News from PROGRESS and EU Social Inclusion PolicyChildren in PROGRESS NewsletterThe European Year 2010 for Combating Poverty and Social ExclusionInformation and project development workshop, 13th of May, BrusselsThe EY 2010 End Poverty NGO CoalitionPublications: Street Children Stories and Fact Sheets on Street ChildrenEFSC and the National Action Plans (NAPs)Conferences & SeminarsEuropean Conference on Child Poverty and Drug Addiction: 10-11 of December 2009, Warsaw, PolandEuropean Forum on Street Children 2009 -Budapest, 24-25.09.09Events of the Work Programme 2008Coneference, Verona 4th-5th of December 2008: "Promoting integration of marginalized children and youth through social inclusion: schooling, vocational training and participation"European Forum on Street Children 2008, 6th-7th of October 2008, Lisbon, PortugalTraining seminar for Focal Officers on Progress and EU social inclusion issues, 26th-27th June 2008EFSC 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 NationEFSC Comments, Position Papers and DocumentsPROGRESS activities within EFSC’s member organisations
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EFSC Work Plan 2009 under PROGRESS
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Elaboration of a fact sheet on the situation of street children in each of the countries where EFSC has member organisations, containing data and figures about street children and information on NGOs and authorities supporting them as well as legal and political framework conditions at the national levels
Type: Development of awareness raising tools for a joint project and advocacy action
Target group: EFSC Member Organisations
Date / Duration: Ongoing during 2009
Actors involved: EFSC staff and Member Organisations
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Brussels. Belgium |
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Elaboration of a publication containing street children stories and key advocacy messages for raising awareness on their life situation
Type: Development of awareness raising tools for a joint project and advocacy action
Target group: EFSC Member Organisations
Date / Duration: Ongoing during 2009
Actors involved: EFSC staff and Member Organisations
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Brussels, Belgium |
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Submission of a questionnaire on the NAPs to Member Organisations
Type: Capacity building
Target group: EFSC Member organisations
Date/Duration: February 2009
Actors involved: EFSC staff and Focal Officers
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| April 2009 |
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Brussels, Belgium |
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Workshop: Project development meeting on a EFSC joint action within the European Year to Combat Poverty and Social Exclusion 2010
Type: Capacity and alliance building with the member organisations for a joint project and advocacy action
Target group: EFSC Member organisations
Number of participants: 10
Actors involved: EFSC staff and Member Organisations
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August 2009
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Brussels, Belgium |
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Elaboration of a toolkit for getting involved in the NAPs with specific focus on street children
Type: Capacity building
Target group: EFSC Member organisations
Actors involved: EFSC staff and Member Organisations
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Bucharest. Romania
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European Forum on Street Children 2009: Migration of unaccompanied children: the increasing challenge to a Social EU. The origin countries in Central and Eastern Europe after the first years of EU membership
Type: Conference
Target group: Representatives from EFSC member organisations in the Central and Eastern European Member States Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Czech Republic, Poland, Representatives from national governments of these countries, EU institutions, NGOs, welfare associations, universities, national, regional and local authorities
Number of participants: 45
Actors / partners involved: EFSC member organisations in the Central and Eastern European Member States Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Czech Republic, Poland, , European Roma Information Office (ERIO)
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September 2009
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Tallinn, Estonia |
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Conference: Child poverty and drug addiction: Lessons from the Baltic States as a bridging region between old and new Member States. How could the dialogue with the EU institutions on a child inclusive health policy be improved?
Type: Conference
Target group: Representatives and decision-makers from Child protection NGOs and welfare associations, local governments, child and youth authorities, EU institutions, social and street workers, experts from research institutes, EFSC member organisations with a focus on the Baltic and Central/Eastern European Member States
Number of participants: 35
Actors involved: EFSC in partnership with its Estonian member organization Talinn Center for Children at Risk
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Brussels. Belgium |
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Workshop: The National Action Plans for Social Inclusion: Street children inclusive implementation methods for the period 2008 - 2010; lessons and advocacy strategies towards making them a key target group in the period 2011-2013
Type: Training; Capacity and alliance building for advocacy
Target group: Progress Focal Officers in EFSC MOs
Number of participants: 20
Date / Duration: October 2009
Place: Brussels
Actors involved: EFSC staff and Member Organisations
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What is ProgressWhat is PROGRESS 2009-04-07 Key networks funded under ProgressKey Networks Funded under PROGRESS 2009-04-07 EFSC work plan under ProgressEFSC Work Plan 2009 under PROGRESS 2009-04-07 Focal Officiers within the EFSC networkFocal Officers within the EFSC Network 2009-04-07 |
