PROGRAM FOR THE INTEGRAL PROMOTION  OF
                 CHILDREN'S RIGHTS - PRODER

The Program for the Integral Promotion of Children's Rights  (PRODER) is in line with the new vision proposed by the IIN’s Strategic Plan 2005-2008, based on an operational foundation where social themes affecting the rights of children have a management approach and a common methodological framework and principles. The methodological framework and principles respond, among others, to the following: The Convention on the Rights of the Child as the paradigm towards which all the IIN’s work is oriented The new vision of international cooperation offered by the IIN, based on the promotion of strategic products geared to the needs of children in the region rather than to projects or activities based on some emerging themes. The optimization of the methodological development reached in the IIN’s old programs The orientation towards the planning of focused policies formulated and implemented in a participatory way. Objectives of the Program A)    Develop, implement and evaluate the Prototype of Focused Public Policies B)   Train at different levels and either on situ or by distance learning the different people involved in areas dealt with by the Prototype (Professionals, Planners and Political Decision Makers, Managers and Leaders of Children Programs) C)   Promote horizontal cooperation in the region on the different topics dealt with by the Program D)  Provide technical and methodological cooperation through the products and services offered by the IIN, developing strategies of participation, negotiation and community mobilization as links between Policies on Children and the Civil Society such as:  -       Prototype of Focused Public Policies on Children -      PRODER in the English speaking Caribbean Region -      Gender focus and rights of children and adolescents -      Academic Program -      Publications