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Contact us at: learning@alliancecpha.org
Our Mission
To encourage the growth and professionalisation of the sector, leading with strategic insights on defining priorities for capacity strengthening, partnerships with tertiary-level institutions, and the provision of holistic, equitable, and accessible approaches to sharing capacity, skills, and knowledge within the sector.
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2025-2026 Learning and Development (L&D) Working Group Objectives
- Coordinate and align Learning and Development initiatives across technical areas and stakeholders, emphasising co-creation and capacity sharing with local partners.
- Promote access to high-quality learning resources via platforms such as the Kaya Alliance Learning Hub, the CPHA Community of Practice, and Trainers’ Network.
- Explore and integrate responsible AI tools to personalise learning experiences, enhance language accessibility, and support real-time content adaptation based on user behaviour and needs.
- Strengthen evidence generation through case studies and context-specific reviews on the impact of quality Learning and Development initiatives.
- Support a hybrid approach to learning—prioritising face to face regional workshops where possible while also organising virtual trainings—to strengthen localised capacity, foster peer to peer exchange, and deepen practitioner connections across contexts.
Latest News
Now Available in Turkish - Primary Prevention Framework Introductory Learning Package!
The Alliance is excited to announce that the Primary Prevention Framework Introductory Learning Package is now available in Turkish! The package is designed to strengthen participants’ overall understanding of primary prevention in CPHA. The prevention learning package is designed to be implemented in a flexible way in diverse humanitarian and learning settings. It takes into account the...
Now Available in Spanish and Arabic! e-Modules on Child Protection Mainstreaming in Food Security and Nutrition Programming
Now available in English , French , Spanish , and Arabic ! Check out the latest e-modules on ‘ Child Protection Mainstreaming in Food Security and Nutrition Programming’ on the Alliance E-Learning Hub, hosted on Kaya! This course is free-of-charge, online and self-guided. It provides an overview of how to include child protection considerations in food security and nutrition programs with four...
Updated! Introductory Learning Package for the Primary Prevention Framework
The CPHA Primary Prevention Introductory Learning Package has been updated and is now available in Arabic, English, French and Spanish. This package is designed to strengthen participants’ overall understanding of primary prevention in Child Protection in Humanitarian Action and is designed to be implemented in a flexible way in diverse humanitarian and learning settings. It takes into account the...
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Key Tools
Child Protection in Humanitarian Action Learning and Development Roadmap
The Child Protection in Humanitarian Action (CPHA) Learning and Development (L&D) Roadmap provides a near-term strategy (through 2026) to strengthen practitioner capacity, safeguard institutional knowledge, and ensurethe delivery of quality child protection services in an era of shrinking resources and rising global needs.
The roadmap is grounded in recent evidence, including:
- Global funding cuts
Learning & Development Working Group - Offer of Support
This Offer of Support outlines how the Learning & Development (L&D) Working Group encourages the growth and professionalisation of the sector, leading with strategic insights on defining priorities for capacity strengthening, partnerships with tertiary-level institutions, and the provision of holistic, equitable, and accessible approaches to sharing capacity, skills, and knowledge within the
Child Protection in Humanitarian Action Competency Framework
The revised CPHA Competency Framework is now available. This new version is more closely aligned with the Minimum Standards for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action (CPMS), and reflects our better understanding of the competencies required to work effectively with other sectors. The format and language of the framework has been simplified, and the framework is now available as an interactive
Resources
Report | CPHA Practitioners Survey - Capacity and Learning Needs
The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action (The Alliance), the Global Child Protection Area of Responsibility (CP AoR), and UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) conducted a joint survey on Capacities and Learning Needs in Child Protection in Humanitarian Action from May to August 2024. This joint survey aimed to identify capacity; learning and development needs; gaps in the availability and...
