Strategic partners

Plan partners with a variety of organisations to improve children's live throughout Asia.

Asia-Pacific Regional Network for Early Childhood (ARNEC)

Led by Plan, UNESCO and UNICEF, ARNEC is a professional network established to strengthen advocacy, policy reviews and development, research and innovative practices in early childhood at national and regional levels.

Interagency Working Group on Child Participation (IAWGCP)

Plan is a member of this consortium of Bangkok-based organisations which help children to participate in decisions about their rights and welfare.

End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography and Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes (ECPAT)

ECPAT is a network of organisations and individuals working to eliminate the commercial sexual exploitation of children. Plan is currently working with ECPAT and other agencies on the World Congress III Against Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents.

South Asia Coordination Group (SACG) on World Congress III

SACG is running a campaign to eliminate the commercial sexual exploitation of children. The group's activities are currently centred around the World Congress III, an inter-governmental event devoted to combating the sexual exploitation of children.

Inter-Agency Group for the East Asia and the Pacific (EAP)

The group supported meaningful participation of children and young people in the regional preparatory consultation for the World Congress III Against Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents.

Violence Against Children (VAC) Committee

The committee consisting of Plan and other agencies in the East Asia and Pacific Region coordinated and supported the region's participation in the UN Study on Violence against Children in 2003.

YouthBuild International

YouthBuild International is a youth and community development programme that simultaneously addresses core issues facing low-income communities: housing, education, employment, crime prevention, and leadership development.