Member

States of the Inter-American System

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To ensure the respect for and promotion of Children's Rights, thus allowing for strengthening the democratic governance of the Member States of the Inter-American System.

Intervention AreasPromotion and

Protection of RightsCommunication and InformationLegal

•Ongoing Training

•Technical Cooperation

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Cross-sectional Guidelines

Guiding and advising the OAS Member States in their processes of adapting

national legislations to child-related principles in

international regulatory frameworks, and to their

effectiveness and enforceability.

Guiding and advising the OAS Member States in their processes of adapting

national legislations to child-related principles in

international regulatory frameworks, and to their

effectiveness and enforceability.

To guide, advice, train, and accompany the OAS Member

State for the adequate definition and application of

public policies and the transformation of institutions related to children's rights.

To guide, advice, train, and accompany the OAS Member

State for the adequate definition and application of

public policies and the transformation of institutions related to children's rights.

Creative and professional management of IIN global

communication in its capacity as advocate of

the respect for children’s rights.

Creative and professional management of IIN global

communication in its capacity as advocate of

the respect for children’s rights.

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• To promote both the adaptation of national legislations to the principles in the regulatory framework on children's rights, their effectiveness and enforceability, and their subsequent implementation.

• To create a cooperation network for the implementation, application, and enforcement of the international regulatory framework concerning child abduction and return.

• To strengthen juvenile criminal judicial systems as far as compliance with due process guarantees, inter-institutional coordination, and preventive policies are concerned.

• To promote both the adaptation of national legislations to the principles in the regulatory framework on children's rights, their effectiveness and enforceability, and their subsequent implementation.

• To create a cooperation network for the implementation, application, and enforcement of the international regulatory framework concerning child abduction and return.

• To strengthen juvenile criminal judicial systems as far as compliance with due process guarantees, inter-institutional coordination, and preventive policies are concerned.

LEGAL AREAExpected Results


To promote the right to a name and a nationality

• To promote among children their right to participate and to be raised as citizens.

• To provide advice and training on the application of updated technical management instruments related to the promotion and protection of children’s rights.

To promote the right to a name and a nationality

• To promote among children their right to participate and to be raised as citizens.

• To provide advice and training on the application of updated technical management instruments related to the promotion and protection of children’s rights.

AREA FOR PROMOTION AND PROTECTIONExpected Results


• To contribute to the IIN institutional strengthening.

• To sensitize and train on information management from the perspective of children’s rights.

• To update and innovate in the information area in order to promote the respect for children’s rights.

• To promote a non-violence culture in the media, as well as in children.

• To contribute to the IIN institutional strengthening.

• To sensitize and train on information management from the perspective of children’s rights.

• To update and innovate in the information area in order to promote the respect for children’s rights.

• To promote a non-violence culture in the media, as well as in children.

COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION AREA

Expected Results


• Analysis of compared law and case law allowing for identifying best practices, regulatory gaps, effectiveness, and enforceability (Juridical Database, BADAJ).

• Observatory on commercial sexual exploitation and other forms of violence affecting children.

• Monitoring of best practices, conflicts, and trends in justice administration concerning children’s rights.

• Creation of a network of judges, public defenders, and prosecutors, and their training on the need for considering the best interest of the child and the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

• Analysis of compared law and case law allowing for identifying best practices, regulatory gaps, effectiveness, and enforceability (Juridical Database, BADAJ).

• Observatory on commercial sexual exploitation and other forms of violence affecting children.

• Monitoring of best practices, conflicts, and trends in justice administration concerning children’s rights.

• Creation of a network of judges, public defenders, and prosecutors, and their training on the need for considering the best interest of the child and the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

LEGAL AREA

Expected Products

To promote both the adaptation of

national legislations to the principles in

the regulatory framework on

children's rights, their effectiveness and enforceability,

and their subsequent

implementation.

To promote both the adaptation of

national legislations to the principles in

the regulatory framework on

children's rights, their effectiveness and enforceability,

and their subsequent

implementation.

Result


• Establishment and strengthening of cooperation mechanisms for the international return of children abducted by one of their parents.

• Establishment and strengthening of information mechanisms to avoid and remedy the international abduction of children by one of their parents.

• Establishment and strengthening of cooperation mechanisms for the international return of children abducted by one of their parents.

• Establishment and strengthening of information mechanisms to avoid and remedy the international abduction of children by one of their parents.

LEGAL AREA

Expected Products

To create a cooperation network for the implementation, application, and

enforcement of the international

regulatory framework on child abduction and

return.

To create a cooperation network for the implementation, application, and

enforcement of the international

regulatory framework on child abduction and

return.

Result


• Promotion of a set of restorative justice resources especially designed to deal with adolescents against whom there is evidence of law infringement.

• Technical assistance for the development of alternative or open care programs with the participation of civil society.

• Strengthening of statistical systems allowing for the development of prevention policies.

• Production of statistics and generation of commitments in the media allowing for visualizing the multiple dimension of offences attributed to youth.

• Promotion of a set of restorative justice resources especially designed to deal with adolescents against whom there is evidence of law infringement.

• Technical assistance for the development of alternative or open care programs with the participation of civil society.

• Strengthening of statistical systems allowing for the development of prevention policies.

• Production of statistics and generation of commitments in the media allowing for visualizing the multiple dimension of offences attributed to youth.

LEGAL AREA

Expected Products

To strengthen juvenile criminal justice

systems as far as due process

guarantees and inter-institutional are concerned.

To strengthen juvenile criminal justice

systems as far as due process

guarantees and inter-institutional are concerned.

