ACCP/Plan Sweden 2018-2020 ACCP/Plan Sweden 2018-2020 Plan Sweden has applied to Sida for funding of 32 144 597 SEK to carry out a phase 2 of the "African Children's Charter Project" (ACCP) during the period 2018-2020. By promoting the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, the project aspires to contribute to a long-term improvement of children's life on the African continent. This will be done by 1) strengthening the capacity of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC), 2) integrating children's rights in decisions and actions within the African Union and 3) supporting the civil society to work together with the African Union to promote and protect children's rights and welfare. 

Sida will be the project's only funder and has previously supported a first phase of the ACCP (2011-2014) as well as a bridging period between 2015-2017. A great majority of the project's activities will be implemented by a consortium of non-governmental organisations which was formed during ACCP in phase 1. The consortium consist Plan Sweden and Plan's Pan-African Office in Ethiopia, Swedish Save the Children and ave the Childrens' offices in Kenya and Senegal, the Dullah Omar Institute for Constitutional Law, Governance and Human Rights (South Africa), the African Child Policy Forum (Ethiopia) and the Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa (Gambia). ACERWC is also supported by a project funded by the European Union. The projects are coordinated for enhanced efficiency and impact. Plan Sverige har ansökt om 32 144 597 SEK för att implementera en fas 2 av "The African Children's Charter Project" (ACCP) i Afrika under åren 2018-2020. Genom att främja implementeringen av den afrikanska barnrättskonventionen syftar projektet till att bidra till en långsiktig förbättring av barns liv i Afrika. Detta kommer att ske genom att 1) stärka kapaciteten hos den Afrikanska expertkommitté som är knuten till den afrikanska barnrättskonventionen, "The African Committee of Experts on the Right and Welfare of the Child" (ACERWC), 2) integrera barns rättigheter i beslut och verksamhet inom den Afrikanska Unionen (AU) och 3) stötta civilsamhället att arbeta tillsammans med AU för att främja och skydda barns rättigheter och välmående.

Sida är ensam bidragsgivare till projektet och har tidigare stöttat en första fas av ACCP (2011-2014) samt en överbryggningsperiod åren 2015-2017. Större delen av projektets aktiviteter kommer att utföras av ett konsortium som bildats under projektets första fas. I konsortiet ingår förutom Plan Sverige och Plans Pan-Afrikanska kontor i Etiopien, Svenska Rädda Barnen och Rädda Barnens kontor i Kenya och Senegal, The Dullah Omar Institute for Constitutional Law, Governance and Human Rights (Sydafrika), The African Child Policy Forum (Etiopien) och The Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa (Gambia). ACERWC stöttas också via ett projekt finansierat a Europeiska Unionen. De båda projekten samordnas för ökad effektivitet och genomslag. The development internvention aspires to contribute to the realization of children's rights through facilitating and promoting the implementation of the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACRWC)by working towards three main outcomes: To strengthen the capacity of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC) to implement its mandate, to promote the integration of childrens rights in the decisions and actions of the African Union's (AU) bodies, institutions and mechanisms with particular focus on the African Charter on Human Rights and People's Rights (ACHPR), African Court of Human and People's Rights (AfCHPR), African Union Commission (AUC), Regional Economic Communities (RECs) and the Peace and Security Council (PSC) and to support civil society to engage with the AU mechanisms, especially the ACERWC to promote and protect childrens rights and welfare.