AU in border issues; however, what is being done now doesn’t adequately address children’s issues in the endeavors that are being undertaken. One stop border posts have been established to address human trafficking and help with data sharing. Related to this, a training curriculum for border posts has been developed and rolled out but this training does not cover how to manage children. This would be a good opportunity to adjust this training curriculum. GIZ offered an open invitation to the AU department of social affairs to help them to improve the curriculum on how to address children’s cross border issues. So far, 350 people have been trained in this curriculum and work is being done to prevent border communities becoming victims to extremism, trafficking etc. People in border communities do not know where to go if they have problems – this is the adults so we are not even considering the fact that children also don’t know. GIZ is making efforts to increase birth registrations of children in border towns. There is still a long way to go to harmonize what is needed across states in terms of children’s documents. There is a lot of coordination and sensitization that is needed within the AU and within the EAC to ensure more effective services. The presenter concluded by extending an invitation to the EAC to help improve the tools and curriculum that they have to include cross border issues affecting children. 5.5.2. Children on the move: Presentation by Ms. Analina Norden from UNICEF Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office Children on the move are considered to be migrants and refugees. UNICEF is currently undertaking research in three countries asking children about their protection needs. UNICEF are working with IOM and Save the Children to address issues concerning children on the move. Child protection hubs have been established to identify and refer children on the move at borders along with safe houses for women and children. UNICEF has developed a global six-point agenda that is aligned to Agenda 2040. Their focus is on systems strengthening because they don’t want to create parallel systems. Efforts are underway to increase birth registration and strengthen family tracing and reunification. For example, in Kenya’s refugee camps UNICEF is building capacity to provide case management to unaccompanied and separated children. In Tanzania, UNICEF is focusing their efforts on alternative care to children and Fit Families which provides foster family care for children who are separated. 5.5.3. Good Practices on Refugee Management and addressing Crossborder issues: UNHCR Presentation – by Ms. Elsa Laurin UNHCR’s presentation focused on their work in Burundi and South Sudan. They mainly work with refugees and internally displaced children. Fifty-nine percent of refugees and asylum seekers are children. UNHCR’s mandate is to provide protection to asylum seekers, internally displaced and refugee children including providing access to basic