Terre des hommes and Child Protection Hub for South East Europe invite you to join the webinar on procedural rights of juveniles suspected or accused in criminal proceedings in the EU.

On 10-11 May 2016 Child Protection Hub for South East Europe organised a Policy Forum on Impact of Decentralisation on Social Services in Vienna, Austria. The event brought together about 60 policy makers, local authorities, representatives of academia and NGOs from 14 countries.

March 31st, 2015 Pristina Kosovo:  Child protection professionals and decision makers  from Albania, Kosovo and the FYR of Macedonia attended a transnational meeting in the framework of the Mario project with the objective of creating a common understanding on the protection needs of “children on the move” and identifying concrete steps to establish a functional referral mechanism between the three countries.

June 24, 2014, Budapest, Hungary: Professionals from 18 countries, from both government, NGOs and international organisations have gathered in Budapest to discuss possible mechanisms for post-return monitoring, i.e. a framework by which countries that have returned children can monitor their well-being in the country of origin.

In the framework of the Mario project, Hungarian researchers Szilvia Gyurko and Barbara Nemeth conducted a study on the ability of the Hungarian child protection system to protect children on the move. In the following interview Szilvia describes the main research findings and their recommendations both for Terre des hommes and for Hungary.

January 2013, Budapest, Hungary: The Regional office of Terre des hommes, together with 11 partner NGOs, and thanks to the co-funding of the European Union, have launched a new project to analyse the situation of children that have been returned to six different South-East European countries from the EU...

10 April, 2012, Vlore, Albania: While Albania has embarked in the difficult process of de-institutionalization, many children are still placed in residential homes for numerous reasons including extreme poverty, abandonment, neglect, abuse or family breakdowns. There are many children who are not genuine orphans, but have parents who are not able to adequately care for the children, who are then placed in institutionalized childcare facilities. Tdh considers as of paramount importance and systematically advocates that, where possible, children living in residential institutions maintain close contacts with their parents, as it is a child’s right and is essential to their healthy development. In this context a special room was inaugurated on Tuesday, April 10th in the Residential Institution of Vlora, with financial support from Terre des hommes and the generous contribution of its project donors.

Warsaw, 5-6 October 2011: On the occasion of the 11th OSCE Human Dimension Implementation meeting, the project Mario partners drew the attention of the 56 participating states to the child protection concerns identified throughout their activities, with that action will be taken for children on the move in the OSCE region.