Certificate Program “Creating a Safe Environment for Children: Safety Policy in an Organization”

What is this opportunity about?

This program helps develop and strengthen child protection policies and procedures in Ukrainian organizations (including those in the nonprofit sector) that work with children or vulnerable adults. The goal is to create a safe environment for children—free from violence and harm.

A safeguarding policy is an internal organizational document that defines the organization’s commitment to preventing violence, exploitation, neglect, and other forms of harm against children or vulnerable adults within its activities. The policy sets out principles, behavioral standards, and internal procedures for responding to violations to ensure the safety of children and vulnerable adults.

We encourage organizations to participate as a team of 2–4 people who are well-informed about working with children at various levels—especially those responsible for creating a safe environment for children or vulnerable adults.

All participants who successfully complete the program will receive 1.5 ECTS credits. This certificate program is paid and available upon organizational request.

Topics covered during the training:

• The dignity of the child as an unconditional value: research, experience, and safety
• Child-friendly organization
• Safeguarding policy as an effective tool for preventing violence against children
• Child protection as a systemic effort: from risks to actions
• Implementation of child protection policies.

The training includes mandatory practical sessions focused on identifying and assessing risks of violence against children or vulnerable adults within the organization, and ways to eliminate or mitigate these risks; as well as practical work on developing and improving the structure of safeguarding policies and integrating these documents into organizational activities.

What awaits you in the certificate program:

LECTURERS

What’s next?

The next crucial step after drafting a safeguarding policy is to implement the document into the daily operations of the organization. We have also developed a Certificate Program for Safeguarding Officers who will be directly responsible for putting these policies into practice within their institutions.

Organizations that have participated in the Certificate Program “Creating a Safe Environment for Children: Safeguarding Policy in the Organization”: