Towards an effective implementation of community-based services in the system of child care - confer
Towards an effective implementation of community-based services in the system of child care
23 - 24 November 2017,CIVICAN, Av. de Pío XII, 2, 31008
Pamplona, Navarra
On 23 and 24 November 2017 took place the Conference “Towards an effective implementation of community-based services in the system of child care” in Pamplona (Navarra, Spain). The two day conference was a Eurochild's member led event, organized by the member organization and Opening Doors National Coordinator in Spain, FICE Spain and hosted by the organization Kamira. S. Coop. The event counted also with financial support from La Caixa Banking Foundation (https://obrasociallacaixa.org/es/). The Conference aimed at promoting an effective transition towards community-based services in children and youth care sector and specifically to raise awareness regarding effective implementation of community-based care services; to contextualise new national legislation with current EU DI trends and frameworks and to provide examples of good practices to encourage its effective implementation.
The Conference was opened by the President of FICE Spain, the President of Kamira S.Coop and a representative of Social Issues from Navarra Government. At the opening FICE Spain was presented as well as the objectives and structure of the conference.
During the first day a Panel on the Current EU framework on the transition towards community-based care was held. Jana Hainsworth (General Secretary of Eurochild) presented the European framework EU 2020 Strategy on DI, Sabrina Ferraina (EASPD policy adviser) made a presentation on the EU Guidelines on the transition from institutional to community-based care, Ines Bulic (policy officer of ENIL) presented the toolkit on how to use EU Funds on the transition towards community based services. High interest was showed by participants to learn strategies to direct EU funds towards DI in Spain.
Afterwards a second panel followed on the Current national Spanish framework on the transition towards community-based services which helped set the current Spanish reality in the issue. Julieta Moreno Torres-Sanchez (Legal adviser on childhood protection, Andalusia Regional Government, Spain) explained the contents of the new Organic Law amending the system of child and youth protection as of 22 July 2015, Adrian Gimeno (representing the socialist group in the childhood commission of the Spanish Parliament) presented the Spanish operative policies related to community-based services in child care and Miguel Angel Gurbindo Marín (Vice Principal of Family and Childhood, Navarre Government) made a presentation on community-based services in Navarra.
The second day started with a presentation on the Opening Doors Campaign and its implementation at national and regional level in Catalonia held by Jordi Pascual Pelach (general director of Fundación Plataforma Educativa, FICE Cataluña) followed by two presentations from a research perspective by Jorge Fernandez del Valle (PHD professor on psychosocial interventions by Oviedo University) and Carme Montserrat (Researcher of childhood care by Gerona University) with a focus on the situation of children in care in Spain from mental health and educative perspectives.
The Caixa Proinfancia Program, funded by la Caixa Foundation was presented by Ana Bustamante (Coordinator of the Caixa Proinfancia Program). This preventive programmeof support for children and families promotes the social and educational development of children in poverty.
The last part of the conference consisted in several rounds of presentations of national good practices in the field of community-based services from different perspectives: children, work with families, careleavers, independent living, preventive services / specialised alternative care services and youth participation from different Spanish regions (Catalonia, Navarra, Basque Country and Galicia).
The Conference had almost 60 participants each of the two days with different profiles ranging from social enterprises representatives, practitioners (social educators, phycologist educators, sociologists, researchers , teachers, policy makers, administration stakeholders from the child and youth care sector from different Spanish territories (Galicia, Canarias, Ciudad Real, Cuenca, Catalonia) and especially from the Navarra region.
