CSO and Children’s Capacity Building Training

Care for Nature Zambia under the CSO strengthening program supported by Save the Children Zambia with funding from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency Sida conducted a two day training for Civil Society Organizations and members of the Zambia Children’s Climate Council on monitoring and reporting on the the commitments that government has made towards protecting children from climate change and environmental impacts.

During the training, FIAN Zambia made a presentation on UN reporting mechanisms and shared experiences and examples of some of the reports that they have presented as an institution and as a coalition of CSOs.

The training further looked at the guidance for children to integrate climate change and environment in the reporting process to the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child and used a case study from Cote de voire to learn how CSO helped children to present a report to the ACERWC for the first time in 2022.

The training which deepened Children’s understand of their rights, state obligations and the periodic reporting and review processes ended with an action plan being developed by children who participated in the training both physically and virtually, including developing operational guidelines for the Zambia Children’s Climate Council.

Care for Nature Zambia remains committed to promoting meaningful participation of children in climate change and environmental policy and decision making processes at all levels. #carefornature See less