Abstract :This guide has been written in order to assist people who are providing training to trainers on subjects related to children’s welfare and rights. The information relating to the techniques of training may also serve as a useful refresher to trainers themselves. Guidance on where to find information on the commercial sexual exploitation of children is available under the Resources section of this guide. Additional resources can be found in the ECPAT International / ECPAT Europe Law Enforcement Group publications section of the ECPAT International Training Guide. The guide is in three parts. Part 1 deals with matters which are of particular concern in relation to training of trainers. This includes some of the practical matters, such as the selection of potential trainers, venue choice and duration of the course. Part 2 of the guide shows what is needed to deliver a Train the Trainer course and the information and skills with which potential trainers need to be equipped during their training to ensure that they emerge as competent trainers. Resources which may be useful can be found in Part 3. available in : English | Russian

Abstract : This guide is intended to help those who are required to visit projects and schemes where children are cared for and make sense of what they see and hear, both from a child rights and a child needs perspective. People visiting schemes inevitably come away with an impression but sometimes these can be fairly superficial or difficult to quantify or explain. For example, visitors may feel that a scheme is ‘good’, but cannot really explain why, or they have reservations which they are unable to justify, in terms of the experiences for children. Reading this guide will give some ideas about the kinds of things that are important to consider and how to interpret what is seen and heard. In no way is this kind of evaluation a substitute for an assessment by an experienced and suitably qualified person, which, in an ideal world, would be part of a registration scheme by the appropriate regulatory authority. This guide is particularly focused on the needs of children who have been abused, or vulnerable to abuse, from commercial sexual exploitation of children (which includes, but is not limited to child prostitution, child pornography and the trafficking of children for sexual purposes). available in : English

Abstract : The Child-Safe Organisations training programme and toolkit provides a framework for the development and practical application of child protection policies within local organisations that work with and for children. The training especially targets grassroots and local organisations which may not have the benefit of policy departments and in-house child protection specialists. The training set forth in the three modules in this toolkit has been tested and revised with more than 30 local organisations working with children in Thailand.

The specific aim of the training is to encourage organisations to look within their own organisations and to assess for themselves what they can do to ensure their organizations uphold best practice in child protection. In the course of doing this, organisations will also be protecting their reputations. This is not a child protection procedures manual. It is about minimising and eliminating harm against children, rather than about providing training on children’s rights. Child protection is a right, but it is also a need - an essential and urgent one. The violations from which children require protection are multiple - physical and emotional punishments, bullying and humiliation, neglect, sexual abuse and exploitation. All are harmful to children and are unacceptable. available in : English | Russian | Spanish | Thai

Abstract :The purpose of this self-study guide, which accompanies the training toolkit, is to enable individuals to work independently, at their own pace, to check or develop their awareness of issues raised throughout the training. It is intended to be completed in a series of small blocks over a few days - not to be tackled solidly in one or two days as this would be overwhelming. This guide is not a child protection procedures manual. It seeks to minimise and eliminate harm against children rather than to provide training on children’s rights. This guide presents information according to the structure of the training modules that comprise the Child Safe Organisations Training Toolkit, addressing awareness-raising, organisational self-assessment and organisational policies and procedures for child protection. It does not contain much that is in Module 3 of the toolkit because that part of the training can be completed only by a representative group from an organisation working together to develop policies and procedures for the organisation. Instead, this self-study guide introduces the ideas from Module 3 for referencing within your organisation. Using this guide should help the reader, to: • Understand that there are different types of child abuse. • Recognise different types of child abuse and neglect. • Be aware that different types of child abuse and neglect can happen within your own organisation or the communities where you work, and it can often be prevented. • Accept that workers in a child-focused organisation have a duty of care and responsibility to protect children. • Recognise mechanisms that your organisation already has in place to address risks, and identify areas which could be further developed. • Identify if there is a working group on child protection issues to join. available in : English | Thai

Abstract : This manual represents a practical tool to better protect children from sexual violence and sexual exploitation in disasters and emergency situations. It is a practical guide that would be useful to people working in the field. The lessons learned from the Asian Tsunami in December 2004 by the experts directly involved with relief efforts who participated in the consultation in Phuket - organised by ECPAT International with the support of the Embassy of Italy and the Italian Cooperation - will provide institutions and organisations at local level wider knowledge and more effective strategies necessary to protect children from sexual violence and sexual exploitation in the event of both natural and man made disasters and in emergency situations. available in : Arabic | English | Spanish

Abstract : ECPAT International promotes the rights of children and acts against violations of these rights taking action to prevent, stop and punish those that commit such infractions. To this end ECPAT International has adopted policies and procedures to ensure that all staff and those associated with ECPAT International are knowledgeable about and take specific measures to protect children in the course of their work. ECPAT International policies guide and inform all its activities, while the procedures specify how these policies should be implemented. The overriding principle unifying all ECPAT International activities and actions is that of ensuring ‘the best interests’ of the child are paramount. ECPAT International applies its child protection policies and procedures in line with the CRC, which defines a child as being anyone under the age of 18 years old irrespective of the age of majority in the country where a child is, or their home country. available in : English

Abstract : This guide for trainers has been written as a response to the many requests received at ECPAT International for advice and assistance in training carers to look after children who have been commercially sexually exploited. Often carers fi nd themselves in the position of having to fulfi l many of the child’s needs, and take on many roles, sometimes with few resources and little formal training. available in : English | Turkish

Abstract : These self-study materials provide an introduction to the issue of ‘Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children’. Specifically, it will help caregivers like to identify children most at risk of CSEC and will give ideas and techniques for helping exploited children through the recovery process.These techniques are only a starting point and the ideas given will need to be further elaborated within the caregivers’ team. available in : English | Russian | Turkish