The institutionalization of Tambayan’s Child Protection Policy is one direct outcome of its process of adopting Child Rights Programming. Translating child rights practice into organizational and work policies are complemented by the organization’s culture of collective discussion, its mechanisms for clear accountabilities, as well as its commitment to pursue meaningful children’s participation. Admittedly, the staff recognizes the difficulties that come with child rights work, for instance on issues regarding the best interest of the child and facilitating meaningful participation, as well as going against entrenched belief-systems on childhood.
However, having discussed and agreeing on clear guidelines (although some have yet to be finalized in written form) facilitate consistency in the staff’s varying approaches to work. Additionally, the regularity and intensiveness of the program staff’s case documentation involving its children-partners, either individually or in groups, and the formulation and use of monitoring tools proved beneficial in planning, follow-up and trouble-shooting in program work, particularly in decision-making among area teams within the core program.