Program Learning Groups

What is a Program Learning Group?

A Program Learning Group (PLG) is a country-specific, interagency network which provides child protection practitioners with a “reflective space” where they can develop knowledge at the ground level, and further, foster the synthesis of on-the-ground learning into national and global level practices and policy. Each PLG consists of five to fifteen member organizations including national organizations, field offices of INGOs, and local universities and research institutions.

Updates from Program Learning Groups (PLGs)

Northern Uganda:

The Secretariat is pleased to announce that Save the Children in Uganda has hired Kasingye Africano to coordinate the PLG in Uganda. Further, the PLG will be officially launched on the 24th of September at the Institute for Development Studies in Gulu, Uganda. The CPC Learning Network is grateful to those who participated in the development of the group and are eager to begin in earnest our collaboration with Northern Uganda child protection practitioners.

Indonesia:

The Network Coordinator, Paul Kellner, recently traveled to the Indonesian capital of Jakarta to learn from national and international stakeholders how a PLG could best complement ongoing child protection and interagency collaboration in Indonesia. He also engaged in multiple strategic planning sessions with PULIH Indonesia, one the PLG’s national-level members, whose staff is also represented in the Psychosocial Well-Being Global Technical Group and the Board of Advisors. There is significant enthusiasm about the PLG’s development in Indonesia, and substantial progress is expected in the near future.

Palestine:

The CPC Learning Network is working to engage an already existing interagency of child protection practitioners in Palestine. This group has already built consensus amongst a diverse group of agencies to effectively determine indicators of child well-being. Based on those indicators, they performed a joint evaluation. This group will undoubtedly serve as an exemplar for other PLGs in the future.