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The OSCE have adopted the Action Plan to Combat Trafficking in Human Beings annexed to the attached Decision, in order both to incorporate best practices and an advanced approach into its anti-trafficking policies, and to facilitate co-operation among participating...
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Ms Galina Kupriyanova, member of the Working Group for Cooperation on Children at Risk, active at the Youth Policy section at the Russian Ministry of Education, has prepared this presentation on Preventive work within the Russian...
by admin | Sep 9, 2017 | Library
In 1998 Liv Jessen at the Pro Center, the Norwegian national resource center on prostitution, published this report on how young girls become involved in prostitution. The study “Early entry into prostitution” is based on interviews with ten women, who...
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In 1998 Liv Jessen at the Pro Center, the Norwegian national resource center on prostitution, published a report on how young girls become involved in prostitution. The study “Early entry into prostitution” is based on interviews with ten women, who...
by admin | Sep 9, 2017 | Library
Report published by the Institute of Social Research.
by admin | Sep 9, 2017 | Library
A project for outpatient treatment of youth with sexually offensive behavior. Project JANUS for older children/youth with sexually offensive behavior is a part of the Danish Governments plan of action in fighting sexual abuse of children. The Ministry of Social...
by admin | Sep 9, 2017 | Library
The International Bureau for Children`s Rights (IBCR) elaborated together with a Steering /Drafting Committee of international experts from various disciplines, including law and victimology, guidelines on Justice for child victims and witnesses of crime. To recieve...
by admin | Sep 9, 2017 | Library
How to approach the UN rapporteurs and independent experts. New report from Save the Children, Sweden This report provides information about the work of the UN special rapporteurs and independent experts and, in particular, makes recommendations on how the NGO...
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New report from Save the Children, Sweden. All over the world, children are separated from their parents, caretakers and communities due to armed conflict, natural disasters, pandemics and various forms of exploitation and abuse. The prevailing response to those who...
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The face of child trafficking to the UK is changing, with children being transported from an increasing number of countries and traffickers widening their operations with new methods and destinations, said UNICEF UK in a report published July 30th 2003 as part of its...
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Position paper
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“The Annual Trafficking in Persons Report (US Department of State, 2003) is about modern day slavery and slave trading. The President, members of Congress, and I share a commitment to end modern day slavery. This report is an important diplomatic tool towards...
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Norway published a Plan of action and a Summary of the plan for combating trafficking in women and children. The plan was launched in February 2003 by the Ministry of Justice and the Police. The action was implemented over a three-year period. The total budget wasNOK...
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At the Conference: “Stop Child Trafficking – Modern Day Slavery in Helsinki, Finland on June 1st to 3rd 2003, Ingrid Åkerman from the Committe on Sexual Exploitation of Children in Sweden made a presentation of their work specifically in relation to...
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To address the growing problem of trafficking in women and girls for the purpose of sexual exploitation , Kvinnoforum runs a networking project against trafficking. UPDATE: the project has since completed.
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Pictured: H.E. President Vaira Vike-Freiberga of Latvia, H.E. Prime Minister Anneli Jäätteenmäki of Finland, H.E. U.S. Ambassador to Finland Bonnie McElveen-Hunter. On 1-3 June, in Helsinki, the US, Canadian and Swedish Embassies to Finland, the Finnish Government...
by admin | Sep 9, 2017 | Library
Outcome document and Meeting report This meeting including senior officials from Belarus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Norway, Poland, Russian Federation, Sweden and Ukraine representatives from the European Commission, IOM...
by admin | Sep 9, 2017 | Library
The German Federal Government passed beginning of March 2003 the “Action Plan against Sexual Abuse and Exploitation”.
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A presentation by Mr Jan O. Karlsson, Swedish Minister for Development Co-operation and Asylum and Migration Policies opened the Conference on Unaccompanied Children in the region of the Baltic Sea States. Representatives from 14 countries discussed Interministerial...
by admin | Sep 9, 2017 | Library
Ms Annika Åhnberg, Chair person of Save the Children Sweden, opened the second day of the meeting on Unaccompanied Children in the region of the Baltic Sea States with a presentation followed by a lively discussion. In referring to the situation of these children Ms...
by admin | Sep 9, 2017 | Library
Ms Berit Andnor, Swedish Minister for Child and Family Affairs delivered the closing statement at the meeting of Senior officials on Interministerial and Intergovernmental co-operation to improve the situation for Unaccompanied Children in the Baltic Sea Region...
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Terre des Hommes in Albania has published this report on the trafficking of children from Albania to Greece. “Over the past ten years, thousands of Albanian children from the age of four upwards have been rented out, sold, bought, and transported to Greece. In...
by admin | Sep 9, 2017 | Library
According to the data of 2000/2001 of all Estonian minors who have committed criminal or administrative offence there were 184 children studying at residential care institutional schools. Kaagvere Special School is a closed institution for girls who have been...
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The aim of our project was to improve the competence of abused juvenile male offenders in dealing with social interactions, and social skills training in the institutional settings. Common elements of the social skills training were combined to use such techniques as...
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From childhood to crime 20 men convicted of sexual abuse of 38 children. Dissertation written by Inga Tidefors Andersson, Department of Psychology, Göteborg University, Sweden. Sexual abuse of children is a horrible reality raising strong feelings in those struck by...
by admin | Sep 9, 2017 | Library
“Unfinished business” is an attempt to survey the situation of children in Central and Eastern European candidate countries in relation to the rights of the child. It is based on information from several sources, primarily the UN Committee on the Rights of...
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At the International Conference Against Child Abuse and Neglect, recently held in Denver, USA, Tatiana N. Balachova,Ph. D, Russian psychologist with diplomas from Russia and the US, made an interesting presentation on street children in Russia and in...
by admin | Sep 9, 2017 | Library
An upbringing to violence. Why do some boys develop into troublesome youth who eventually get sentenced for a violent crime? In planning a strategy to fight violent crime it would be useful to know if altering the conditions of children”s upbringing and the ways...
by admin | Sep 9, 2017 | Library
Young offenders – sexual abuse and treatment, a book by Anders Nyman, Börje Svensson and Olof Risberg, has recently been translated into English. The authors are all psychotherapists working at Save the Children Sweden’s Centre for Children and Adolescents...
by admin | Sep 9, 2017 | Library
This booklet is written by Börje Svensson, psychotherapist and clinical social worker. Mr Svensson has a long experience in working with victims and perpetrators of sexual abuse. Any attempt to understand the incomprehensible – that children are subjected to...
by admin | Sep 9, 2017 | Library
Project “Mobile Preventive and Educational Multi-Disciplinary Team For Preventing Cases of Abuse in Local Child Care Institutions”. Project is co-financed by the European Union’s Phare Access programme in Latvia. This project is being implemented by...
by admin | Sep 9, 2017 | Library
Net against child pornography at the German child protection union. This adress gives the chance to register anonymously on the Internet discovered child pornography.
by admin | Sep 9, 2017 | Library
For many years, the issue of family violence has been a taboo in Estonia. The aim of the present research was to get an idea of how much and what types of child abuse can be found in Estonian families and which are the main risk groups. The current survey was carried...
by admin | Sep 9, 2017 | Library
Karin Torhall has written two papers on prevention. The first paper is a general analysis of different ways to prevent sexual abuse of children (SV). The second paper reports on a specific project which Karin Torhall has run over a period of six years in several...
by admin | Sep 9, 2017 | Library
Child Abuse on the Internet – Ending the Silence. Published by UNESCO. Edited by Carlos A. Arnaldo Introduction: Maldwyn Jones.
by admin | Sep 9, 2017 | Library
Another report on sexual abuse of children from the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare has been translated into English. The report is called Discovery and consequences and is written by Carl Göran...
by admin | Sep 9, 2017 | Library
‘Child pornography consists of written documents, pictures, or film sequences which describe the sexual encroachment of children. This sexual encroachment is in effect prolonged when pornographic pictures are distributed and hidden away on the Internet.’...
by admin | Sep 9, 2017 | Library
Adolescent sexuality and sexual abuse: a Swedish perspective (ISBN: 91-628-4764-3) by Karin Edgardh, presented at Karolinska institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, in May 2001. The thesis presents findings from a national survey of consensual and non-consensual sexual...
by admin | Sep 9, 2017 | Library
Situation report – The issues of violence against children, children commercial and sexual abuse have become an urgent social, pedagogical, psychological and legal problem of today’s society. The classical definition of sexual abuse identifies it as a form...
by admin | Sep 9, 2017 | Library
Alleged child sexual abuse: The expert witness and the court Abstract and review from a thesis by Clara Gumpert, presented at Karolinska institutet, Stockolm, Sweden, in January 2001. The thesis explores how expert witnesses consulted in Swedish legal cases concerning...
by admin | Sep 9, 2017 | Library
Report, Summary – Gurvich I.N. – Russian Academy of Science, Saint-Petersburg Branch, Institute of Sociology, Sector of Deviant Sociology and Social Control, Saint-Petersburg 2000. The Information Office of the Nordic Council of Ministers – financial...
by admin | Sep 9, 2017 | Library
Is my child sexually abused? A narrative analysis of mothers’ stories. A doctoral thesis University of Oslo/NOVA 1998 by dr. psychol Svein Mossig.
by admin | Sep 9, 2017 | Library
Experiences from the nordic countries – Editor: Svein Mossige NOVA Oslo Summary Sexual abuse of children is a complicated subject. It raises issues relating to ethics, morals, law, sociology, finance, sexology, psychology and culture. When specialists work on an...
by admin | Sep 9, 2017 | Library
Trafficking in women and girls for the purpose of sexual exploitation in the form of prostitution, pornography, escorts, and such is a growing phenomenon in Europe and throughout the world. As a result of poverty and limited work opportunities, young women from the...
by admin | Sep 9, 2017 | Library
A presentation by Leif Strömberg, MD, Department of Pediatrics, County Hospital, Norrköping, Sweden, given at the International Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect, Jerusalem, 1999.
