Governance
Child Rights Connect is a registered Swiss association. Its organs are the General Assembly, the Executive Committee, the International Secretariat and the Working Groups.
General Assembly
This is where our member organisations come together each year to approve the network’s plans and activities and elect people to various key roles. Specific actions at the General Assembly include:
- Approving the strategies, plans and activity reports of the Executive Committee, the Secretariat and the thematic Working Groups
- Approving the budget, auditor and audited accounts
- Approving new members’ applications
- Electing the Executive Committee and President of the network.
Executive Committee
This committee has legal, policy and management responsibility for the network. It meets quarterly to provide the network with strategic direction and to supervise the work of the Secretariat and the thematic Working Groups. It is accountable to the General Assembly.
The Executive Committee currently has seven members all with strong experience in child rights:
- Delia Pop, Hope and Homes for Children – President
- Eylah Kadjar, Terre des Hommes – Vice President
- Alan Kikuchi-White, SOS Children’s Village International – Treasurer
- Annette Lyth, Plan International – Secretary
- Conchi Ballesteros, Plataforma de Organizaciones de Infancia
- Ana Sastre, Save the Children International
- Annabel Trapp
Patrons
- Jean Zermatten