Report | Learning Needs Analysis on the Intersectionality of Child Protection in Humanitarian Action and the Climate Crisis
Child Protection, the Climate Crisis, and Climate Justice together are highlighted in the Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action 2021-2025 Strategy as an essential overlapping area demanding exploration and learning. In that pursuit, the Learning and Development (L&D) Working Group of the Alliance, with the support of the Group of Friends on Climate Change and Child Protection...
CPHA-CPMS EĞITIM PAKETI KURS ÖZETI
Bu eğitim paketi İnsani Yardım Faaliyetlerinde Çocuk Koruma İttifakı (İttifak) tarafından geliştirilmiştir. Acil Durumlarda Çocuk Koruma Yüz Yüze Eğitim Paketinin yerini almıştır. Paket, insani yardım bağlamlarında çocuk koruma konusunda giriş ve orta düzey becerilerin ve bilginin oluşturulmasına yardımcı olmak üzere tasarlanmıştır. Bu eğitim paketini kullanma kararı, mevcut kapasitelerin...
CPHA-CPMS Learning Package
Explore the CPMS-CPHA Learning Package in Arabic, Spanish, and Turkish! This learning package has been developed by the Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action (the Alliance). It replaces the Child Protection in Emergencies Face-to-Face Training Package. The package is designed to help build entry to mid-level skills and knowledge for child protection in humanitarian contexts. The...
Training of Trainers | Unaccompanied and Separated Children
*Note: Please get in touch with the L&D Working Group ( learning@alliancecpha.org) if you are planning to using this package for feedback gathering purposes. Thank you. In 2018, the Alliance’s Unaccompanied and Separated Children (UASC) Task Force, led at the time by IOM and UNHCR, developed and subsequently piloted a first UASC Training of Trainers package based on thematic interagency guidance...
Primary Prevention for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action Focal Point Training
Welcome to the Primary Prevention for CPHA Focal Points learning package. This course provides an in-depth exploration of the Primary Prevention Framework for CPHA, and includes activities which will enable participants to begin using the framework in context analysis, programme design and implementation. Participants are expected to be confident in CPHA programming realm and have some familiarity...
Learning Package | Prevention of Separation
This introductory learning module has been developed by the Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action. The learning module is designed to strengthen participants' overall understanding of prevention related elements from the UASC Handbook and Toolkit and the ACE Toolkit within the three levels of prevention described in the CPHA Primary Prevention Framework. The decision to use this...
The Evolution of the Child Protection in Humanitarian Action Sector
Concern or disregard for vulnerable children in crisis situations is as old as humankind. How individuals, communities, and groups responded to the needs of vulnerable children and those in humanitarian contexts has varied throughout the past, based on beliefs, values, and behaviours at that time and context. This timeline, which offers a narrative of some of the events that have contributed to...
Spotlight: Using Digital Platforms for Remote Programming Safely
Check out the L&D Youtube Channel 
Podcast | COVID-19 Programme Adaptation Series, Ep 3: Life Skills Adaptations during COVID-19
Podcast | COVID-19 Programme Adaptation Series, Ep 2: Integrating Child Protection and Education in Emergencies Programming during COVID-19
Podcast | COVID-19 Programme Adaption Series, Ep 4: Adapting Case Management in the Context of COVID-19 - One Year On!
Podcast | COVID-19 Programme Adaptation Series, Ep 1: Innovative Approaches to Awareness Raising
Using Digital Platforms for Remote Programming Safely: Skype, Zoom, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams
Webinars
HNPW Session | Child Protection in the Context of Climate Crises: Addressing Intersectionality in Humanitarian Action
The climate crisis exacerbates child protection risks, threatening the safety, mental health, and psychosocial well-being of children, as well as exacerbating inequity through its intergenerational impacts. The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action (the Alliance) recently conducted a Learning Needs Analysis on the intersectionality of the climate crisis and child protection...
Webinar | Partnering with the Alliance: A Call to Academic Institutions for Collaboration
As a global network of operational agencies, policymakers, donors, and practitioners dedicated to advancing inter-agency technical collaboration on child protection in humanitarian contexts, the Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action recognises the immense value of partnering with academia. These collaborations can enhance the reach and uptake of the Alliance’s learning resources...
