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This research is based on a stock-taking of the current situation. It is based on a comprehensive literature review and a genuine primary research with service users as well as policy makers, service providers, children and families. The exercise aims to develop recommendations for the further development of the Bulgarian Child Protection System in its different components that provide child protection services, both in prevention and intervention.
Three themes are consistently pursued throughout the report, namely violence against children, children deprived of parental care and justice…
El presente informe de sistematización tiene como propósito hacer accesible la información producida en la Cumbre de la etapa final del análisis transversal del sistema de protección de la niñez, y ser una herramienta de comunicación y planificación al servicio de las instituciones públicas que formaron parte de este proceso. Este documento recoge en específico el conjunto de propuestas elaboradas y presentadas por el equipo investigador y enlaces institucionales, junto con la subcomisión del Consejo Nacional de la Niñez y Adolescencia, en el desarrollo de soluciones posibles enmarcadas…
The purpose of this systematization report is to make available the information produced at the Summit in the final stage of the cross-sectional review of the child protection system in Paraguay, and to be a communication and planning tool at the service of the Government agencies that were part of this process. This document specifically includes the set of proposals prepared and presented by the research team and institutional liaisons, together with the subcommittee of the National Council for Children and Adolescents, in the development of possible solutions framed in three phases:…
Children and adolescents living in Zambia are exposed to multi-dimensional risks and vulnerabilities, with a confluence of factors underpinning poverty and insecurity.
The Service Efficiency and Effectiveness for Vulnerable Children and Adolescents (SEEVCA) programme intends to develop a national child and family welfare system to reduce vulnerability and expand social protection for the most vulnerable and marginalised households. A key component to improved service delivery is integrated case management.
This technical study is one of three SEEVCA landscaping studies. The purpose of…
The Independent Care Review’s aim is to identify and deliver lasting change in Scotland’s care system and leave a legacy that will transform the wellbeing of infants, children and young people.
In October 2016, after meeting with and listening to children and young people in care, Scotland’s First Minister announced “an independent, root and branch review of the care system” to look at “the underpinning legislation, practices, culture and ethos”.
The Independent Care Review began its work in February 2017 and by November of the same year it was agreed that the Care Review would take up…
This report captures the findings of a mapping exercise commissioned by UNICEF Ghana and undertaken by the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ). This mapping exercise sought primarily to establish the number and profile of institutions at national and sub-national levels involved in child protection. The mapping report documents identifiable Government Institutions, International Non-Governmental Organizations (INGOs), Local Non-Governmental Organizations (LNGOs), Faith-Based and Community- Based Organizations engaged in child protection work from preventive,…
El Modelo de cuidados alternativos contenido en este documento se presenta en una coyuntura social en la que el Estado y la sociedad civil de Guatemala enfrentan el desafío de un cambio necesario. Según fue señalado en el Informe del estado de situación de las modalidades de acogimiento familiar y residencial en la Secretaría de Bienestar Social de la Presidencia de la República de Guatemala, los acontecimientos del 8 de marzo de 2017 en el hogar de acogimiento residencial “Virgen de la Asunción” fueron la expresión de un sistema que requiere cambios urgentes. Así lo han comprendido las…
This 4th annual report from the Global Social Service Workforce Alliance includes a multi-country, four region review of the state of the social service workforce. Through Alliance-led mappings and assessments in three regions in collaboration with UNICEF, and information from mappings and assessments in a fourth region, this report consolidates trends and data and makes recommendations for better planning, development and support to this frontline workforce. The report also makes connections to the Alliance's Call to Action for Strengthening the Social Service Workforce to Better Protect…
This report from the German Youth Institute (Deutsches Jugendinstitut e.V., DJI) assesses the adoption system in the Netherlands, including: the organizations involved, the costs of adoption, the Duth Adoption Process Framework and its participants, preparation services for adoptive and birth families, post adoption services for adoptive and birth families as well as for adoptees, and best practices. The report concludes with a summary and discussion.
The Opening Doors for Europe’s Children – a pan-European campaign that advocates for strengthening families and ending institutional care – released 16 country fact sheets about the progress with the transition from institutional to family- and community-based care (also known as deinstitutionalisation) in 2018. The new generation of country snapshots covers 12 EU Member States, 2 EU pre-accession and 2 EU neighbouring countries.
Evidence reveals steady progress and growing commitment to the transformation of child…