Workshop on Developing Child Protection Policy
IMAGE & Children GOOD
24th to 26th April 2019, SCM House, Bengaluru
A three days workshop with the IMAGE partners in developing Child Protection Policy was conducted on April 24th- April 26th in Bangalore.
The programme involved participatory method with sharing of experiences, group discussions,
games, PPT presentations, theoretical inputs, legal inputs, problem solving, case studies, listing
of Do’s and Don’ts, relating the child protection issues to child rights, National Child Protections
Policy and developing a CPP that suits our organizations and the interventions that we are
involved in. Several formats, theoretical inputs and appropriate reading material were
distributed to the participants along with a model CPP for study.
Participants
38 participants from 14 organisations from across Karnataka took part in the three days
programme held at SCM House, Bengaluru from 24th to 26th April 2019.
Objectives
● Understand the link between child rights and child protection in the context of IMAGE
and Children GOOD projects
● Trace the development of the child protection measures in India in the background of
constitution of India, various laws and the current need for adhering to PCMA 2006, NPC
2013 POCSO 2012 and related statues.
● Get introduced about the new Draft State Child Protection Policy
● Understand the salient aspects of POCSO Act 2013
● Appreciate the role of NGOs and Government in receiving complaint/information, filing
reports to the police, the CWC
● Develop a draft Child Protection Policy
Detailed Report – Report of the CPP Workshop 24-26 April 2019