Child Helpline Impact Assessment (CHIA) Advisory Council

2013 objectives of the CHIA:

To provide technical support and guidance to child helplines on matters relating to the conducting of impact assessments

Continuous review of the Child Impact Assessment Manual to ensure it remains current and relevant to the needs of the network

To do an inventory of case studies from across the world on child impact assessments

Child Helpline Impact Assessment (CHIA) Advisory Council

The members are:

• Ms. Irene Nyamu (IN) – Childline Kenya• Trine Natasja Sindahl (TS) - Børnetelefonen• Erik Ott (EO)- Kindertelefoon ( Chair of the

Council)• Kim Litchfield - BoysTown and Kids Helpline

Australia• Ingrid Srinath - Childline India Foundation

Child Helpline Impact Assessment (CHIA) Advisory Council

Since the Council met in May, the outcomes have been:

• Drafting of Terms of Reference (TOR) to define the mandate of the Council

• An inventory of case studies and Good Practices across the network has been started

• Assess the level of support that may be given to the child helpline in Norway for conducting their impact assessment

Child Helpline Impact Assessment (CHIA) Advisory Council

In the coming months the Council would like to:

• Maintain a database of:• members who have conducted impact assessments in

the past • Members who wish to conduct an impact assessment

• Communicate regularly to the membership on the efforts pertaining to child impact assessments (for example via the NING)

Child Helpline Impact Assessment (CHIA) Advisory Council

Members interested in:

• Conducting a child impact assessment, • Sharing their experiences/study on child impact

assessments or • General information

…may contact the CHI Secretariat

Questions…?

Thank you very much!