Overall Objective

To contribute to the protection of the rights of the child in Albania and to strengthen the role of civil society actors in this area.

Activities

• Mapping and assessment of CSOs working in the area of child rights protection in Albania

• Capacity building programme for CSOs in organisational and project development, advocacy and lobbying, child rights/child protection issues including protection of child victims of violence, abuse, sexual exploitation and street children

• Provision of grants through Calls for Proposals to CSOs for the implementation of projects related to monitoring and access to justice

• On-going mentoring and technical assistance to CSOs

• Network meetings of CSOs active in the area of child rights; identification of advocacy issues, planning of the steps, roles and responsibilities of network members to advocate for the issues

• Developing the brochure Best Practices in Protection of the Child Rights; dissemination of the brochure through peer-to-peer exchanges and online platforms

Expected Results

• CSOs and CBOs have enhanced their capacity to carry out actions focusing on the rights of the child and to advocate for their implementation
• CSOs and CBOs are enabled to implement actions that enhance protection of the rights of the child through an effective and comprehensive sub-granting scheme
• CSOs are enabled to work together for the protection of the rights of the child through effective networking and knowledge capitalisation and dissemination