INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF EDUCATIVE COMMUNITIES

Since it was created, FICE has carried out numerous initiatives aimed at supporting the professionals in the field of child and youth care. This includes(but not only) activities for increasing the capacities of child and youth care workforce(seminars, conferences, training activities, congresses, exchange activities); developing standards and guidelines in the field of child and youth care(FICE International Code of Ethics; Quality for children); mapping the qualifications

Implementing the UN Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children All around the world, for many different reasons, hundreds of thousands of children cannot live with their parents. The UN Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children set out the principles for policy and practice that have been agreed upon globally, to help towards tackling this issue. Now it's your chance to take part in this free massive online open course (MOOC), which will explore what the UN Guideli

Studies show that approximately 1 billion children worldwide have experienced physical, sexual or psychological violence in the last year alone. While the magnitude of violence against children can be discouraging, one of the solutions and reasons for great hope lies in strengthening the social service workforce. The social service workforce is on the front lines every day to prevent and respond to violence against children in its multiple forms, by: Playing a key role as cen

Social Service Workforce Week Day 3 Development of a National Social Service Workforce Strengthening Strategy: The Ugandan experience The Call to Action by the Global Social Service Workforce Alliance, signed by 34 organizations, recommends country and global level actions that build on existing efforts underway nationally, including calling on relevant state governments to initiate, lead and engage in dialogue with partners to develop or enhance a national workforce strengt

Mapping the Social Service Workforce to Better Protect Children To support appropriate responses through effective child protection, as well as justice, health, education and quality care interventions, it is imperative to have a strong protection system in place. One critical element of this system is an effective social service workforce with a clear mandate, appropriate resources and relevant training and supervision. However, limited data about the workforce and the syste

Today marks day one of Social Service Workforce Week. Celebrated annually for the last five years, the Global Social Service Workforce Alliance invites you to get involved throughout the week in advocating for greater funding, policy and programmatic support for the social service workforce. The week’s theme is A Call to Action: Strengthening the Social Service Workforce to Better Protect Children and Achieve the SDGs. FICE International is among the 31 organizations that hav

The project "Safe parks for refugee children in Lebanon" is a collaborative initiative of the International Social Service(ISS) - Switzerland and FICE International with the help of Lebanese partners - Mousawatand himaya. 7 municipalities opened a new SafePark in collaboration withhimaya this summer! The collaboration with the municipality is a key for a sustainable project. For more information about the recent developments in the project, read the latest Newsletter

The 5th Seminar on the Quality of Care Services for Children and Adolescents: Possibilities and Challenges - will discuss better practice within different types of care services for children and adolescents, including shelters, residential care, care leavers condominiums and foster care services as based on Brazilian law and the UN Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children. Issues including day to day activities and schooling, use of psychoactive substances, mental hea