1. Research and scholorship:
- Defining research questions in a range of child policy areas
- Conducting and publishing high-quality policy research
- Stimulating and conducting inter-disciplinary research
- Collating and analysing secondary research and data sets
- Arranging fora to promote socially responsive research and debate on policy issues pertinent to children's well-being
2. Training and education:
- Policy research training for graduate students from a range of disciplines
- Contributing child policy modules to existing programmes
- Short courses or other appropriate training to child practitioners, policy-makers and civil society organisations
3. Technical assistance and support
- Providing technical assistance to policy-makers, practitioners and civil society
- Supporting a range of players in the child policy arena with information, training and practice guidelines
4. Advocacy:
- Producing publications directed at the policy, service provider, academic and popular fields
- Disseminating research evidence to policy-makers and other relevant decision-makers
- Communicating with government policy- and decision-makers
- Participating in and supporting social movements that prioritise and promote children's well-being
- Increasing the cadre of practitioners, scholars and researchers versed in evidence-based approaches to child-focused policies and practices