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ASEM Action Plan to Combat Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children – “The Ministers recognized that trafficking in women and children was a growing concern to all and welcomed the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and its...
by admin | Sep 9, 2017 | Library
The ASEM Resource Centre was established as a tool for information, exchange and research of the ASIA-Europe Meeting’s (ASEM) Child Welfare Initiative. The services are intended to inform professionals working in law enforcement, welfare agencies, courts and...
by admin | Sep 9, 2017 | Library
A background presentation of the problems involved and the initiatives taken. Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Sweden, May 2001 ‘In recent years, increasing numbers of women and children have become commodities traded on an international market. They are marketed,...
by admin | Sep 9, 2017 | Library
Questioning of Children by the Police by Ann-Christine Cederborg, University professor, Sweden A study of 193 cases reported to the police National Board of Health and Welfare. Sexual abuse of children 1999:2 Summary The task of investigating whether or not sexual...
by admin | Sep 8, 2017 | Library
Children have been the invisible victims of violence within family. This violence which is often called ”family violence” has been seen as a problem affecting only adults in the family. However, the abuse of the mother and the violence of the father does...
by admin | Jun 27, 2017 | Main page
The final conference of the PROMISE Project took place 14 June 2017 at the Committee of the Regions in Brussels, Belgium. It focused on advocating for child-friendly multi-disciplinary and interagency services supporting child victims of violence. High level speakers...
by admin | Jun 27, 2017 | Main page
On 7-8 June 2017 in Vilnius, the final conference of the AudTrain II project brought together high-level officials and professionals from the Baltic Sea Region who are involved in alternative care and in the monitoring of childcare facilities. The conference engaged...
by admin | Jun 26, 2017 | Main page, News
The national consultation in Sweden was convened on 8-10 May 2017 and was organised with the cooperation and support from the Swedish Ministry of Health and Social Affairs. The consultation gathered important expertise from Sweden, as the pioneer country in enacting a...
by admin | May 12, 2017 | Main page, News
The PROTECT Network currently has contacts from 17 European countries from a wide range of professions. These contacts are experts and professionals who are engaged in ensuring safety for children in migration and protecting them from exploitation and trafficking....
by admin | Feb 16, 2017 | News, PROTECT
The PROTECT Network currently has contacts from 17 European countries from a wide range of professions. These contacts are experts and professionals who are engaged in ensuring safety for children in migration and protecting them from exploitation and trafficking....
by admin | Feb 12, 2017 | News
NON-VIOLENT CHILDHOODS: Moving on from Corporal Punishment in the Baltic Sea Region Childhoods without violence The CBSS Expert Group on Children at Risk has launched NON-VIOLENT CHILDHOODS, a project providing sustainable models of integrated public education to...
by admin | Dec 8, 2016 | PROTECT
50 professionals and officials from Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Norway and Sweden participated in an expert meeting and training session on 7-8 December at the CBSS Secretariat in Stockholm, Sweden. This was the fourth and...
by admin | Nov 30, 2016 | News
On 28-29 November 2016, professionals from around Europe will met in Linköping to gather inspiration to launch an innovative way to support child victims of violence in their own countries. The innovation is called the Barnahus. In the Nordics, this...
by admin | Nov 18, 2016 | News
CBSS Secretariat Director General’s Statement: Celebrating the Universal Children’s Day 2016 Director General’s Statement Celebrating the Universal Children’s Day 2016 and the 27th anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child In line with...
by admin | Nov 18, 2016 | News
50 professionals and officials from Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Norway and Sweden participated in an expert meeting and training session on 7-8 December at the CBSS Secretariat in Stockholm, Sweden. This was the fourth and...
by admin | Nov 18, 2016 | News
Conference on Promoting Good Practices in Protecting Migrant and Asylum Seeking Children, especially Unaccompanied children, and Finding Solutions for the Children, Families, Societies and States On the 8th and 9th of December, representatives from 26 European...
by admin | Sep 22, 2016 | News
50 professionals and officials from Finland, Denmark, Estonia, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia, Norway and Sweden participated in a training session on the 20th and 21th of September in Helsinki, Finland. This was the third of a series of trainings which aim to...
by admin | Sep 21, 2016 | PROTECT
50 professionals and officials from Finland, Denmark, Estonia, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia, Norway and Sweden participated in a training session on the 20th and 21st of September in Helsinki, Finland. This was the third of a series of trainings which aim to...
by admin | Sep 16, 2016 | News
The Nordic Council of Ministers together with the CBSS Expert Group on Children at Risk and the CBSS Task Force on Trafficking in Human Beings held a workshop at the upcoming 7th Annual Forum of the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region. The workshop addressed the...
by admin | Jun 9, 2016 | News
Family photo of the 6th Cross-Regional Round Table on the Prevention and Elimination of Violence Against Children, 30-31 May, Stockholm Sweden. The Special Representative of the UN Secretary General on Violence against Children (SRSG) regularly organises a...
