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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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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: 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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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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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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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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Situation Analysis of Children on the Move in Poland
This research was conducted as part of the Maria Project: Joint action to protect Central and South Eastern European migrant children from abuse, exploitation and trafficking in Europe. The main goal of this research was to assess the situation of childre
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Child Abandonment and its Prevention in Europe
Article 7 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child clearly states that every child has “the right to know and be cared for by his or her parents”. When a child is abandoned, this right is violated. Infants and young children are those m
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Becoming a human rights friendly school: A Guide for schools around the world
The Human Rights Friendly Schools project aims to empower young people and promote the active participation of all members of the school community in integrating human rights values and principles into all areas of school life. The project is founded on t
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Research on life situation of children living in Warsaw Residential Care Institutions
Research conducted in the framework of Mario project. In 2009, the project – funded by the Oak Foundation – started to better protect children on the move through the reinforcement of the capacities of national, regional and European authorities, decision
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Never Work Alone. Trade Unions and NGOs joining forces to combat Forced Labour and Trafficking in Europe
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) and Anti-Slavery International (ASI) have jointly produced "Never Work Alone", a guide intended for trade unions and civil society organisations in combating modern-day slavery and trafficking of workers.
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Street children stories. Nobody's children are everyone's children. Voices from the street and for the street
Each street child has its own destiny and its own story. The following stories sent by Member Organizations of the European Federation for Street Children (EFSC), illustrate such destinies giving a voice to these children who are often invisible. They als