EFSC Workshop 5th-6th May 2008: Social exclusion and extreme poverty as major reasons for the life situation of street children in the Central and Eastern European Member States - National analyses, reports and strategic concepts to prepare the new Nation
   
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EFSC Workshop: Social exclusion and extreme poverty as major reasons for the life situation of street children in the Central and Eastern European Member States - National analyses, reports and strategic concepts to prepare the new National Strategies 2008 - 2011

5-6 May 2008

REPORTS

Workshop summary report 

PRESENTATIONS
 

European Commission

Luca Pirozzi - The 2008-2010 National Strategy Reports on Social Protection and Social Inclusion - National analyses, reports and strategic concepts to prepare the new National Strategies 2008 - 2011 

Experts

Hugh Frazer, Social Inclusion Policy and Practice Adjunct Professor NUI Maynooth - Fighting against child poverty and promoting social inclusion as a priority for implementing EU social policy in Central and Eastern European Member States

Prof. Dr. Walter Specht, University of Tübingen, Germany, expert on inclusive social policies for vulnerable children - Mobile Youth Work as a community-based approach to include street children in Central and Eastern European countries

National Governments

Bulgaria - Street children in Bulgaria: the governmental approach

Czech Republic - Social exlusion and extreme poverty as major reasons for the life situation of street children in the Czech Republic

Estonia - Children at Risk in Estonia

Hungary - The responses given by the Hungarian child protection system to social exclusion and extreme poverty

Romania -  Overview on the situation of street children in Romania

Poland - Street children. State of affairs in Poland, strategies and perspectives

Slovakia - State of Affairs, Strategies and Perspectives;The National Report on the Strategies for Social Protection and Social Inclusion 2006 - 2008

Slovenia - Crisis Centers for Youth and Children in SLOVENIA

NGO's

Bulgaria - Association Gavroche;

Czech Republic - Proxima Sociale; Silesian Diakonie 

Estonia - Talinn Center for Children at Risk

Hungary - Megallo Group Foundation for Addicts

Poland - Society of the Friends of Children (TPD)

Romania - Romanian Foundation for Children, Community and Family

 Slovenia - Caritas Slovenia

*Background documents: the 2006-2008 NAPs can be downloaded at: http://ec.europa.eu/employment_social/spsi/strategy_reports_en.htm 

OTHER USEFUL MATERIAL

Workshop Programme

Participants' list

 

PROGRESS

What is Progress

What is PROGRESS
2009-04-07

Key networks funded under Progress

Key Networks Funded under PROGRESS
2009-04-07

EFSC work plan under Progress

EFSC Work Plan 2009 under PROGRESS
2009-04-07

Focal Officiers within the EFSC network

Focal Officers within the EFSC Network
2009-04-07