by admin | Jun 2, 2016 | News
Katarzyna Napiórkowska, Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy, and Mr. Bartosz Marczuk, Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy. The Expert Group for Children at Risk has over the years focused on alternative care and family...
by admin | May 25, 2016 | News
Regional inter-governmental and non-governmental organisations and regional institutions are catalysts for the promotion of enhanced accountability for children’s rights – including their right to freedom from violence. On 30-31 May 2016, this year’s...
by admin | May 17, 2016 | News
In April 2016 the AudTrain project ran two Primary Trainings using the AudTrain Model for monitoring child welfare facilities using system based audit. Each training took place over four days with about 22 participants in each coming from service providers, monitoring...
by admin | May 3, 2016 | News
In April 2016, the Council of Europe gathered over 300 participants from across Europe and beyond to its conference in Sofia. This included two Heads of State, 17 Ministers and Vice-Ministers, high-level representatives of key international organizations, over 30 NGOs...
by admin | Apr 29, 2016 | PROTECT
40 professionals and officials from Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia, Norway and Sweden participated in a training session on the 28th and 29th of April 2016 in Tallinn, Estonia. This was the second of a series of trainings which aim to...
by admin | Mar 10, 2016 | News
Announcing the Transnational Child Protection Portal on Wikipedia In 2015 the CBSS developed and launched a portal on Wikipedia on the topic of transnational child protection.The Transnational Child Protection Portal offers a platform for sharing information,...
by admin | Feb 26, 2016 | PROTECT
35 professionals and officials from Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia, Norway and Sweden participated in a training session on the 15th and 16th of February 2016 in the Ministry of Welfare in Riga. This was the first of a series of 3...
by admin | Feb 24, 2016 | News
32 representatives from partner organisations, experts and pilot countries met at the first exchange meeting in the PROMISE project to define the elements of the multi-disciplinary and interagency cooperation to protect child victims and witnesses to violence. For two...
by admin | Feb 18, 2016 | News
35 professionals and officials from Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia, Norway and Sweden participated in a training session on the 15th and 16th of February 2016 in the Ministry of Welfare in Riga. This was the first of a series of 3...
by admin | Nov 12, 2015 | Main page, News
The Nordic Council of Ministers and the Council of the Baltic Sea States will in 2015-2016 implement a joint project on the prevention of exploitation and trafficking of children in the Baltic Sea Region. The project promotes a child right´s perspective based on the...
by admin | Nov 12, 2015 | Main page, News
Don’t miss our beautiful project website at www.childrenatrisk.eu/promise. On 20-21 October, the CBSS Secretariat hosted the PROMISE project kick-off meeting. PROMISE aims at promoting child-friendly multi-disciplinary and interagency services supporting child...
by admin | Nov 5, 2015 | Main page, News
In September 2015 the CBSS launched the AudTrain II project, which is reviving the AudTrain System Based Audit of Alternative Care For Children. This new project aims to increase the capacity and skills among professionals who audit and monitor the situation for...
by admin | Sep 12, 2015 | Main page, News
CBSS Secretariat Director General’s Statement: Celebrating the Universal Children’s Day 2016 Director General’s Statement Celebrating the Universal Children’s Day 2016 and the 27th anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child In line...
by admin | Sep 12, 2015 | Main page, News
50 professionals and officials from Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Norway and Sweden participated in an expert meeting and training session on 7-8 December at the CBSS Secretariat in Stockholm, Sweden. This was the fourth and...
by admin | Sep 12, 2015 | Main page, News
Conference on Promoting Good Practices in Protecting Migrant and Asylum Seeking Children, especially Unaccompanied children, and Finding Solutions for the Children, Families, Societies and States On the 8th and 9th of December, representatives from 26 European...
by admin | Sep 12, 2015 | Main page, News
On 28-29 November 2016, professionals from around Europe will met in Linköping to gather inspiration to launch an innovative way to support child victims of violence in their own countries. The innovation is called the Barnahus. In the Nordics, this...
by admin | Sep 12, 2015 | Main page, News
NON-VIOLENT CHILDHOODS: Moving on from Corporal Punishment in the Baltic Sea Region Childhoods without violence The CBSS Expert Group on Children at Risk has launched NON-VIOLENT CHILDHOODS, a project providing sustainable models of integrated public...
by admin | Sep 12, 2015 | Main page, News
40 professionals and officials from Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia, Norway and Sweden participated in a training session on the 28th and 29th of April 2016 in Tallinn, Estonia. This was the second of a series of trainings which aim to...
by admin | Sep 12, 2015 | Main page, News
50 professionals and officials from Finland, Denmark, Estonia, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia, Norway and Sweden participated in a training session on the 20th and 21th of September in Helsinki, Finland. This was the third of a series of trainings which aim to...
by admin | Sep 12, 2015 | Main page, News
The Nordic Council of Ministers together with the CBSS Expert Group on Children at Risk and the CBSS Task Force on Trafficking in Human Beings held a workshop at the upcoming 7th Annual Forum of the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region. The workshop addressed the...
