We are delighted to announce that the First of Two Special Issues Based on the 2019 FICE Congress in Tel Aviv: “Better Future Opportunities for Children and Young People in Multicultural Societies” has been published in Vol 11 No 4.1 of the International Journal of Child, Youth and Family Studies. The second of the two special issues will be published in the beginning of 2020. Issue editors: Emmanuel Grupper, Alex Schneider, and Friedhelm Peters Read the Issue
WEBINAR 24th to 27th of November 2020 Context: In this edition, due to the current Covid-19 pandemic, the annual Seminar on Quality of Out-of-Home Care Services will take place remotely with the 16-hour program spread over four consecutive mornings between the 24th and 27th of November 2020 and another 12 hours of workshops in small groups. This annual event aims to bring together national and international guests to address relevant findings from the "National Survey on Institutional and Family Out-of-home Care Services for Children during the Covid-19 Pandemic". The results will be published in a technical report and following e-book during the event. Our objective is to bring pertinent re
Today marked the beginning of an exciting international online event - The International Care Leavers Convention. The participants were greeted and welcomed by Dr. Kiran Modi, Founder and Managing Trustee, Udayan Care, India on behalf of the Convention Organizing Committee, followed by representatives of the key partners who made their opening addresses (SOS Children’s Villages International, University of Hildesheim, Germany, Kinderperspectief, Netherlands, Generation Never Give-up (GNG) Network, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe Care Leavers’ Network). One of the very first panels was moderated by our colleague Patrick Reason from FICE Brasil, focused on "The COVID-19 impact on Care Leavers: Global
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the risks for Care Leavers across the globe. A group of organisations comprising of Udayan Care (India), SOS Children’s Villages, University of Hildesheim (Germany), Kinderperspectief (Netherlands) and Care Leavers Networks, namely, Generation never Give-up (Sri Lanka), Care Leavers Association and Network (India), Zimbabwe Care Leavers Network (Zimbabwe) and the Latin American Care Leavers Network, have come together to convene an International Care Leavers Convention, aimed at connecting Care Leavers internationally and enabling their coming together on a common and safe platform to learn, share and exchange their experiences, knowledge and challenges.
SECOND FICE COVID-19 CAFE 15.09.2020, 15:30 - 17:00 CET The second meeting of the COVID-19 Cafe series took place on 15 September from 15:30 to 17:00 CET. The meeting began with an introduction and welcoming words from Martine Tobe, the moderator, followed by short updates from Katerina Ivanova (FICE TA) about the latest activities of the organization, including the COVID-19 4P LOG App project, the newsletter, the Special issue of CYC-Online with articles from the 34th FICE Congress in Israel. The moderator asked four of the participants to present the current situation of COVID-19 in their country. Cate Macmillan presented the situation in Australia. The COVID-19 pandemic and the restricti
INVITATION International Online Conference "CHILD ABUSE AND VIOLENCE – AN APPROACH IN THE CONTEXT OF THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC" NOVEMBER 19, 2020 13.00 (CET) [14.00 Romania] As you already know, the International Federation of Educational Communities - Romania Section (FICE Romania), has participated, since 2013, at the campaign „19 Days to Prevent Abuse and Violence against Children and Young People”, initiated worldwide by WWSF. This year, despite the harsh conditions generated by the pandemic of COVID 19 in which the prevention activities had to take place, at the initiative of FICE Romania an impressive number of schools, other educational institutions and local communities have been involv