Conference "Prevention of violence and abuse towards children - public policies for protection
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 1
Towards effective implementation of community-based services in the system of child care
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

Showing the way in trauma informed practice - Research group meeting
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 coff
PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT CALL FOR GOOD PRACTICES AND EXAMPLES F
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
LEAP magazine
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

International Centre News October 1st 2017
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

INTERNATIONAL YOUTH EXCHANGE „VIDEO PERSPECTIVES“
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, Rom

2018 Child and Youth Care Conference
“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 Ch

SAVE THE DATE EUSARF Conference: Porto (Portugal), 3rd to 5th October 2018
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 res