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THAILAND CASE STUDY FIELD REPORT: Child-Centred Accountability and Protection Evaluation (CAPE) July 2011 THAILAND CASE STUDY FIELD REPORT: Child-centred Accountability and Protection Evaluation (CAPE) Overview This Thailand Case Study Field Report documents the key findings, reflections and recommendations emerging from the Thailand Case Study in the Provinces of Pattani and Chiang Rai. The majority of the data was gathered through Child and Youth Engagement Sessions in late June 2011, and where possible is supplemented with additional data. It is important to note that this report does not include all of the raw data gathered during the Child and Youth Engagement Sessions, but rather highlights the main findings (including themes), observations, and recommendations. Where possible, quotes and stories are used to give ‘voice’ to the ideas and perspectives of children and youth. Country and pilot site Thailand- Two provinces: Chiang Rai and Pattani locations: Pattani: Pattani province in located in the Deep South of Thailand. The Deep South is 80% Muslim (most of Thailand’s 4% Muslim minority) has been affected by political violence since 2004. IICRD has been working with We Peace since 2009 to give voice to children and youth about their experiences, and to strengthen the capacity of local government to develop, implement, and monitor and evaluate community action plans for children and youth. Chiang Rai: Chiang Rai is a mountainous province in Northern Thailand boarding on Myanmar and Laos. Approximately 12.5% of the population belong to various hilltribe groups including Dara-ang, Akha, Lua, H’mong, Lisu, Lahu, Kachin, Mien, Mlabri, Mon, Kamu, Saek, Tai Kheun, Hme Su, U-Rak La-Wol, Mogan and Moglan. These are modern-day descendants of nomadic peoples from Tibet and southern China, driven by warfare and oppression into northern Myanmar, Thailand and Laos. Major child protection challenges include: child trafficking, and statelessness (birth registration). IICRD has been working in Chiang Rai since 2009 with Plan Thailand through the Child Protection Partnership Project and the work with the DLA. Timing for data Pattani - June 21 – 23, 2011 collection: Chiang Rai- June 27 – 29, 2011 1 Partners and Team National Partners Members: UNICEF Thailand, Local Governance and Capacity Building Section Department of Local Administration, Ministry of Interior Faculty of Education, Chulalongkorn University Plan International Thailand Local Partners Chiang Rai Child Protection NGO: Plan International Local Child & Youth Organization: Mekong Youth Net Local University Partner: Rajabhat University Pattani Local Child and Youth Organization: We Peace Local University Partner: Prince of Songkhla University CAPE team members: Philip Cook, Cheryl Heykoop, Piyanut Kotsan Summary of Total number of participating children: 31 Participants Chiang Rai Total Participants: 14 (Males: 6, Females: 8) Many of the participants were youth leaders either with MYN or with the local youth council. Some of the MYN youth are also survivors of trafficking and exploitation. The MYN is comprised of youth from the Mekong sub- region and the group had representation from Thailand, Myanmar, and Laos. Pattani Total Participants: 17 (Males: 12, Females: 5) Age Range: 17-24; Mean Age: 20 The group had mixed experiences. Some of the participants were youth representatives with the local youth council, whereas others had previously had limited opportunities to express themselves. 2 Other resources IICRD has been working with our partners in Thailand since 2009 through the Child Protection Partnership (focused on ICT and child protection) and to strengthen the capacity of local governments to plan, implement, and monitor and evaluate results for children. Data and resources (e.g. financial) from these projects will help to further shed light on the perspectives and ideas of children and youth about their protection. Context for field work In 1999, the Government of Thailand passed the Decentralization Act of Thailand to provide greater opportunity for people to participate in local administration and give more responsibility and budget allocation to local government administration. With this new responsibility local governments are required to take full responsibility to ensure children’s rights are fulfilled, and require further capacity building initiatives to implement, monitor, and evaluate action plans for all children and youth in their community. In response, UNICEF Thailand, the Department of Local Administration (DLA), and the Ministry of Interior (MOI), have been working together since 2007 to strengthen the local capacity of multi-sectoral teams in 25 priority provinces. These multi-sectoral teams are expected to be catalysts in the local planning process (planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the results for children) of each local authority. They must have a high commitment to work for children and the necessary knowledge and understanding in a range of topics including children’s rights, rights-based planning, budgeting, monitoring and evaluation of actions for children. They also need a basic knowledge of programming approaches to address key children’s issues including education, child protection and HIV/AIDS. Since 2009, IICRD & the Faculty of Education, Chulalongkorn University, have been working with UNICEF, and the Ministry of Interior, Department of Local Administration, to support the capacity building and effectiveness of the multi-sectoral teams to plan, implement, monitor and evaluate child rights in local planning. Phase Two of the partnership runs from 2011-2012 and is focused on further strengthening community planning with children and youth, specifically focused on systematic monitoring and evaluation. Phase two targets 100 communities from 10 provinces across Thailand including: Chiang Rai, Nan, Phuket, Ranong, Kanchanaburi, Srakaew, Ubonrachathani, Srisaket, Songkhla, and Pattani . In Phase two IICRD is providing strategic support to explore child and youth engagement in local planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation in two provinces Pattani and Chiang Rai, where child protection challenges are widespread and deemed to be of primary importance. The CAPE project enables IICRD to build from existing partnerships to explore the child protection context and their engagement in local government processes (planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation) with children, youth, and their communities, in the provinces 3 of Chiang Rai and Pattani. Partnership through the Child Protection Partnership (CPP) also provides an entry point to explore how information, communication and technology (ICT) can be actively used in planning, monitoring, and evaluating the rights and protection situation for children and youth. Purpose/Objectives To develop and test monitoring and evaluation tools and approaches that place children at the centre of the process, actively engaging them in understanding the risks and protection strategies present in their daily lives. The Thailand case study specifically focused on understanding children’s perspectives about their lives and their communities through the identification of risks and protective factors and exploring engagement in the development, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation of programs and services for children and youth at the community level. These results, and the use of the tools, will help local governments to better understand the unique needs and perspectives of children and young people and work with them as partners to create holistic and sustainable solutions to improve the rights and well-being of communities. Methodologies Used 1. Community Child Protection Rainbow (beginning with balloons and yarn) 2. Social Mapping 3. Child Engagement Spidergram 4. Individual Strengths and Challenges 5. Child Protection Case Scenarios 6. Poi Mapping (Chiang Rai only) Process Summary: Brief description of steps for each methodology/activity including time, participants, key questions, etc. For both Pattani and Chiang Rai, 2-3 days were planned to work with our partners and young people to pilot the CAPE tools. In Chiang Rai additional tools were used to explore how technology can be used to map, monitor, and evaluate child protection indicators. For an overview of Poi Mapping please see the attached powerpoint. While each of the workshops were adapted to reflect the specific context, the general overview of the workshop was as follows: Getting to know you Unity Circle Pod game If I wasn’t a human being, I would be a… Overview of the research process Review of process Review of agenda Consent forms Creating a community agreement 4 Q&A Balloons (segue into Web of Protection) Asked young people to draw names on the balloon and identify who this child was in their life. This helped young people to identify with the balloons as children. Each youth was then asked to take care of their child playing keep up with the balloon (added increased levels of difficulty Youth were then asked to work in small groups to try and protect many children Web of Protection In a small circle youth were asked to identify the things that children need to feel safe and supported in their community and created a web of support with all of these factors (see activity workbook) Participants were encouraged to explore different factors that support and protect children e.g. behaviours, people, places, spaces, activities, culture etc. We did not use different colours of yarn but rather kept it simple (colours were introduced for the rainbow of support. Rainbow of Protection
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