CHI. Sheila Donovan. (English)

22-24 September
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CONSULTA REGIONAL PARA LÍNEAS DE AYUDA PARA NIÑOS Y NIÑAS
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CHI’s STRATEGY 2016-2020
INTRODUCTION
• CHI has grown up
• Founded 12 years ago
• Grown from the initial founding membership of
47 to 192 organisations from around the world
(145 countries) today
• Had substantial impact, something that was
achieved with our members data, support,
backing, networking power
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Some new themes and emphases
in our strategy:
• Value add for children & young people,
members, partners, donors, funders
• Emphasis on quality of members, their data
• Stress on advocacy for strong, effective
child protection systems, with strong,
effective child helplines at that critical
intersection
• Technology – Is a crucial driver to achieve
CHI’s goals
• CHI as an international collective impact
organisation working toward a common
agenda
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CHI’S 2016-2020 STRATEGY
Strategic direction approved by CHI
member helplines at the 2014
International Consultation in London
Over arching goal: improved
child protection systems through
More robust child helplines
Three complementary goals to achieve the primary
aim:
1. Develop CHI’s programmatic knowledge and
expand its thematic expertise
2. Improve evidence-based advocacy
3. Build an effective and sustainable organisation
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DEVELOP CHI’S PROGRAMMATIC KNOWLEDGE AND
THEMATIC EXPERTISE:
• Focus on ending violence against children
• Make evidence accessible and useful to partners
• Link and plan activities with partners
• Support efforts to increase accessibility of members to
children through partnerships with telecommunications and
ITC
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Priorities under Goal 1:
• Establish CHI as a leader in the area of Child Protection System
improvement
• Combating Violence Against Children – Strengthen CHI to have an even
stronger voice on the issue
• Voice: Help build the capacity of helplines to listen on all topics of concern
to children
• New tech platforms to help deliver on trainings, capacity building,
discussion platforms and online spaces to enhance our knowledge sharing
and knowledge generation
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IMPROVE EVIDENCE-BASED ADVOCACY
• Improve data capture and analysis
• Build greater recognition of the CHI
brand
• Improve ability to target our
advocacy efforts
• Track results and develop
monitoring and evaluation systems
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Priorities under Goal 2:
• Improve the quality, capture, analysis and use of
child helpline data
• Refine the selection, approach to and interaction
with our advocacy targets
• Build capacity amongst membership to develop more
sophisticated national advocacy
• Spearhead global and regional advocacy
• Build CHI into a campaigning powerhouse
• Develop and grow a strong brand as a leader in
evidence-based advocacy
• Build strong partnerships with key stakeholders
on global and regional stages
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Build an effective and sustainable organisation
• Strengthen CHI’s position as a focused, inclusive and
transparent international organisation
• Effectively harness the skills and contributions of our
member helplines
• Guided by our principles
• Governed in an accountable way
• Managed efficiently and sustainably
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Priorities under Goal 3:
• Sustainability – i.e., expanding our pool of donors
and ability to mobilise resources – Fundraising to
finance our goals
• Accountability – Good governance, network
representation at the highest level of CHI
governance
• Quality – Clear, transparent minimum quality
standards for members of CHI
• Impact measurement – improve monitoring and
increased focus on impact and results
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Value add and transversal goals
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Youth
Branding
Themes
Resource mobilisation
Technology/online
platform
• Partnerships
• Councils
• Monitoring, evaluation
& Impact Assessment