Guide for teamwork

 

 

Each group must include:

 

-                     A Moderator

-                     A Reporter

 

 

FIRST TEAMWORK ACTIVITY:

 

December 9

 

Time: 3.00 PM

 

a.      First impressions regarding the tool presented for the preparation of the Reports to be submitted to the Committee on the Rights of the Child

 

 

1.      Which in your opinion are the novel CONTRIBUTIONS made by the  Methodology that is described in the Guide?

 

2.      Which in your opinion are the STRONG POINTS and the WEAK POINTS of the proposal?

 

 

 

b.     Contributions regarding the tool which are made through the following guidelines:

 

 

1.                 Do you believe that the use of this tool facilitates to some degree the process of preparing the reports which are to be submitted to the Committee on the Rights of the Child? Why?

 

2.                 Which in your opinion are the aspects of this tool that facilitate the preparation of the reports?

 

3.      After having analyzed the information included in the Methodology for the preparation of the reports that are to be submitted to the Committee on the Rights of the Child..., what do you think is missing? What do you think is superfluous?

 

4.      Which aspects of the Methodology would you improve?

 

5.      How would you regard the tool’s usefulness if it was to be used for organizing the information on the situation of the rights of children in your country?

 

Estimated time: 1 hour

 

Time: 4.45 PM

 

Plenary: One delegate per each team presents the conclusions for point (a)

 

Time: 5.45  Closing

 

 

Cuadro de texto: The Methodology for the preparation of the reports can be divided into 6 broad areas, as follows: Part 1: Getting to know the General Framework a. Basic General Information b. Information on previous reports that were submitted to the Committee on the Rights of the Child Part 2: Specifying which work team will carry out the tasks and who the participants involved will be Part 3: Search for information and its analysis a. The project’s framework (introduction to the project’s general guidelines) b. Global vision or whole vision Part 4: Collection of information (information and its sources) 1. Formation of the team that will be responsible for collecting the information 2. Approach to the instrument and adjustment of this instrument to the country’s reality a. Contextual framework b. Actions concerning diffusion and training c. An analysis by right 3. Identification of the sources existing within the countries which are needed in order to collect the information requested in the instrument 4. Request of information to the sources that have been identified and follow-up of the information 5. Receipt and entry of the information Part 5: Elaboration and analysis of the information Part 6: Preparation of the Report for the Committee on the Rights of the Child

SECOND TEAMWORK ACTIVITY:

 

December 10

 

Time: 10.30 PM

 

 

c.      Test regarding the application of the Tool to the collection and analysis of information

 

For this test in particular, we will focus on Points 3, 4 and 5 of the Methodology that has been suggested (Collection of information (information and its sources) and Elaboration and analysis of the information)

 

 

 

First Work Proposal:

 

 

1.                 Suggesting 3 situations in which there is a VIOLATION of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and 3 situations in which there is COMPLIANCE with this same Convention:

 

-                     Which is the right to which the situation that has been identified mostly relates?

 

-                     Are there any indicators described together with that Right which can measure the situation that has been identified?

 

Estimated time for this activity: 1 hour

 

 

Second Work Proposal:

 

1.      Going over the information included in the tool; each group must choose 3 Rights in particular, which will be subsequently analyzed.

 

 

2.      For each of the Rights that have been chosen, the activity that is suggested involves analyzing the feasibility of the information-collection process with regard to the corresponding Right, and in connection with the tool (Support for the Monitoring of Rights) that is presented for the preparation of the report. The proposal involves following the next guidelines in the case of each of the Rights that have been chosen:

 

a.      Analyzing the information included in the description of the Right and determine the following facts, according to the country’s reality:

 

-                     Which part of the information is missing?

-                     Which part of the information is superfluous?

 

(IMPORTANT: it is necessary to bear in mind the fact that the intention is to deal with the minimum group of indicators (feasible and sustainable, as far as their collection is concerned) that may account for the current situation regarding a specific Right in a particular country)

 

    1. Specifying which possible work team and participants would be involved in the process of search and collection of information concerning the corresponding Right

 

    1. Identifying the possible SOURCES within each country that are necessary in order to collect the information requested by the corresponding Right

 

    1. Analyzing the feasibility within each country with regard to the possibility of obtaining the information requested by the corresponding Right

 

Estimated time: 1 hour 30 minutes

 

Time: 2.30 PM

 

Plenary: One delegate per group presents the conclusions drawn during each of the Activities that were suggested