Estonia

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Estonia - Country Profile 2022 on children in need

Eurochild recently published a new report, (In)visible children, on the…

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Estonia - Country Profile on the European Semester and COVID-19 crisis

The Estonian government reacted to the COVID-19 pandemic in a…

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Members

  • Estonian Union for Child Welfare

    National Partner Network

    Estonian Union for Child Welfare is a non-profit umbrella organisation that contributes to ensuring children’s rights and shaping a child-friendly society. Founded in 1988, the Union participates actively in a variety of national and international networks. Estonian Union for Child Welfare follows the four core principles of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in its activities: non-discrimination, adherence to the best interest of the child, the right to life survival and development and the right of the child to be heard.

     

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27 January 2023

Estonia - Country Profile 2022 on children in need

Eurochild recently published a new report, (In)visible children, on the situation of children in need across Europe. Read feedback from our members from Estonia on the European Semester, on EU…
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18 July 2022

Estonia's Child Guarantee National Action Plan - An overview

2021 was a turning point in the fight against child poverty, with the launch of two landmark initiatives, the EU Strategy on the Rights of the Child and the European Child…
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22 December 2021

DataCare Country Overview - Estonia

In the context of the DataCare project, key data on children in alternative care for each country in EU and the UK have been analysed to map how EU Member…
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5 December 2023

Estonia's UN Convention on the Rights of the Child alternative report

Eurochild member Estonian Union for Child Welfare release a report highlighting the most important problems in terms of the rights and well-being of children in Estonia. In 2017 the Committee…

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12 February 2024

Getting to know the National Eurochild Forums: Estonia

Get to know the National Eurochild Forums in their own words. In this blog, the Estonian Union for Child Welfare, which hosts one of the four NEFs, discusses their unique…


Completed Activities

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DataCare

The DataCare Project was launched by Eurochild with support from UNICEF in March 2020. The project aims to carry out a comprehensive mapping of child protection data systems across the 27 Member States of the European Union (EU) and the…
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First Years, First Priority

Eurochild and the International Step by Step Association co-lead a Europe-wide campaign to leverage EU policy and funds and drive public investment in early childhood development. The European Public Health Alliance and Roma Education Fund are associate partners. Organisations in…
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Child Rights Manifesto / Vote for Children

#VoteforChildren is a coalition campaign seeking for children’s issues to top the agenda for the 2024 European elections. Every 5 years the leadership in the EU institutions changes. EU citizens have the opportunity to vote for Members of the European Parliament.  New…
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CarePath

The CarePath project involves partners from Greece, Hungary and Italy.  It aims to ensure that children ageing out of care have access to high quality trauma-informed aftercare support.  It contributes to Eurochild’s goal of improving child protection systems in Europe.…
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Childonomics

Childonomics aims to combine economic discipline with children’s rights.  It provides a knowledge framework through which Eurochild understands investing in children. The initial project (2014-2018) developed a conceptual framework and methodology designed to measure the long-term social and economic return…
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Opening Doors, Pan-European De-Institutionalisation Campaign

Strengthening Families. Ending Institutional CareA safe and loving family environment is the best place for a child to thrive. The Opening Doors for Europe’s Children campaign aimed to strengthen families and end institutional care. The campaign coordinated by Eurochild, was…
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ICAM - Improving the inclusion in school of Children Affected by Migration

Eurochild is partnering in an innovative EU-funded initiative to improve the inclusion in schools and ensure the rights to quality education for all Children who have been Affected by Migration (CAM). CAM are children who, for whatever reason, have suffered from…
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Reaching In: strengthening marginalised children’s participation in decision-making

Reaching-In is a European collaboration project between children and adults, aiming at increasing the impact that marginalised children have on public decision-making at local, national level and European levels (decisions made by governments and decisions about services like health, education…
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Building children's futures - Using children's rights to recover from the global pandemic

Covid-19 has had a devastating impact on children and young people across Europe. Pandemic restrictions led to school closures, the curtailment of services and parental unemployment. Consequently, many children experienced increased exposure to abuse, neglect, poverty, hunger, social exclusion and…
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DAY – Democratic Activation of Youth

The aim of the DAY Project – Democratic Activation of Youth coordinated by Eurochild member Albero della Vita is to create and institutionalise mechanisms of child participation in democratic life at the local level in Italy. The DAY project is…
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Leveraging EU influence to deliver change for families in adversity in Bulgaria

The project aims to strengthen the prevention of child-family separation in adversity in Bulgaria by leveraging and meaningfully engaging civil society. Eurochild will support “360 degrees” tailored advocacy agenda for Bulgaria using all strings and influences of the EU for…
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Child Citizens Project –Creating meaningful local child participation in Hungary

The aim of the Child Citizens project is to create and implement effective and innovative child participatory practices in Józsefváros, the 8th district of Budapest. The Child Citizens Project is coordinated by the municipality of Józsefváros, Budapest’s 8th district, and…