The aim of the conference is to facilitate the regional exchange of information on the available data and models of intervention to support children affected by Covid-19 crisis in the wider Black Sea area.
You can read here ChildPact Statement on CSOs Engagement in Child Rights and Protection in Times of Covid-19 previously published in April 2020.
Agenda
Day 1
22 June 2020, 09:00 CEST/11:00 Yerevan
Panel: Challenges and opportunities for CSOs Networks. The Way Forward.
Welcome address: George Bogdanov (ChildPact President)
Moderator: Cristina Rigman (ChildPact Secretary General)
Devic Olga (Children’s Information and Cultural Centre – DX Club, Serbia): Child participation in the pandemic context. A case study from Serbia
Kamala Ashumova (NGO Alliance for Children’s Rights, Azerbaijan)- CSOs engagement, perspectives from Azerbaijan
Daniela Maria Boșca (Gheorghe) (Federation of NGOs for Child, Romania) – How CSOs continued their advocacy work amid Covid-19 crisis in Romania
Mariana Ianachievici (The Alliance of Active NGO’s in the Field of Social Protection of Family and Child, Moldova) – Management challenges in times of pandemics: approaches and donors’ response
Day 2
23 June 2020, 09:00 CEST/11:00 Yerevan
Panel: Child protection and access to social services in time of Covid-19
Gayane Vardanyan (World Vision Armenia) – EVAC campaign during Covid-19 in Armenia
Saša Risojević (New Generation, Bosnia and Herzegovina) – Children helpline in Bosnia and Herzegovina: from violence to Covid 19 support
Donjeta Kelmendi & Loreta Keqekolla (Coalition of NGOs for Child Protection, Kosovo) – Child Protection during Covid-19 in Kosovo
Ezgi Yaman (ECPAT Turkey) – Child protection during Covid-19 in Turkey
Day 3
24 June 2020, 09:00 CEST/11:00 Yerevan
Panel: South Caucasus Focus
Ana Abashidze ( Coalition for Children and Youth, Georgia) – Children’s access to justice in Covid-19 context in Georgia
Nabil Seyidov (NGO Alliance for Children’s Rights, Azerbaijan) – Children’s access to justice in Covid-19 context in Azerbaijan
Aida Muradyan (Child Protection Network, Armenia) – Ratification of Lanzarote convention in Armenia: experiences, challenges and public resistance
Speakers
George Bogdanov is the President of ChildPact and the Executive Director of the National Network for Children – a network of more than 140 leading Bulgarian NGOs, working with children and families. Mr Bogdanov holds a PhD on Sociology, Anthropology and Art science from Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski and has a significant background in working with civil groups, NGOs, the Roma community in Bulgaria as well as with isolated communities by means of the approach for development of the communities. Mr Bogdanov is the author and co-author of a number of reports and researches in the sphere of child welfare, civic organizations, decentralization, poverty and social inclusion, health, social services and antidiscrimination.
Olga Devic is an activist in the field of protection and promotion of child rights and human rights since her primary school. As a member of Children Club for Child Rights (Club Dx), which operates within Child Rights Center, Ms Devic advocates for the rights of the child in politics and practice with an emphasis on capacity building of children to actively participate in a society. Mrs Devic serves as a Steering Committee member of U-Report Serbia conducted by UNICEF and a Youth delegate from Serbia at the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of Council of Europe. Mrs Devic has been elected by more than 100 youth NGOs for the Governing Board of National Youth Council of Serbia (KOMS) as the youngest member ever.
Daniela Maria Boșca (Gheorghe) is currently the Executive Director of the Federation of NGOs for Children in Romania. Specialized in child psychology and children rights, she has been working in this field for over 18 years. She was one of the first Romanian professionals to address cases of child victims of abuse and neglect in a multidisciplinary team. Ms Boșca graduated the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences at University of Babes Bolyai Cluj-Napoca, specializing in working with parents and children. She is currently completing her PhD at “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iasi, Faculty of Philosophy and Social-Political Sciences, Doctoral School of Sociology.
Mariana Ianachevici is the Executive Director of AVE Copiii Association, Board member of the Moldovan coalition for child protection (APSCF) and former ChildPact’s President of the Board. Ms. Ianachevici is an expert in child protection with advanced experience in child-centered policies and services.
Ezgi Yaman is ECPAT Turkey/Turkish Network Against CSEC (Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children) Secretary General. Ms Yaman has been working as a research assistant at University of Kocaeli, Department of Social Work. She holds a Master’s Degree in Social Work and is a Ph.D. candidate in social policy doing research social protection policies for children in Italy and Turkey.
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