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Children's Rights: Political will or won't?

Eurochild 2023 report on children in need across Europe. This report is based on assessments provided by 38 Eurochild members in 26 countries and provides recommendations for each country on how…

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Eurochild has now 200 members in 41 countries

On 22 November 2023, Eurochild held its Extraordinary General Assembly with the membership which voted on key aspects of Eurochild’s governance and membership, which now totals 200 members in 41…

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Urgent call for a ceasefire and opening of humanitarian corridors in the occupied Palestinian territory

We urgently call upon the European Union (EU) institutions and EU Member States to take immediate and decisive action in response to the ongoing conflict in the occupied Palestinian territory…

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About us

Eurochild is the largest network of organisations and individuals working with and for children in Europe.

We are striving for a society where all children and young people grow up happy, healthy, confident and respected as individuals in their own right. We influence policies, build civil society capacity, facilitate mutual learning and exchange practice and research. Our work is underpinned by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
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Thematic Areas


Highlights

Annual Report 2022

This report features our 2022 achievements

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Our Videos


Our Reach

Albania

  • The Children's Human Rights Centre Albania - CRCA

Armenia

  • Child Protection Network

Austria

  • CONCORDIA Social Projects
  • SOS Children's Villages International
  • Sharon Schneider
  • National Coalition for the Implementation of the UN CRC - Austria
  • Raluca Verweijen-Slamnescu

Azerbaijan

  • Fidan Abdullayeva

Belgium

  • Active Citizen Europe
  • Alliance for Childhood European Network Group
  • Child Rights Coalition Flanders
  • Children's Rights Knowledge Centre - Keki
  • VBJK - Ressource and Research Centre for Early Childhood Care and Education
  • Don Bosco International
  • European Council for Steiner Waldorf Education
  • Julien Van Geertsom
  • Kind en Gezin
  • Maud  Stiernet
  • Office of Birth and Childhood - ONE
  • Florence Koenderink

Bosnia and Herzegovina

  • Association Novi Put (New Road)

Bulgaria

  • Cedar Foundation
  • Social Activities and Practices Institute
  • For our Children Foundation
  • Know-how Centre for Alternative Care for Children - New Bulgarian University
  • National Network for Children - Bulgaria

Croatia

  • Coordination of Associations for Children
  • Union of Societies "Our Children" Croatia
  • Society "Our Children" Opatija
  • Faculty of Education and Rehabilitation Sciences - University of Zagreb
  • FICE Croatia
  • Ivana Boric
  • Ombudsman for Children - Croatia
  • Croatia for Children Foundation – ZHZD
  • Association Centre for the Culture of Dialogue (CEKADE)

Cyprus

  • Pancyprian Coordinating Committee for the Protection and Welfare of Children
  • Council FONI

Czechia

  • Alliance for the Rights of the Child - Czechia
  • Vterina poté (Second After)
  • Velky vuz Sever
  • In the Interest of the Child - the Civic Association

Denmark

  • Fairstart Foundation
  • Geert Jorgensen
  • Joint Council for Child Issues (Bornesagens Faellesrad)

Estonia

  • Estonian Union for Child Welfare

Finland

  • Central Union for Child Welfare Finland
  • Pesäpuu Ry - Centre of Expertise in Child Welfare
  • Federation of Mother and Child Homes and Shelters
  • Mannerheim League for Child Welfare

France

  • National Federation of Association for Child Protection
  • Association Samuel Vincent
  • Anne Williams
  • Children of Prisoners Europe
  • Secours Populaire Français
  • Group SOS Youth
  • Initiatives of Change France
  • Nexem

Germany

  • European Network for Traveller Education - ENTE
  • Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Kinder- und Jugendhilfe
  • Bavarian Youth Council
  • German Children's Fund
  • Kindermitte association for social enterpreneurship and quality in early education
  • National Coalition Germany - Network for the Implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
  • Bertelsmann Stiftung
  • International Federation of Social Workers Europe

Greece

  • Union of Women of Heraklion
  • The Smile of the Child
  • Roots Research Center NGO
  • Prolepsis Institute
  • ERGO-LEARNING4LIFE
  • Iliachtida - Hospitality Centre for Sick Children and Family
  • Network for Children's Rights - Greece
  • ALMA - Panhellenic Association of Adapted Activities

Hungary

  • Terre des Hommes - Fondation Lausanne in Hungary
  • Hintalovon Child Rights Foundation
  • Family, Child, Youth Association
  • Office of the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights - Hungary
  • Nestingplay
  • Ágnes Lux

Iceland

  • Þroskahjálp, the National Association of Intellectual Disabilities

Ireland

  • Children's Rights Alliance Ireland
  • Helen Lynch
  • Hugh Frazer
  • Robbie Gilligan
  • Child Law Project
  • UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre

Italy

  • Cesvi
  • CIFA
  • Department of Human Sciences for Education - University of Milano-Bicocca
  • Fondazione L'Albero della Vita ETS
  • Istituto Degli Innocenti
  • SOS Il Telefono Azzurro Onlus
  • EFYS - Equipe Formation Youthstart Sardinia
  • ICAM Network APS
  • Rosalba Mirci

Kosovo

  • Childproof NGO
  • Coalition of NGOs for Child Protection-KOMF

Latvia

  • Latvian Child Welfare Network
  • Latvian Protect the Children

Lithuania

  • Dainius Puras
  • Auto moto group
  • Lithuanian Informal Coalition of Non-governmental Organisations for Child Rights
  • ENGSO Youth

