The VSS on Child Protection in Armed conflict was designed as a state-of-the-art training on this topic to strengthen the knowledge, competencies, and skills of participants through a holistic and collaborative approach. The target audience was professionals contributing or likely to contribute in their various capacities to child protection in armed conflict and related issues, such as United Nations entities, I/Non-Governmental Organisations (I/NGOs), government officials, regional and sub-regional organisations, legal professionals, communication officers, military as well as academics. As the training was a pilot project, it was important to document and evaluate its implementation, assess lessons learned and determine its added value, including to decide on future training opportunities. This report has thus been commissioned by the OSRSG-CAAC to review and analyse feedback, document lessons learned and make recommendations for a potential continuation of the project. The report additionally proposes a template for change in core areas such as objectives, methods, structure, and human resources.

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