KAPCYM Unit: Platform for Professionals

Knowledge and Policy Dialogue on Protection of Children and Youth on the Move

The Knowledge and Policy Dialogue on Protection of Children and Youth on the Move (KAPCYM) Unit, established in 2024, has been mandated by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) to enhance Switzerland's positioning on Migration and Child protection. Operating independently of operational responsibilities, KAPCYM supports and complements the two projects «Programme Enfants et Jeunes sur les Routes Migratoires d’Afrique de l’Ouest et du Nord» (EJM) and «East African Migration Routes» (EAMR), both financed by SDC.

KAPCYM contributes to a more strategic approach to Swiss partners’ policy advocacy messages and approaches by fostering a community of practice, regional synergies and exchanges of evidence-based lessons learnt and good practices, with a participatory and gender-transformative approach.

KAPCYM Flyer

Brief presentation of the KAPCYM Unit (2-pager)

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KAPCYM follows a three-tiered process proposed by Caritas Switzerland, which is designed to deliver impactful change:

KAPCYM Overview Documents

General documents about the KAPCYM Unit

KAPCYM Strategy: Document outlining the strategy and main activities of the KAPCYM unit (updated in November 2025)
KAPCYM Results Framework: The KAPCYM Results Framework is based on three pillars: a) knowledge collection, synthesis, and documentation; b) knowledge dissemination and learning; and c) advocacy and policy dialogue.

KAPCYM Publications

Thematic Briefs include key advocacy messages to support advocacy activities and policy dialogue, grounded in good practices and lessons learned from the EJM and EAMR Projects, and from a variety of governmental actors (Swiss and other national authorities).

Advocacy Strategies lay out the approach for communicating the advocacy messages outlined in the thematic briefs and include the target audience for advocacy efforts on the specific priority topic as well as recommendations on advocacy channels.

Both documents are designed to support Switzerland’s advocacy and policy dialogue efforts, particularly of WoGA actors as well as the EJM and EAMR Projects.