Poland

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Poland - 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 Poland on the European Semester, on EU…

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Poland - Country Profile on the European Semester and COVID-19

To respond to the COVID-19 epidemic temporary changes were introduced to the Act on Family Support and the Alternative Care System that included the weakening of a regulation that the…

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Members

  • Child and Family Foundation

    National organisation - advocacy/campaign

    The mission of the Child and Family Foundation is to support children and families in crisis   undertaking activities and initiatives aimed at the strengthening of families and the prevention of separation of children from families – based on the interest of the child. The Foundation undertakes also activities aimed at the protection of child rights focusing on the right of the child to safe development in a family and its protection against violence.

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  • Department of Applied Sociology and Social Work - University of Lodz

    Academic and research institution

    The Department of General Sociology at the University of Lodz conducts research on the children welfare and the inter generational transmission of inequalities. The main research fields include child wellbeing, child poverty, children’s rights, social policies and social services for families and children.

     

     

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  • Polish Foster Care Coalition

    National organisation - advocacy/campaign

    The Polish Foster Care Coalition is a group of individuals from all over Poland representing local and nationwide non-governmental organisations. Their mission is to safeguard a child’s legal right to be brought up in a family environment. The Coalition mainly focuses on lowering the number of children placed in institutions, placing children who cannot be brought up by their biological parents in foster families, raising standards in foster care and breaking foster care stereotypes. It also provides support to former foster children and foster parents.

     

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  • Happy Kids Foundation

    National organisation - advocacy/campaign

    Happy Kids Foundation is an NGO that creates and runs childcare centers of family type  each with up to 8 children. The Foundation commits to build relations with the biological families. It aims at raising the quality standard of foster care in Poland and the awareness on this issue through social events, conferences and seminars. The Foundation provides the children with self-confidence and self-determination through professional parents who give them care and primarily education; it provides the children with financial and material assistance, training and courses.

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Resources

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31 January 2023

Poland - 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 Poland on the European Semester, on EU…
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5 December 2022

Poland'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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27 October 2022

Ukrainian Children from orphanages – another test for child protection systems in Poland

Eurochild position paper on the developments for children in alternative care in Europe After the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, millions of people, mostly women and children, fled the country…
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22 December 2021

DataCare Country Overview - Poland

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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How can Poland develop a better deinstitutionalisation strategy?

Eurochild member, Polish Foster Care Coalition, organised a nation-wide conference to discuss next steps on how to prioritise family based foster care in the Polish deinstitutionalisation strategy On February 24,…

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Lessons from Poland: Creating lasting change for children in alternative care

With support from the Martin James Foundation, Eurochild has provided technical assistance and sub-granting to our member the Polish Foster Care Coalition throughout the COVID pandemic period. Our goal has…