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Online library - Joint research from Eurochild and UNICEF proves that comparability on children in alternative care is possible across Europe, and should be incorporated in the monitoring of the Child Guarantee.
A commitment to deinstitutionalisation in Europe…
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Multimedia - Eurochild has worked with members, UNICEF and over 50 experts across Europe to map how EU Member States and the UK currently collect data on the situation of children in alternative care. This research proves that comparability on children in alternative care is…
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News - Eurochild and UNICEF carried out the DataCare project to map alternative care data systems across the 27 Member States of the European Union (EU-27) and the United Kingdom (UK). They found that despite differing national definitions and categorisations of alternative care…
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News - The conference was implemented through the project, Center for Support of Children and Families - Day Center, which is funded by the IPA II funds of the European Union and the Montenegro Program for Employment, Education and Social Protection, and implemented through the…
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Multimedia - We are sharing this recording of the meeting that discussed the report "Deinstitutionalization and community life in Bulgaria" with its main author Nadia Deneva. The report focuses on the fact that the Bulgarian model of deinstitutionalization has dashed the hopes of…
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Online library - The report "Deinstitutionalisation and Life in the Community in Bulgaria" focuses on the fact that the Bulgarian model of deinstitutionalization has dashed the hopes of children and adults with disabilities in Bulgaria. The findings of the Validity Foundation show…
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News - Eurochild reports about its support for FICE Croatia alongside Martin James Foundation with a goal to accelerate deinstitutionalisation reforms in Croatia.
With their support, FICE Croatia has:
Carried out a needs assessment and delivered training on…
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News - Interim findings for Eurochild & UNICEF’s landmark study on European data collection for children in alternative care released
Over the past year, Eurochild has worked with its members, UNICEF, and over 50 national experts across Europe on the DataCare Project to…
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Event - In the distant 2010 the process of deinstitutionalization began in Bulgaria with the Vision for Deinstitutionalization of Children in Bulgaria adopted by the Council of Ministers, which expressed the political will of the state to solve the problem of raising children in…
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News - Thanks to the joint efforts of UNICEF, the EU Delegation to Montenegro, the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare, national and local authorities, the Parliament of Montenegro, civil society, media, academia and the international community, the number of children placed in…
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News - The report describes the difficulties of refugees especially families with children in a pandemic situation, using the example of a struggling mother with two children in Bulgaria.
The closure of COVID -19 and the increase of gender-based violence (GBV) have…
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News - SOS The Children's Villages provided information on the backlog in deinstitutionalization, the operation of more than 80 closed institutions, the lack of educational criteria for quality care, and the inhibition of institutionalization of the lives of…
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Event - The National Conference Children's Participation - a Prerequisite for a Successful and Independent Life is organized by the Know-how Center for the Alternative Care for Chilren, NBU (KHC) within the frame of the International Child Protection Hub (ChildHub). During the…
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Event - The Anna Freud Center, London and the Know-Cow Center for the Alternative Care for Children, New Bulgarian University invite you to participate in the online training AMBIT in the Deinstitutionalization Reform - How to Work With Young People and Children Who Do Not Want Our…
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News - Blagoevgrad Radio (BNR) shared a report, "The Road After Home", concerning deinstitutionalization in Bulgaria and the fate of young people that have reached the age of 18. Nearly 5,000 children in Bulgaria live outside the home of their biological parents. According to…
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News - Hope and Homes for Children - Bulgaria shared a touching story about the reunion of a mother (Asya) with her children again, after they were forcibly taken to an institution.
The mother's story also includes growing up in an institution after she was left by her mother to be…
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Bulgaria is often held up as a success story of how the EU can support deinstitutionalisation. The recently published Disability Rights International report challenges that claim. But, Bulgaria should receive credit for the progress that has been made.…
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The European Union is seen as a champion in promoting deinstitutionalisation through its introduction of policies and the allocation of substantial funding. Many improvements have been made in reforming child protection systems and encouraging family and community–based…
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The European Expert Group on the Transition from Institutional to Community-based Care (EEG) has been shaken by the news of a devastating fire in a care home for persons with disabilities in Vejprty, Czech Republic. The fire claimed the lives of eight people and injured…
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News - A European Expert Group (EEG) conference on the transition from institutional to community-based care was held in Brussels on 16 January 2020, to evaluate the progress made in the deinstitutionalisation process in a European context. During the…
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News - Eurochild reported that over 60 Bulgarian civil society organisations (CSOs) called on six EU Commissioners in a letter to urge the Bulgarian government to effectively act against hate campaigns which question the need for civil society organisations.
A…
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News - On 18th December 2019, the UN General Assembly Third Comittee formally adopted a Resolution on the Rights of the Child, which focuses on the rights of children without parental care. This is a landmark moment in the progress within the field of rights of children…
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News - Greece's first integrated online platform for adoption and fostering will be implemented by the end of January. It will help reduce and significantly simplify the adoption process, according to the country's Deputy Minister for Social Solidarity, Domna Michailidou.
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Multimedia - Dr. Maria Herczog, sociologist, child protection expert, President of the Hungarian Association "Families, Children and Youth", was interviewed by the tv station ATV. They covered the work of Eurochild on providing tools for the better integration of foreign…
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News - Research has found a link between institutional deprivation and smaller brain size in young adulthood. A London-based team examined a group of adoptees from Ceaușescu-era live-in institutions in Romania where children had no toys, food, or…
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Multimedia - We are sharing this video material with interviews conducted at last month's International Conference Deinstitutionalization of Childcare: Investing in Change. In the video, Professor Nathan Fox, Professor Charles Nelson III and Dr. Charles…
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News - The National Children's Network (NCN) reported that 3 December was International Day of People with Disabilities. The event featured the exhibition ‘We Can Also!’, organized by the Parents in Action civic formation, which emphasizes the right of young people with…
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News - The Ministry of Labour and Social Policy (MLSP) sent their views on the findings of the Disability Rights International report, which was presented last week, to news website Dnevnik. The Ministry called the findings tendentious, unrepresentative, and aimed at…
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News - Balkan Insight reported on Disability Rights International's (DRI) critique of the lack of significant change in the ways in which children with disabilities are cared for, despite the recent move towards deinstitutionalisation. According to DRI, the conditions of group…
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Multimedia - The Know-How Centre for Alternative Care for Children shared these 2 videos from the International Conference "Deinstitutionalization of Childcare: Investing in Change" which was held between 5th - 8th November 2019 in Sofia, Bulgaria.
In the first video Marie-Anne…
