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Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµICEF¡¯s role in systems?strengthening of the Government in the State of Palestine
Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµICEF works closely with the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah to provide technical and capacity strength?ening support to the latter. This can only have partial impact, since the Gaza authorities¡¯ human and financial resources and capacity remain limited.
CHILD PROTECTION:?Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµICEF has provided significant support to the Gaza authorities on child protection in particular. This includes the development of the child protection referral pathways; development of case management standard operating procedures for child protection and gender-based violence; training and mentoring of child protection counsellors on case management; training on dealing with sexual abuse cases; establishment of the child protection informa?tion management system; and providing training on child protection minimum standards and child-friendly justice procedures.
EDUCATION:?Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµICEF?has also strengthened the Ministry of Education¡¯s engineering and architectural capacities to enable it to build child-friendly spaces and to use a new technique, mixing soil and sand, rather than cement, to repair schools. This has included the development of manuals and the provision of training. Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµICEF has also been training recently graduated teachers in new skills and building the capacity of school principals and teachers to strengthen the overall education system.
HEALTH:?In the health sector, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµICEF is using technol?ogy to strengthen capacity in Gaza. The restrictions on the movement of goods and people into and out of Gaza makes capacity strengthening a challenge, because trainers cannot go in and those inside Gaza cannot travel outside for workshops or training. Therefore, in 2017, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµICEF provided teleconferencing equipment to link neonatal intensive care units with a hospital in Jerusalem, which is available to answer questions and provide second opinions.
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Document Sources: United Nations Childrens Fund (Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµICEF)
Subject: Assistance, Children, Humanitarian relief
Publication Date: 20/06/2019
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