Luxembourg

  • Ombuds - Committee for the Rights of the Child

Malta

  • Malta Foundation for the Wellbeing of Society
  • Office of the Commissioner for Children - Malta
  • Foundation for Social Welfare Services
  • Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca
  • Early Childhood Development Association of Malta

Montenegro

  • NGO Parents

Montenegro

  • NGO Parents

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North Macedonia

  • First Children's Embassy in the World - Megjashi

Norway

  • World Organisation for Early Childhood Education

Poland

  • Child and Family Foundation
  • Department of Applied Sociology and Social Work - University of Lodz
  • Polish Foster Care Coalition
  • Happy Kids Foundation

Portugal

  • Sergio Araújo
  • Marta Santos Pais
  • Instituto de Apoio à  Criança
  • Nossa Senhora do Bom Sucesso Foundation
  • Odete Severino
  • Plataforma P.A.J.E
  • Sónia Rodrigues

Romania

  • Ador Copiii Association - The Community of Adoptive Families
  • Council of Institutionalised Youth
  • FARA Foundation
  • Federation of NGOs for Children - Romania
  • Hope and Homes for Children Romania
  • Friends of Romanian Children
  • Justice for Minors
  • Association “Casa Bună”

Serbia

  • Child Rights Centre
  • Children and Youth Support Organisation - Pomoc Deci
  • Network of Organisations for Children of Serbia - MODS
  • Center for Missing and Exploited Children – CNZD

Slovakia

  • Coalition for Children - Slovakia

Slovenia

  • Slovenian Children's Rights Network
  • Legal-Informational Centre for NGOs - Slovenia
  • Slovenian Association of Friends of Youth

Spain

  • Fundacio Privada Pere Closa
  • Research Team : Intervention - Faculty of Psychology and Education - Universidad de Deusto
  • Plataforma de Organizaciones de Infancia
  • Federació d'Entitats d'Atenció i d'Educació a la Infáncia i l'Adolescéncia (FEDAIA)
  • FICE Spain
  • Fundación Montessori sin Fronteras
  • Fundevas
  • National Foster Care Association - ASEAF

Sweden

  • Ann Rem Loraine Rava-Lynn
  • Thomas Hammarberg
  • The Association for Promotion of Family Centers
  • BRIS – Children´s Rights in Society

Switzerland

  • Ariel Foundation
  • Children's Rights European Academic Network (previously ENMCR)
  • European Alliance of Initiatives for Applied Antroposophy - ELIANT
  • International Association for Steiner/Waldorf Early Childhood Education

The Netherlands

  • ChildPress
  • Veronica Smits
  • Utrecht University - Dynamics of Youth Strategic Programme
  • Learning for Well-being Foundation (former Universal Education Foundation)
  • Netherlands Youth Institute
  • Dutch NGO Coalition for Children’s Rights
  • International Child Development Initiatives
  • EACH European Association for Children in Hospital

Turkey

  • Hayat Sende Youth Academy Association

Ukraine

  • Charity Fund EDUKIDS
  • Antonina Slipchenko
  • International Non-Governmental Organisation International Leadership and Development Center
  • International Charity Partnership for Every Child
  • Polina Klykova
  • Charitable Fund “Voices of Children”

United Kingdom

  • Hope and Homes for Children
  • Jeffrey Coleman
  • Home-Start Worldwide
  • International Foster Care Organisation (IFCO)
  • Catriona Williams OBE
  • Children in Northern Ireland
  • Children in Scotland
  • Children in Wales
  • Children's Rights Alliance for England
  • University of Central Lancashire - The Centre for Children and Young People's Participation - School of Social Work
  • Together (Scottish Alliance for Children's Rights)
  • The Early Years Organisation
  • European Children's Rights Unit - University of Liverpool
  • Gareth Williams-James
  • Lifestart Foundation
  • Marion Macleod
  • Middlesex University
  • Voices From Care Cymru
  • 5Rights Foundation
  • Vânia S. Pinto

Events

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10 - 11 January 2024

Facilitating the Integration of refugee and asylum-seeking children and caregivers in Europe

10-11 JANUARY 2024, BUCHAREST. Eurochild and FONPC are organising an international conference to share good practices and lessons on how civil society can facilitate the integration of refugee and asylum-seeking…

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16 November 2023

EuropaSocial 2023 - A new generation of local and European action in defence of the rights of the child

On 16 November, Eurochild co-organised a conference on the state of child rights as part of the Europa Social debate series in Barcelona. The conference, organised together with the Third…

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2 - 4 November 2023

European Presidency Child Guarantee Coordinators Meeting Side Event

2-4 NOVEMBER, VALENCIA The Spanish Presidency organises a meeting of EU National Child Guarantee Coordinators in Valencia on 3 November. Plataforma de Infancia and Eurochild are organising a parallel event…

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29 - 30 September 2023

Adoptee voices matter

29-30 SEPTEMBER, ATHENS. Law Reform, Identity, Right to Citizenship, International practices. Eurochild Greek member Roots Research Center is organising an international conference which will explore the following topics: Adoption and…

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20 - 20 June 2023

Children's voices on online safety: what do we need to learn?

Webinar by ECPAT, Eurochild and Down To Zero Alliance. Online, 20 June 2023, 2pm CEST This workshop will present an overview of the existing research on children’s views on online…

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16 - 17 May 2023

General Assembly & Members Day 2023

The Eurochild General Assembly & Members Day 2023 will be online on 16-17 May 2023. While the General Assembly sessions will include presentations and discussions on finances, activity reports and voting,…