by admin | Sep 12, 2015 | Main page, News
Children’s rights are a key topic for the CBSS during its Icelandic Presidency 2016-2017. Upholding children’s rights is the obligation of all CBSS Member States. Ensuring their safety and well-being will create a healthier and safer society in the...
by admin | Sep 12, 2015 | Main page, News
Family photo of the 6th Cross-Regional Round Table on the Prevention and Elimination of Violence Against Children, 30-31 May, Stockholm Sweden. The Special Representative of the UN Secretary General on Violence against Children (SRSG) regularly organises a...
by admin | Sep 12, 2015 | Main page, News
Katarzyna Napiórkowska, Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy, and Mr. Bartosz Marczuk, Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy. The Expert Group for Children at Risk has over the years focused on alternative care and family...
by admin | Sep 12, 2015 | Main page, News
Regional inter-governmental and non-governmental organisations and regional institutions are catalysts for the promotion of enhanced accountability for children’s rights – including their right to freedom from violence. On 30-31 May 2016, this...
by admin | Sep 12, 2015 | Main page, News
In April 2016 the AudTrain project ran two Primary Trainings using the AudTrain Model for monitoring child welfare facilities using system based audit. Each training took place over four days with about 22 participants in each coming from service providers, monitoring...
by admin | Sep 12, 2015 | Main page, News
In April 2016, the Council of Europe gathered over 300 participants from across Europe and beyond to its conference in Sofia. This included two Heads of State, 17 Ministers and Vice-Ministers, high-level representatives of key international organizations, over 30 NGOs...
by admin | Sep 12, 2015 | Main page, News
Announcing the Transnational Child Protection Portal on Wikipedia In 2015 the CBSS developed and launched a portal on Wikipedia on the topic of transnational child protection.The Transnational Child Protection Portal offers a platform for sharing information,...
by admin | Sep 12, 2015 | Main page, News
32 representatives from partner organisations, experts and pilot countries met at the first exchange meeting in the PROMISE project to define the elements of the multi-disciplinary and interagency cooperation to protect child victims and witnesses to violence. For two...
by admin | Sep 12, 2015 | Main page, News
35 professionals and officials from Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia, Norway and Sweden participated in a training session on the 15th and 16th of February 2016 in the Ministry of Welfare in Riga. This was the first of a series of 3...
by admin | Aug 28, 2015 | Main page, News
Family photo of the the 5th Cross-Regional Roundtable to promote accelerated progress in the prevention and elimination of violence against children around the world inStrasbourg, 18-19 June 2015. The Special Representative of the UN Secretary General on Violence...
by admin | Aug 27, 2015 | Main page, News
The Council of Baltic Sea States (CBSS) Secretariat, the Estonian Presidency of CBSS and the Expert Group for Cooperation on Children at Risk launched several reports in August 2015 from its work during the last two years. The package of reports contains the...
by admin | Aug 12, 2015 | Main page, News
Starting fall 2015 the AudTrain System Based Audit of Alternative Care For Children will be revived. This new project aims to increase the capacity and skills among professionals who audit and monitor the situation for children in alternative care. It also aims to...
by admin | Jun 6, 2015 | News
Government representatives, experts and professionals from the Baltic Sea Region; Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Sweden and the UK endorsed in principle the Tallinn Recommendations and Action Plan on Alternative Care...
by admin | Jun 1, 2015 | PROTECT
The Nordic Council of Ministers and the Council of the Baltic Sea States will in 2015-2016 implement a joint project on the prevention of exploitation and trafficking of children in the Baltic Sea Region. The project promotes a child right´s perspective based on the...
by admin | Mar 11, 2015 | PROTECT
During 2014-15 the Children’s Unit at the Council of Baltic Sea States (CBSS) Secretariat organised five expert meetings in cooperation with partners in Europe and beyond with support from the European Return Fund. Four of the expert meetings addressed the best...
by admin | Feb 18, 2015 | Main page, News
The Council of Europe is organising a series of activities in collaboration with the Council of Baltic Sea States on handling child evidence. The first activity was a meeting organised in Tallinn, Estonia 19-20 February, 2015 discussing issues around the handling,...
by admin | Jan 19, 2015 | Main page, News
Abdulahi Addow, Kerry Neal, and Jyothi Kanics at the 5th Expert Meeting for the ‘Child exploitation: Cross-national child protection in practice – PROTECT Children on the Move’ project. During 2014-15 the Children’s Unit at the Council of Baltic Sea...
by admin | Nov 25, 2014 | PROTECT
Riga, November 2014 In 2014 and 2015, the Children’s Unit at the Council of Baltic Sea States (CBSS) Secretariat is organising five expert meetings in cooperation with partners in Europe and beyond with support from the European Return Fund. The three previous expert...
by admin | Nov 11, 2014 | Main page, News
In 2014 and 2015, the Children’s Unit at the Council of Baltic Sea States (CBSS) Secretariat is organising five expert meetings in cooperation with partners in Europe and beyond with support from the European Return Fund. The three previous expert meetings addressed...