Result


• Diagnose of child situation concerning the right to participate, especially in the educational area.

• Systematization and participatory analysis of related information, based on country actual situation.

• Advice and training, and provision of adequate instruments for intervention on children’s right to participate.

• Identification of organized child groups and their participation in the promotion and monitoring of their rights through virtual and interactive means.

• Diagnose of child situation concerning the right to participate, especially in the educational area.

• Systematization and participatory analysis of related information, based on country actual situation.

• Advice and training, and provision of adequate instruments for intervention on children’s right to participate.

• Identification of organized child groups and their participation in the promotion and monitoring of their rights through virtual and interactive means.

Expected Products

To promote the right of children to

participate and be raised as citizens.

To promote the right of children to

participate and be raised as citizens.

Result

AREA FOR PROMOTION AND PROTECTION


• Advice to Governing Entities on the design of strategic policies related to the National System for Child Integral Care (SNAINA).

• To strengthen the states through an adequate structure of social networks, and integral care methodologies and protocols.

• Advice to the states on the periodic monitoring of the enforcement of the Convention.

Enhancement of the access to and exchange of information and mutual cooperation among states through virtual and interactive means.

• Advice to Governing Entities on the design of strategic policies related to the National System for Child Integral Care (SNAINA).

• To strengthen the states through an adequate structure of social networks, and integral care methodologies and protocols.

• Advice to the states on the periodic monitoring of the enforcement of the Convention.

Enhancement of the access to and exchange of information and mutual cooperation among states through virtual and interactive means.

Expected Products

To provide advice and training on the application of

updated technical management

instruments within the framework of

the promotion and protection of

children’s rights.

To provide advice and training on the application of

updated technical management

instruments within the framework of

the promotion and protection of


Result

AREA FOR PROMOTION AND PROTECTION


• A forum for the interactive exchange of expertise with the Delegates to the IIN Directing Council.

• Guidance on strategic issues for decision-making at the highest level.

• Dissemination of publications and experience on issues of interest

• A forum for the interactive exchange of expertise with the Delegates to the IIN Directing Council.

• Guidance on strategic issues for decision-making at the highest level.

• Dissemination of publications and experience on issues of interest

Expected Products

To contribute to the IIN institutional

strengthening.

To contribute to the IIN institutional

strengthening.

Result



• Training and adequate instruments on children’s rights.

• Training and adequate and specialized instruments for communication experts related to the treatment of non-violence addressed to children.

• Promotion of courses on information and children’s rights at University Institutes specialized on Communication.

• Training and adequate instruments on children’s rights.

• Training and adequate and specialized instruments for communication experts related to the treatment of non-violence addressed to children.

• Promotion of courses on information and children’s rights at University Institutes specialized on Communication.

Expected Products

Sensitizing and training on information

management from the perspective of


Sensitizing and training on information

management from the perspective of


Result



• Innovation and extension of the IIN Website.

• Extension and promotion of the Database of documents, organizations, and projects (OPD).

• Extension and dissemination of the Legal Database (BADAJ).

• Innovation and dissemination of the Inter-American Information and Cooperation Network on International Child Abduction (specialized Web page).

• Updating of the IT support for the Monitoring System of Right Enforcement.

• Development, promotion, and dissemination of audiovisual material on children’s rights.

• Innovation and extension of the IIN Website.

• Extension and promotion of the Database of documents, organizations, and projects (OPD).

• Extension and dissemination of the Legal Database (BADAJ).

• Innovation and dissemination of the Inter-American Information and Cooperation Network on International Child Abduction (specialized Web page).

• Updating of the IT support for the Monitoring System of Right Enforcement.

• Development, promotion, and dissemination of audiovisual material on children’s rights.

Expected Products

Updating and innovating in the information area

in order to promote the respect for


Updating and innovating in the information area

in order to promote the respect for


Result



• Research on existing regulatory frameworks related to the media and to the protection of Children’s Rights.

• Educational modules for the promotion of a critical and constructive awareness vis-à-vis the media.

• To promote the creation of space for children’s participation in such communication means as the Internet.

• To create an experimental tool for measuring violence addressed in TV shows addressed to children.

• Research on existing regulatory frameworks related to the media and to the protection of Children’s Rights.

• Educational modules for the promotion of a critical and constructive awareness vis-à-vis the media.

• To promote the creation of space for children’s participation in such communication means as the Internet.

• To create an experimental tool for measuring violence addressed in TV shows addressed to children.

Expected Products

To promote, in both the media and the

children, a culture of non-violence.

To promote, in both the media and the

children, a culture of non-violence.

Result




MEMBER STATES

INTERNATIONAL NATIONALREGIONAL

EXECUTIVE POWER

LEGISLATIVE POWER

JUDICIAL POWER

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LOCAL

Decentralized administrative and territorial units

INTERVENTION LEVELS

COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD

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REGIONAL AGENCIES.

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CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS

INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS

ORGANIZED CHILD, GROUPS

IIN DIRECTING COUNCIL

Participatory Management

• Creation of specific Committees working in an interconnected manner with intervention areas and cross-sectional action guidelines.

• Promotion of the ongoing participation of the Directing Council in the follow-up of existing commitments.

• Designation of a technical referent per country.

• Creation of specific Committees working in an interconnected manner with intervention areas and cross-sectional action guidelines.

• Promotion of the ongoing participation of the Directing Council in the follow-up of existing commitments.

• Designation of a technical referent per country.


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Special Recognition

to the Delegates to the Directing Council of the IIN, who daily assume in their

respective countries the commitment to create, design, and manage child-related

public policies.

They play an irreplaceable leading role in the activities of the IIN.

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