What does it mean to be a Secretary General for a coalition of child protection national networks that brings together 600 child-focused NGOs working with more than 500.000 vulnerable children in 10 different countries

1. REPORT OF THE CHILDPACT SECRETARY GENERAL
Covering the Period of Informal Functioning of the Coalition
2011-2015
The decision to create ChildPact was made in October 2011, at the Black Sea NGO
Forum that took place in Bucharest, in the framework of a special panel convened by
World Vision, organized by myself and attended by seven leaders of network from the
region (Moldova, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania). With my
energetic involvement and World Vision’s support, in 2012 the group has decided the
structure and the mission of ChildPact, the new regional network. Our first strategy
meeting was hosted in Bulgaria by NNC. There I was asked to continue to support the
coalition and was elected as ChildPact’s Secretary General. Since then ChildPact has
grown into a fully-fledged organization, that: registered officially in 2015; has a stable
and professional secretariat; raised the funds its operations require (1.416.033 EUR on
top of WV’s initial investment); has received various nominations and awards for its
innovative work in the region; has grown to include a total of 10 countries in the
region; is a respected advocacy organization known for the dedication and passion of
its leaders.
FROM A PANEL
TO A REGISTERED ORGANIZATION

2. United Voices for Children, funded by Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic
Cooperation and Development (with a contribution by World Vision Germany of 111.111
¤)
Together for Children, funded by the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (with a
contribution by World Vision Romania of 12.500 ¤)
Stronger Voices for Children, funded by the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
(with a contribution by World Vision Romania of 8.288 ¤)
Piloting a Child Protection Index in Moldova and Georgia, funded by the Romanian
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Youth with a Voice, funded by the European Commission
TOTAL, with a World Vision contribution of 131.899 ¤, on top of its initial investment
under the program the ‘Child Protection Reform Network’ (2011-2014) that allowed
the creation and growth of ChildPact
I Raised FUNDS
1.111.111
62.500
41.438
36.531
164.453
1.416.033
1.4 mil

3. 13To Raise Funds,
I Wrote a Stack of PROJECTS
Regional Coalition for
Children in the Wider
Black Sea Area
European Commission
NAME OF PROJECT DONOR MAIN APPLICANT BUDGET ROLE
World Vision Germany 1.000.000 ¤ Main writer
Participation in Public
Life and Political
Decision-making
of Children and Youth
UNDEF Open Club Serbia Contributor
Child Protection Index for
Moldova and Armenia
Eastern Partnership
Working Group
World Vision Romania 30.000 ¤ Main writer
Strengthen Capacity
of Networks
NGO Fund Romania FPDL Romania 100.000 ¤ Contributor
Building a
Child Protection Index
Soros East East
Beyond Borders Program
BKTF Albania 45.000 ¤ Main writer
How much? EU funding
for Children in
the EaP Countries
Eastern Partnership
Working Group
FONPC Romania 16.000 ¤ Main writer
Together for Children Romanian MFA World Vision Romania 40.000 ¤ Main writer
A Strong Georgian
Coalition for Child
and Youth Welfare
Romanian MFA FONPC Romania 50.000 ¤ Main writer
ChildPact: for
Child Protection Reforms!
European Commission World Vision 1.000.000 ¤ Main writer
Data Visualization for
ChildPact’s CPI
Oak Foundation World Vision 10.000 ¤ Main writer
Youth With A Voice European Commission Open Club Serbia 165.000 ¤ Main writer
United Voices for Children BMZ World Vision Germany 1.111.111 ¤ Main writer
Towards a Black Sea
Fund for Children
Black Sea Trust FONPC Romania 25.000 ¤ Main writer
2012
2013
2014