Webinar Series | Child Protection in West and Central Africa
Thank You for a Successful Webinar Series! The Alliance has officially wrapped up ourFrench-language webinar series focused on locally-led NGO programming in West and Central Africa. This series provided a unique platform to explore current achievements and challenges in the region, while offering valuable insights into ongoing programs. Conducted entirely in French, the webinars fostered...
Webinar | Launch of the Revised CPHA Competency Framework and Competency Development Guide
On November 8th at 2:00 pm CET, the Alliance hosted the global launch of the revised CPHA Competency Framework and the available tools to support its use by individual practitioners, teams and organisations. Our vision is that these new resources will support a competency-based approach to learning and development in the CPHA sector. Through a competency-based approach, we will be able to improve...
Webinar | Child Protection Mainstreaming in Health Facilities: Lessons Learned from the COVID-19 Pandemic
The Alliance L&D Working Group is pleased to invite you to join a webinar on Child Protection and Health integration and programming adaptations during COVID-19 crisis. During the webinar you will hear from practitioners on adaptations made to mainstream child protection in health facilities in the context of COVID-19 challenges encountered and recommendations for key actions to tackle obstacles...
Webinar | Adapting CAAFAG Programing in the Context of COVID-19: One Year On
The Alliance L&D Working Group and CAAFAG Task Force are pleased to invite you to join a webinar on CAAFAG programming adaptations during COVID-19 crisis. The webinar will take place on Wednesday 8 September, 15.00-16.00 CEST. During the webinar we will be hearing from practitioners on adaptations made to CAAFAG programming in the context of COVID-19, challenges encountered and recommendations for...
Webinar | Case Management during COVID-19: One Year On
More than a year has passed since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, the Alliance L&D Working Group and the Case Management Task Force invites a webinar on case management adaptations during COVID-19 crisis. Join us to reflect together with a panel of case management practitioners on how we have progressively adapted to the COVID-19 context. What worked well? What continues to be a...
Webinar | Life Skills Adaptations during COVID-19
The L&D Working Group of the Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action invites you to join a webinar on Life Skills Adaptations during COVID-19. This Webinar will present two country-level adaptations and one online adaptation of life skills training during the COVID-19 pandemic. Life skills programming remains a critical element of child protection work in humanitarian settings...
Webinar | Integrating Child Protection and Education in Emergencies Programming during COVID-19
The Alliance L&D Working Group the Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE) invite you to join a webinar on collaboration between Child Protection and Education in Emergencies actors during COVID-19. This webinar will present new research from the Alliance and INEE on integrated CP-EiE programming and country-level experiences. The presentations will cover: The benefits for...
Webinar | Innovative Approaches to Awareness Raising during COVID-19
The Alliance L&D Working Group invites you to join this webinar on Innovative Approaches to Awareness Raising during COVID-19. This webinar is the first in a series of L&D Webinars to continue to support the protection of children during the COVID-19 pandemic. We will hold this webinar series every Thursday until July! We look forward to your participation!
Webinar | Developing and Using Case Studies for CPiE Training Purposes
Using the Child Protection Minimum Standards (CPMS) mainstreaming case studies (and facilitators guide), Samantha Newman shared her professional experience of developing and using case studies specifically for training child protection workers in humanitarian settings in this webinar.
Webinar | Sexual Violence and Exploitation of Boys in Humanitarian Settings
A panel explores the latest learning on sexual violence and exploitation of boys in humanitarian settings. The webinar includes discussion on how to get more comfortable addressing the topic during trainings and community outreach sessions.
Webinar | Engaging Humanitarian Learners - Strengthening Child Protection within Environments of Compounded Stress
This lively discussion led by colleagues from the Global Trauma Project looked at helping workshop participants transition from front-line, overstretched humanitarian workers to learners for a day (or week). It included lots of tips, examples, and resources.