by admin | Sep 11, 2014 | Main page, News
Maud de Boer-Buquicchio, UN Special Rapporteur on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography, and Edita Žiobienė, Ombudsperson for Child Rights, Lithuania. In 2014 and 2015, the Children’s Unit at the Council of Baltic Sea States (CBSS) Secretariat...
by admin | Sep 11, 2014 | News
Case assessment and best interest determination: Special considerations and procedures in transnational cases of children exposed to exploitation, trafficking and children at risk. In 2014 and 2015, the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS) Secretariat is organising...
by admin | Sep 11, 2014 | Main page, News
9thSeptember, Stockholm: Maud de Boer-Buquicchio, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography, will today open a meeting of experts on trafficking and the exploitation of children across borders. Ms de Boer-Buquicchio’s...
by admin | Sep 11, 2014 | Main page, News
1st Expert Meeting: Case assessment and best interests determination Stockholm, 28-29 January 2014 Meeting agenda Report and presentations from the meeting 2nd Expert Meeting: Returns and Transfers: International and European standards, procedures and...
by admin | Sep 10, 2014 | PROTECT
Vilnius, September 2014 Maud de Boer-Buquicchio, UN Special Rapporteur on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography, and Edita Žiobienė, Ombudsperson for Child Rights, Lithuania. In 2014 and 2015, the Children’s Unit at the Council of...
by admin | Sep 9, 2014 | Library, Main page, News
In March 2014, more than one hundred professionals from the Baltic Sea Region working against human trafficking gathered to discuss and develop recommendations on victim assistance. The conference was organised by the Finnish Presidency of the Council of the Baltic...
by admin | Jun 11, 2014 | News
In 2014 and 2015, the Children’s Unit at the Council of Baltic Sea States (CBSS) Secretariat is organising five expert meetings in cooperation with partners in Europe and beyond with support from the EU Return Fund. The aim of the Child exploitation: Cross-national...
by admin | May 14, 2014 | PROTECT
Riga, May 2014 In 2014 and 2015, the Children’s Unit at the Council of Baltic Sea States (CBSS) Secretariat is organising five expert meetings in cooperation with partners in Europe and beyond with support from the EU Return Fund. The aim of the Child exploitation:...
by admin | Jan 29, 2014 | PROTECT
Stockholm, January 2014 Case assessment and best interest determination: Special considerations and procedures in transnational cases of children exposed to exploitation, trafficking and children at risk. In 2014 and 2015, the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS)...
by admin | Jan 10, 2014 | PROTECT
1st Expert Meeting: Case assessment and best interests determination Stockholm, 28-29 January 2014 Meeting agenda Report and presentations from the meeting 2nd Expert Meeting: Returns and Transfers: International and European standards, procedures and safeguards for...
by admin | Mar 12, 2013 | Main page, News
Under a project supported by the Swedish Institute Baltic Sea Unit and the Norwegian Ministry of Children, Equality and Social Inclusion, teams of police, prosecutors, child welfare professionals and NGO experts from Lithuania, Norway, Poland and Sweden have made site...
by admin | Mar 11, 2013 | News
The AudTrain project – Systematic Audit of Child Residential Care – has adapted and translated the training materials for use in the training of professionals auditing child residential care settings. The materials are available in English, Swedish,...
by admin | Jan 11, 2013 | News
The fourth and last report from the ROBERT project – “Online behaviour related to child sexual abuse – Creating a private space in which to offend. Interviews with online child sex offenders” – is now available on the ROBERT website for...
by admin | Jan 11, 2013 | News
Annual report – This comprehensive report describes activities and programmes intiated by the EGCC and the Children’s Unit at the CBSS Secretariat. The report covers the period of the German chair of the EGCC and the German presidency to the...
by admin | Dec 19, 2012 | News
Please go to the AudTrain website to access the presentations held at the conference in Tallinn on December 10 – 11, 2012.
by admin | Dec 11, 2012 | News
The Expert Group for Cooperation on Children at risk, EGCC, has with funding from the Swedish Institute, Baltic Sea Unit, and the Norwegian ministry for children, equality and social inclusion implemented a pilot project exploring challenges for prosecution, police,...
by admin | May 11, 2012 | News
The conference took place in Berlin on May 23 – 24. Presentations from the conference and the reports developed in the project are available at the web site of the conference. Reports from the project include … Online behaviour related to sexual abuse...
by admin | Feb 11, 2012 | News
Project description – Young people in criminality and young people in street begging may be victims of exploitation where the acts they perform or are forced to perform are instigated as a part of organised criminality. Professionals both in law enforcement and...
by admin | Oct 11, 2011 | News
The partners in the ROBERT project are pleased to present: “Online behaviour related to child sexual abuse – Literature Report ”. The report is a systematic review of research and studies, in English and in other European languages with a specific focus on sexually...
