Grants and Contributions:
Title:
Canadian Support for Child Protection and Juvenile Justice Reform in Honduras - PRONIÑEZ
Agreement Number:
5007062539 P001317001
Agreement Value:
$19,500,000.00
Agreement Date:
May 18, 2016 - Jun 30, 2023
Description:
The project aims to strengthen the capacity of the Honduran national child protection institute, DINAF, to develop an effective national framework that will better protect children and youth from violence, exploitation, abuse and discrimination. It will also enhance the protective environment of 870,000 boys, girls and adolescents in 35 municipalities of Honduras, by increasing the capacity and coordination of municipal actors involved in promoting, protecting and restoring the rights of children.
Project activities include: (1) developing a national child protection normative framework; (2) developing an inter-institutional management scheme at the national level for the sound implementation of child-related public policies; (3) creating a national information system and community-based data collection plan to improve accountability and evidence-based policy-making; (4) preparing a specialized curriculum on criminal juvenile justice and train justice sector workers to support the implementation of the juvenile justice legal framework; (5) designing and implementing a restorative justice model, including community-based non-custodial rehabilitation programs and mechanisms to facilitate the reintegration of adolescent offenders; (6) articulating community and institutional responses and strengthening the national child protection institute's leadership at the local level to strengthen community violence prevention; (7) developing participations skills for boys, girls and adolescents to become agents of change in the municipal development process, including through participatory child-rights based local planning in the prioritized municipalities.
Organization:
Global Affairs Canada
Expected Results:
Expected results for this project include: (1) Improved gender-sensitive, rights-based child protection and juvenile justice systems in Honduras; (2) Strengthened implementation of gender-sensitive municipal child protection mechanisms and juvenile justice programs.
Location:
New York, US
Reference Number:
064-2020-2021-Q3-00441
Agreement Type:
Grant
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient Type:
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Additional Information:
Belated reporting that should have been included in the 2018-2019 3rd Quarter report: The end date is postponed to June 30, 2023.
Amendment Date
Oct 17, 2018
Recipient's Legal Name:
UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund
Program:
International Development Assistance Program
Program Purpose:
The main purpose on the International Development Assistance Program is to reduce poverty for those living in countries where Global Affairs Canada engages in international development.
Amendments: