Capacity-Building Plan for the CPiE sector in Afghanistan; version 1 - October 2011

Background

The vast country of Afghanistan remains prone to a wide variety of emergencies; indeed, children in some pockets of the country continue to live in volatile situations. However, most operational agencies are now working from a development perspective and don’t have dedicated CPiE staff or projects. The Child Protection sub-cluster has struggled to submit CAP proposals, owing to both a lack of focus on Child Protection in Emergencies and to weak capacity to undertake such projects.

The sub-cluster identified an important need to improve the quality and scope of CPiE programmes. In order to do that, a significant amount of capacity-building will be required, particularly of national NGOs who carry the brunt of operational responsibility. There was significant capacity-strengthening of government counterparts in 2010/11, which has had mixed success.

Based on discussions within the sub-cluster and with global and regional colleagues, the following strategy was drafted for the 2011/12 situation in Afghanistan. These preliminary discussions pointed to a need to assist national NGOs in particular to gain basic understanding of CPiE issues and approaches, followed by specific skills and tools to carry out Assessment and Information Management. Once the assessment had identified the major issues, specialised training would take place. Finally, an over-arching theme was to strengthen and test contingency plans for the sector..

It should be noted that the Capacity-building Plan is dependent on CAP funding. For further information, please contact:

  • Mari Mariyampillai (CP sub-cluster Coordinator) or
  • Joanna Wedge (CPWG Focal Point on Capacity-Building)

Quarter 4 2011 / Quarter 1 / Quarter 2 / Quarter 3
Selection process for Activity 1 /
  1. Basic CPiE training
/ 4.Run assessment /
  1. In-depth training on main identified topic (3 days)

  1. Contingency planning workshop
/ 5.Identify gaps in programming and related technical skills / 7. Simulation exercise to test contingency plan (1 ½ days)
  1. Assessment workshop
/
  1. Action Planning session (1 day)

  1. Basic CPiE Training of Trainers
  2. For: 2-3 / interested agency ; mostly non-government; total 16
  3. By: external trainer (lead) and in-country experts from UNHCR/UNFPA/UNICEF/INGO
  4. Length: 4 days
  5. Date: Late February or March
  6. ??: small simulation exercise? Emphasise coordination?
  1. Contingency Planning workshop
  2. For: Government, UN. INGOs & NGOs; CP Managers who need to plan for emergencies; total 10
  3. By: same external consultant with OCHA
  4. Length: 1 -1 ½ days
  5. Date: same as 1
  6. ??: which process or package to use?
  1. Assessment workshop
  2. For: same group as 1 (8-10 agencies)
  3. By: Hani Mansourian (CPWG’s RRT specialist on assessment and IM)
  4. Length: 5 days
  5. Date: March
  6. ??: can we run a trial
  1. Carry out Assessment
  2. For: same as 3
  3. By: Coordinator with Hani’s support
  4. Length: over 2 months
  5. Date: April-May
  6. ???: leading to identification of gaps and priority programming training issue (or 2)
  1. Based on the results of the assessment, identify gaps in programming and related technical skills
  1. In-depth training on identified issue/s
  2. For: Same as 1 + related practitioners; 30 people
  3. By: external specialist (consultant or UNICEF specialist, etc)
  4. Length: 2-3 days
  5. Date: August or September
  6. ??: combine with update on ToT; what should the level be? 1 or 2 issues maximum
  1. Simulationexercise to test contingency plan of Activity 2
  2. For: same as Activity 2, plus other related actors (GBV, Education, etc); 50 people
  3. By: Joanna?, OCHA, UNICEF
  4. Length: 1 ½ days
  5. Date: August or September
  6. ??: develop and test global simulation tool for CP?
  1. Action Planning
  2. For: sub-cluster members
  3. By: Mari/Coordinator
  4. Length: 1 day
  5. Date: September
  6. ??: what guidance? Time for CAP 2013