by admin | Oct 11, 2011 | News
The conference “Trafficking in Children – A Criminal Act Calling for a Child Protection Response” organised by the Royal Norwegian Ministry of Children, Equality and Social Inclusion together with the CBSS Expert Group for Cooperation on Children at Risk (EGCC), was...
by admin | Jun 11, 2011 | News
24 of May, 2011 Children Support Centre organized an international conference “Child – victim of abuse: multidisciplinary attitude and international experience”. 150 specialists from Lithuania, Poland, Latvia, Moldova, Ukraine and Bulgaria, working in legal, child...
by admin | May 11, 2011 | News
The conference is organized by the Federation of Child Protection Centers in cooperation with the Federal Ministry for Families (BMFSFJ) and the Expert Group for Cooperation on Children at Risk (EGCC). It is a prelude to the German presidency of the EGCC, which is...
by admin | Sep 11, 2010 | News
On September 14 – 15 2010 a group of experts from the Baltic Sea Region met to discuss the possble links between trafficking and children found in criminality, in begging and in street work. A report from the seminar can be...
by admin | Sep 11, 2010 | News
SOS Children’s Villages, in partnership with Better Care Network, Expert Group for Cooperation on Children at Risk within the CBSS, Council of Europe, Eurochild, EUSARF, FICE, Department of Social Work at Charles University, INTRAC. ISS, Czech Ministry of Labour...
by admin | Aug 11, 2010 | News
This second expert seminar was hosted by Save the Children Denmark and is a part of the project BSR IMPT – Baltic Sea Region – Information Management to Prevent Trafficking. Please see the programme of the expert seminar. Introductory presentation....
by admin | Jun 11, 2010 | News
Save the Children Denmark in cooperation with the EGCC, Caritas Lithuania and Tartu Child Support Centre organised on the 15th and 16th of June and expert seminar in Copenhagen. 25 experts from the Baltic Sea Region met to discuss information and gaps in the...
by admin | May 11, 2010 | News
On March 23 and 24 2010, Caritas Lithuania as a partner in the EGCC project “Baltic Sea Region – Information Management to Prevent Trafficking, BSR IMPT” organised the first in a series of three expert seminars with experts from the region. The...
by admin | May 11, 2010 | News
On March 23 and 24, Caritas Lithuania as a partner in the EGCC project “Baltic Sea Region – Information Management to Prevent Trafficking, BSR IMPT” organised the first in a series of three expert seminars with experts from the region. The expert...
by admin | May 11, 2010 | News
A resolution ‘welcoming’ the Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children was adopted by UN General Assembly (UNGA) on 20 November 2009, a memorable day when the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child celebrated its 20th anniversary. The United Nations...
by admin | Sep 11, 2009 | News
Report – ‘Keeping the Door Open – Support to Young People Leaving Care’ took place on 7-8 October 2009. The event was organised by the Council of the Baltic Sea States and the Lithuanian Ministry of Social Security and Labour in cooperation with the Council of...
by admin | Feb 11, 2009 | News
The conference “Children and online Sexual Violence” was held in Stockholm on February 12 – 13 2009. Presentations were delivered by: 1. Katja Wagner: A man called Alexandra 2. Linda Jonsson: The online project 3. Janis Wolak: Internet Sex Crimes:...
by admin | Sep 11, 2008 | News
Report from the Expert Meeting on Training for Staff Monitoring Children’s Institutions March 12th – March 13th 2008 at Tallink City Hotel, Tallinn.
by admin | Sep 11, 2008 | News
At the WGCC meeting in Oslo on 1st of October 2008, the group adopted its 2nd Plan of Action on Unaccompanied and Trafficked...
by admin | Feb 6, 2008 | News
Report from the expert meeting organised by the Swedish Children’s Welfare Foundation and the Working Group for Cooperation on Children at Risk. The report presents the interventions made at the meeting and the discussions and conclusions following...
by admin | Jan 31, 2008 | News
The Frail Chain EN, RU – The Working Group for Cooperation on Children at Risk, the WGCC, today launches the report “The Frail Chain – Support for Child Victims of Trafficking” written by Svante Weyler. The report is built around interviews...
by admin | Sep 11, 2007 | News
On November 12th to 14th 2007, the Working Group for Cooperation on Children at Risk together with the Russian Ministry of Education and Science organised an Expert Meeting and Knowledge Seminar on the topic of “Assistance to Children at Risk of Committing...
by admin | Sep 11, 2007 | News
It was the 4th meeting of National Contact Points that took place in Warsaw from 8th to 9th of May 2007. It was organized by the Council of the Baltic Sea States and was held on the premises of Polish Ministry of Interior and Administration. The meeting provided an...
by admin | Jun 11, 2007 | News
In this programme funded by the European Commission through the Daphne II programme, Save the Children Sweden and Oak Foundation, the WGCC trained experts in care, protection and rehabilitation of children victims of trafficking. The links below include reports from...
by admin | Jan 25, 2007 | News
With support from the EU Daphne Programme, the Working Group for Cooperation on Children at Risk commissioned a report that describes cases of children that are trafficked in the region. The mapping started on the 1st of November 2006 and continued until the 31st of...
