IMPLEMENTATION OF PROTOCOLS FOR THE PREVENTION OF FAMILY SEPARATION

During the first three months of the year, there were several breakthroughs in the technical cooperation project that RELAF is carrying out along with Corrientes province and UNICEF Argentina.

In February, the training course on the application of the Protocol for the prevention of abandonment, unnecessary separations and institutionalisation of young children was carried out in Corrientes. The activity was organised by COPNAF with support from RELAF and UNICEF Argentina. The 20-hour intensive course had two goals: to provide conceptual tools and methodologies for the implementation of the protocol, and to train the professionals and operators that took part in the activity so that they can themselves train other professionals and operators in the implementation of the protocol (as per the "trainer of trainers" methodology).

The activity included the participation of 38 professionals (mainly social workers, psychologists, and lawyers) from different areas of the public sector (healthcare, education, justice, police, and academicians, among others). It was a small group of key professionals that were especially selected to take part in this training due to their experience, knowledge, and capacity to reach other professionals: this multiplying effect is one of the goals of this training strategy, by which all professionals and teams in the system will be progressively reached.

After finishing this training stage and leaving behind human talent for the implementation of the protocol, the next step for the implementation of the public policy tool is its official launch, which will take place in April.