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Family Support and Alternative Care: The Baltic Sea States Regional Report 2015
Founded in 1992, the Council of Baltic Sea States (CBSS) is a strong network of countries in the region that works toward developing society, protecting the environment, and supporting the economy. Recent priorities have been ensuring children have a safe
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Tallinn Recommendations and Action Plan on Alternative Care and Family Support for the Baltic Sea Region 2015-2020
Government representatives, experts and professionals from the Baltic Sea Region including Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, the Russian Federation, Sweden and wider Europe endorsed the Tallinn Recommendations
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Family Support and Alternative Care: Tallinn Expert Meeting Report 2015
In May 2015, a high-level expert meeting on alternative care and family support took place in Tallinn, hosted by the Estonian Ministry of Social Affairs and the Estonian Presidency of the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS) in collaboration with the E
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Family Support and Alternative Care in the Baltic Sea Region: Background paper 2015
In preparation for the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS) expert meeting on Family Support and Alternative Care in the Baltic Sea Region, May 2015, this background paper was crafted from relevant data and information on family support and alternative
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Children trafficked for exploitation in begging and criminality: A challenge for law enforcement and child protection
In 2002, the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS) established an Expert Group for Cooperation on Children at Risk (EGCC), a group of representatives from the ministries responsible for child policy in the CBSS Member States. The Expert Group set up the
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Disrupted Flight: The realities of separated refugee families in the EU
This report analyses the reality of family reunification in Europe for a particularly vulnerable group of migrants, people in need of international protection. An informal network of ECRE members and Red Cross offices working in the field of family reunif
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Position paper on age assessment in the context of separated children in Europe
This paper represents the position of the Separated Children in Europe Programme (SCEP) on age assessment in the context of separated children, and aims to provide concrete recommendations to States and other relevant stakeholders in Europe on how to ensu
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Children’s rights for all! Implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child for children with intellectual disabilities
This publication provides an overview of the situation of children with intellectual disabilities in 22 European countries, with a particular focus on five areas: protection against abuse, family support and (de-)institutionalisation, health, education, a
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What Happened? A study on the impact of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in five countries: Estonia, Nepal, Peru, Uganda and Yemen
A study on the impact of the the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) in Peru, Estonia, Uganda, Yemen and Nepal, undertaken by Save the Children Sweden. The UNCRC has had an undeniable impact at national level shown by changes to l
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Review of current laws, policies and practices relating to age assessment in sixteen European Countries
This document is a synthesis of current laws, policies and practices related to age assessment in 16 countries in Europe collected by the Members of the Separated Children in Europe Programme (SCEP) between June and November 2010. The main purpose of the
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What difference has the Convention on the Rights of the Child made? A short version of Save the Children Sweden's study on the impact of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, "What happened?"
As the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) celebrates its 20th anniversary, it is an opportune time to ask how the observations have resulted in positive and lasting changes in the lives of the children. Save the Children Sweden has attempted to s
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Unsafe havens? Violence against Children at Home and in Schools in the Baltic Sea Region- Baltic Sea Region (Summary)
Unsafe Havens? – Violence against Children at home and in schools in the Baltic Sea region (Summary). This study focuses on violence against children in Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Sweden and the region of St Petersburg in Russia. The spe