The 19th CSO Forum will facilitate augmentation of skills on various child thematic areas such as addressing issues of conflicts as evidenced by Lake Chad, South Sudan and Mozambique unrests, how these affect children and their families and good practices in mitigating effects in such situations; issues of children’s justice with emphasis on children in conflict with the law; topical issues of children without parental care; early childhood development and its need to be a standard provision for all; child participation and learning good practices in child and youth involvement in policy discussions