The International Rescue Committee (IRC), Save the Children and UNICEF have been working together since 2005 as a Steering Committee to promote the use of a standard interagency child protection information management system (CPIMS) for the child protection sector. In 2016, both UNHCR and Terre des Hommes (Lausanne) joined the CPIMS Steering Committee. The vision of the CPIMS Steering Committee is to promote and sustain the CPIMS+ database and tools for data collection, information sharing and data protection as part of child protection case management program strengthening. The CPIMS+ supports effective and timely case management for individual vulnerable children. It is designed to promote best practice and assist child protection programs to provide improved support to vulnerable children.

 

The IA CPIMS was originally designed to facilitate family tracing and reunification (FTR) of children in emergencies. In 2009, it was re-designed and enhanced to have the ability to support any thematic area of child protection, including supporting child protection systems building. In 2014, the development of a ‘next generation’ IMS software platform started, called Primero, with both online and offline capabilities and enhanced features. It also comes with a mobile application. Primero supports several modules: the GBVIMS+ and the CPIMS+.