4. I Set a Conceptual Foundation
for ChildPact’s Work in
PUBLICATIONS
LINK
http://www.childpact.org/2014/04/10/ref
orm-steps-towards-child-protection-in-
bulgaria-and-romania-a-comparative-
approach/
http://www.childpact.org/2014/03/28/ch
ildpact-manifesto-for-investing-in-child-
protection-networks/
http://www.childpact.org/2014/03/26/w
hy-networks-encourage-innovation-and-
why-donors-should-invest-in-them/
http://www.childpact.org/2014/01/22/bl
ack-sea-ngo-regional-networks-
challenges-opportunities-and-models-
of-engagement/
http://www.childpact.org/2013/12/04/w
hy-create-a-working-group-for-
children-in-the-organisation-for-black-
sea-economic-cooperation-bsec-
economic-gains-from-investing-in-
children/
http://www.childpact.org/2013/07/01/r
egional-cooperation-in-the-wider-
black-sea-area-why-successful-child-
protection-demands-a-regional-
response/
TITLE
Reform Steps Towards Child Protection in
Bulgaria and Romania. A comparative approach.
ChildPact Manifesto for Investing in Child
Protection Networks
Why Networks Encourage Innovation and Why
Donors Should Invest in Them
Black Sea NGO Regional Networks: Challenges,
Opportunities and Models of Engagement
Why Create a Working Group for Children in
the Organisation of the Black Sea Economic
Cooperation (BSEC)? Economic gains from
investing in children
Regional Cooperation in the
Wider Black Sea Area – Why Successful Child
Protection Demands a Regional Response
Social Capital For Regional Growth. Tangible
Opportunities for BSEC to Invest in Children
of the Black Sea Region
Prospective Analysis of a Transnational
Nongovernmental Coalition on Child-
Deinstitutionalisation in the Balkan and
Caucasus
ROLE
Developed ToR and
reviewed
(authored by Andy Guth)
Author
Author
Co-authored with
Cristina Negoiescu
Author
Author
Co-authored with
Eve Jolly and
Jocelyn Penner
Developed ToR and
reviewed
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http://m.wvie.org/downloads/category
/12-e-tools-wv-policy-
briefs?download=41:bsec-policy-brief-
final

5. 4I Worked For ChildPact’S Recognition:
AWARDS AND OTHER HONORS
ChildPact nominated for the Civil Society Awards at the Black Sea NGO Forum
Foreign Policy Romania mentioned ChildPact as one of the best regional initiatives of the year
Foreign Policy Romania featured ChildPact in the top of the 100 best ideas originating from Romania
Civil Society Awards Gala 2015, the prize ‘Exceptional Achievement in International Development’,
handed over by State Secretary Radu Podgorean
2013
2014
2015
Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso
Eastbook.eu
DFwatch.net
I Talked Endlessly about ChildPact in
EXTERNAL PUBLICATIONS 6WHERE WHAT LINK
‘The marginal periphery of childhood’
Promoting child rights as a priority for Romania’s
development aid
Promoting Child Protection Index through ‘Copiii lui
Ceausescu’, interview by AM Ciobanu
Promoting philanthropic engagement for children in
need through ‘Un sat pentru Madalina’, by AM Ciobanu
Promoting deinstitutionalisation in ‘Ceausescu’s
Children’, interviewed by W. Stevenson
‘Georgia: The Missing Page in the Association
Agreements’, co-authored with G. Comai
Bambini in Europa
Adevarul Live TV
Decat o Revista
The Guardian
http://www.decatorevista.ro/
dor-18-copiii-lui-ceausescu/
http://features.decatorevista.ro
/un-sat-pentru-madalina
http://www.theguardian.com/ne
ws/2014/dec/10/-sp-
ceausescus-children
http://www.childpact.org/2014/0
6/24/the-missing-page-in-the-
association-agreements

6. 19I Introduced ChildPact to the World by
ORGANIZING EVENTS
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
Romanian Development Camp, to lobby for child protection to be included as a priority of Romanian aid
ChildPact Panel at the Black Sea NGO Forum
Study visit in Georgia with presentation of the Romanian networking experience followed by decision of
Georgian CSOs to create the Georgian member of ChildPact
NGO Concerted Action for Child Protection in Azerbaijan
Romanian Development Camp
Strategy Meeting, Sofia, with NNC as lead organizer
ChildPact Panel at the Black Sea NGO Forum
Launch of the project Together for Children in Moldova
BKTF training on communications
Steering Committee Meeting, Izvorani, Romania
Romanian Development Camp
ChildPact Panel at the Black Sea NGO Forum
Participation at the CPN General Assembly, Yerevan
Communications and advocacy training for ChildPact leaders, Busteni, Romania
Board Meeting at the Regional Meeting in Sofia
Organized an international (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova) study visit in Bucharest
Romanian Development Camp
Speaker at the Eurochild conference
ChildPact Panel at the Eurochild conference
ChildPact Panel at the Black Sea NGO Forum
Presenting ChildPact and the CPI in Kiev, Ukraine
Facilitating the Simplicity Workshop in Serbia, Albania and Kosovo*
ChildPact Panel at the Black Sea NGO Forum, October 2015 (under preparation)

