GHANA CAPACITY BUILDING PROJECT FOR POLICE OFFICERS

BRIEF PROJECT HISTORY: In September 2014, the IBCR was mandated by UNICEF Ghana to map out the child protection system with regard to the role played by security forces, with an emphasis on training, procedures and child data management. During the previous fiscal year, the IBCR travelled twice to Ghana to gather the necessary information to produce an assessment of local conditions by visiting police and commissioner schools and by meeting with children.

GOALS:

Complete and validate the assessment started in 2014

Establish and present the groundwork for new standard operating procedures and a data management system

Establish the groundwork for child protection training aimed at new Ghanaian police recruits

PARTNERS: UNICEF Ghana, Ghanaian Police Department

ACHIEVEMENTS:

85 Participants To Validate Local Conditions

Production of a report on local conditions including 130 pages assessing the situation and providing recommendations

Two validation workshops were held: the first in Accra, the capital, and the second in Tamale

The local conditions assessment was validated and completed

A three-and-a-half-day workshop was held in Ho to lay the groundwork for a new child protection training toolkit for new Ghanaian police recruits

A first draft of standard operating procedures was produced to kick off the brainstorming process on multisectorial approaches for dealing with children in contact with the juvenile justice system