INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF EDUCATIVE COMMUNITIES

The International Federation of Educative Communities in Romania(FICE Romania) in collaboration with the National Agency for Child Protection and Adoption, The Association of the General Directors of Social Assistance and Child Protection and the Association of the Municipalities in Romania, is organizing a conference on "Prevention of violence and abuse towards children - public policies for protection and prevention of children's rights". The conference will take place on 16 November from 10:00 to 14:00 in Bucharest at the Parliament Palace("Avram lancu" Conference Hall). The conference will take place in the context of the 19 days of activism against violence and abuse towards children,

Towards effective implementation of community-based services in the system of child care 23 - 24 November 2017 Pamplona (Navarra, Spain) At Civican building General Objective: To promote effective transition towards community-based services in children and youth care sector. Specific Objectives: To raise awareness regarding effective implementation of community-based care services; To contextualise new national legislation with current EU DI trends and frameworks; To analyse its content and potentialities; To provide examples of good practices to encourage its effective implementation. Target Audience: Researchers, practitioners, policy makers, administration stakeholders from the child and

This group meets twice a year to invite researchers, practitioners and policy makers to discuss relevant and ongoing research into the needs of emotionally troubled children and young people, especially those in residential and foster care. As well as presentations from our speakers, we will run a reflective group to engage with people's preoccupations and dilemmas in their respective practitioner and research fields. The cost is a quite reasonable £25 per head including coffee and lunch, to cover our costs. We look forward to welcoming you to this group. Yvon Guest and John Diamond. AGENDA 10:30 Registration 11:00 - 11:45 Reflective group, current sector preoccupations, achievements and di

PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT CALL FOR GOOD PRACTICES AND EXAMPLES FROM EUROPEAN SOCIAL WORK The deadline for sending in contributions is 1st of December 2017 LINK TO THE FORM FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTION ENSACT, the European Network for Social Action, hosts the European Observatory of the Global Agenda on Social Work and Social Development which aims at monitoring, reporting and disseminating the contributions of social work and social development in building a ‘society for all’ in which every individual has an active role to play within a fair and just world. We call on social work practitioners, educators, policy makers and researchers in Europe to send us their e

The aim of the LEAP project is to promote participatory practice with children and young people. You can check Childhub and read and share this magazine on social media. Let’s all participate! “We can never share ALL we have learned. But we hope you will want to experience participatory work yourself.” - Kate D’Arcy LEAP project co-oordinator Read magazine

Dear colleagues, I have just returned from the FICE Europe conference in Hungary, where I have been hearing about the range and scale of issues facing children and young people, practitioners, researchers and policy makers across Europe. As well as presentations from the new EU countries who are working hard to develop and implement coherent Child Protection systems, our colleagues across Europe are managing an unprecedented influx of unaccompanied asylum seeking and refugee children, in the biggest mass migration of people escaping war and poverty since World War 2. The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child is the guiding principle for this work. It is a beacon of hope for many people,

The International youth exchange „Video perspectives“ organized by Hungarian Directorate-General for Social Affairs and Child Protection and FICE Europe took place in Zamradi, Hungary from September 11th until September 17th 2017. The program was implemented by professionals from the film organisation “Kid’s eye”. Project gathered 26 participants (with alternative care experience) from 7 European countries (Hungary, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Germany, Netherlands, Romania, Serbia) and 18 professionals from the field of youth work (social workers, psychologists, social pedagogues, teachers) and film (movie makers, photographers, cameraman, musicians, make-up artists…). During six day

“Please join us for the 20th National and 12th Triennial International Child and Youth Care Conference on the ancestral and unceded territories of the Coast Salish Peoples, specifically the Musqueam peoples, commonly known as Richmond, BC. Richmond is located in the beautiful greater Vancouver area. This conference will include 3 full convening days and an Educators’ Day filled with empowering opportunities to learn, share, network, and be inspired!” Proudly hosted by the Child and Youth Care Association of BC For more information, please contact admin@cycabc.com

The 15th International EUSARF Conference will take place in Porto, Portugal. Preparations have already started to make this conference to a wonderful event with an outstanding programme and additional pre-conference meetings. It is the first time that a EUSARF conference will take place in Portugal. Participants from many countries are expected to attend and make this conference into a truly international and interdisciplinary meeting. Especially welcome are international research projects and seminars. So please save the dates: 3rd to 5th October 2018 It is a pleasure to inform you that the next EUSARF Conference 2018 will be held in Porto (Portugal) from , please save the dates.