7. 6
6I Positioned Childpact for Success at
LOBBY & ADVOCACY MEETINGS
Council of Europe to meet Thornbjorn Jagland, Secretary General of the
Council of Europe and various members of his team
Ana Birchall, Romanian MP, political declaration in the Romanian Parliament on
ChildPact’s proposal to create a regional mechanism for child protection and a
European Agency for Social Inclusion, Innovation and Children
Debate at the European Parliament to advocate for European support to a
regional cooperation mechanism for child protection
EU Consultations for the Progress Reports to advocate for support for regional
initiatives in the field of child protection (‘Youth With A Voice’ was assessed
positively by the Commission)
Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum, lobbying for children to be higher on
the political agenda
ICBSS Symposium and PABSEC General Assembly to lobby for BSEC to create
a task force for children
http://www.childpact.org/2013/11
/27/childpact-meets-the-council-
of-europe-representatives
EVENT LINK
http://www.childpact.org/2014/02/
19/childpact-and-regional-
cooperation-mechanism-debated-
in-the-romanian-parliament
http://www.childpact.org/2013/
06/27/the-regional-
cooperation-mechanism-dfor-
child-protection-promoted-at-
the-european-parliament
Ruling My Lack Of Interest For PROJECT
MANAGEMENT: I Managed… And Managed Projects
Civil Society Project under the World Vision program Engaging with Government for Child Welfare
(creation of ChildPact was supported from this project)
Together for Children
2011-2014
2013
Piloting a Child Protection Index in Moldova and Georgia2014
2015 Stronger Voices for Children
United Voices for Children
Youth With A Voice, supervised ChildPact’s contribution to the project

8. I Gave ChildPact My BEST IDEAS
7The Child Protection Index as the most innovative monitoring
instrument in our region
— generated the idea, based on initial independent research
— mobilized people and resources to develop the idea
— inspired the creation of promotional and visualization tools
— contributed to developing the reports for Georgia and Moldova
— promoted the Index among stake-holders to test interest and
raise support
Increase the legitimacy of our cause – build capacities for
vulnerable groups to lobby on their own behalf. Co-created the
Romanian Care Leavers Association, on a model that can be
easily transferred in the region (more than 30 national and
international media outlets quoted me on the initiative)
Lobbying for stable funding for coalitions: creating a trust fund
for child rights networks modelled on the Robert Carr Fund
Increasing our financial sustainability: create celebrities &
business partnerships for members (CELEBIZ program, with the
‘United Voices for Children’ project)
Lobbying for increasing the political profile of child protection in
the European Union: creating a European Agency for Social
Inclusion, Innovation and Children (contributor)
Promoting our work in technical-free language that can attract
support and funding from our own communities: social media and
story-telling for organizations and networks
The Simplicity Workshops and the Simplicity Campaign
IDEA LINK
http://www.childpact.org/2013/10/14/european
-agency-for-children-innovation-and-social-
inclusion-to-be-established-in-romania
www.federeii.ro
http://www.childpact.org/2015/05/
06/the-former-institutionalised-
children-of-romania-come-
together-to-investigate-the-
abuses-of-ceausescus-orphanages
http://www.childpact.org/2015/02/11/simplicity
-as-the-ultimate-sophistication-and-how-we-
want-to-make-it-happen
http://www.childpact.org/gravity-
landing/childpact-child-protection-index/
http://www.childpact.org/2015/08/05/storytelli
ng-contest-call-for-child-protection-stories/
http://www.childpact.org/2015/03/19/three-
things-child-protection-networks-need-new-
childpact-project-to-address-them/

9. Not sure what some of these things mean?
Or if all this was possible in only 4 years?
Ask me how I managed and email oprea@childpact.org