by admin | Nov 11, 2006 | News
The Statement following the Roundtable Conference on the Social Aspects of Trafficking held 31 October 2006. It was the first time where the Ministers for Social Affairs in the Nordic Countries had the opportunity to meet their colleagues from the Baltic Sea Countries...
by admin | Nov 11, 2006 | News
The Working Group for Cooperation on Children at Risk, the WGCC, in cooperation with the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs in Sweden invited to this Conference of Senior Officials, researchers and experts on “The rights of children in institutional care...
by admin | Jul 11, 2006 | News
The Working Group for Cooperation on Children at Risk ran a two year training programme for professionals working with assistance to children that have been trafficked, or that are unaccompanied. The programme received generous support by the EU through the Daphne...
by admin | Jul 11, 2006 | News
Report – The Working Group for Cooperation on Children at Risk organised this expert meeting on child friendly investigative methods in cooperation with the Icelandic Ministry of Social Affairs and the Icelandic Government Agency for Child Protection. This...
by admin | Jun 11, 2006 | News
On the 1st of June 2006, the Working Group for Cooperation on Children at Risk, the Swedish Children’s Welfare Foundation and the Stockholm County Council Child and Adolescent Training Unit organised a conference on assistance to victims of abusive online...
by admin | Aug 11, 2005 | News
A situation paper EN, RU based on input from professionals with experiences in working with children at risk in the Baltic Sea Region and from the discussion at the expert meeting: “Building Competence and Capacity on Care, Rehabilitation and Reintegration of...
by admin | Aug 11, 2005 | News
Meeting report EN, RU – The lack of assistance to boys and girls, victims of trafficking in the region of the Baltic Sea States has been recognised as one area of priority as the Working Group for Cooperation on Children at Risk continues the programme...
by admin | Jun 11, 2005 | News
Report, Council of Europe Recommendation – The Council of Europe in May of 2004 approved the expert report written by Mr Bragi Gudbrandsson from Iceland, on behalf of the Working Group on Children at Risk and in Care. The report and the work has led on to the...
by admin | May 11, 2005 | News
Conclusions from the meeting of ministers in Oslo 10th of May On May 9 – 10 2005, the ministers responsible for children’s issues within the member countries of the Council of the Baltic Sea States met on the invitation of the Minister for Children and...
by admin | Jan 11, 2005 | News
The catastrophe in Southern and South East Asia has left tens of thousands of surviving children bereaved of their parents. An uncountable number have been deprived of their homes and tens of thousands of children have died. The world is in mourning and in shock. In...
by admin | Dec 11, 2004 | News
Report – Hanaholmen, Helsinki, June 13th to 15th 2004
by admin | Dec 11, 2004 | News
Report – In the meeting of the Task Force on Organized Crime int the Baltic Sea Region (OPC) in june 2004 in Sweden it was decided that a systematic collection of strategic information regarding trafficking in children in the diffrent member state should take...
by admin | Sep 11, 2004 | News
The new brochure describing the regional co-operation on children at risk, the Childcentre web site and the role of the National Co-ordinators, the Competence Centres and the WGCC.
by admin | Jun 11, 2004 | News
The Working Group for Co-operation on Children at Risk on the 17th of May 2004, adopted a Plan of Action on Unaccompanied and Trafficked Children in the Region of the Baltic Sea States. The plan deals with children within the region plus Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova...
by admin | Dec 22, 2003 | News
Report – The conference was a response from the NGO community to one of the commitments made at a governmental conference in Stockholm in February 2003, regarding the importance of involving NGOs in the struggle against trafficking in children and in finding...
by admin | Sep 11, 2003 | News
Report – In April 2003 the Working Group for Cooperation on Children at Risk in co-operation with the Ministry of Education of the Russian federation, organised a meeting on the topic of children in the...
by admin | Jun 17, 2003 | News
The Legal Chancellor of the Republic of Estonia in association with the Office of the Nordic Council of Ministers organised the First Conference of the Nordic and Baltic Ombudsmen and Legal Chancellors, dedicated to 65th anniversary of establishing and 10th...
by admin | Jun 11, 2003 | News
Pictured: H.E. President Vaira Vike-Freiberga of Latvia, H.E. Prime Minister Anneli Jäätteenmäki of Finland, H.E. U.S. Ambassador to Finland Bonnie McElveen-Hunter. On 1-3 June, in Helsinki, the US, Canadian and Swedish Embassies to Finland, the Finnish Government...
by admin | Mar 11, 2003 | News
Outcome document and Meeting report This meeting including senior officials from Belarus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Norway, Poland, Russian Federation, Sweden and Ukraine representatives from the European Commission, IOM...
by admin | Sep 11, 2002 | News
The CBSS Commissioner on Democratic Development organised a round table meeting on “Children in Prison” On the Protection of the Rights of Children Deprived of Their Libery. Approximately 40 representatives from the Baltic Sea Region participated in the...
by admin | Feb 11, 2002 | News
As agreed at the Stockholm Ministerial Meeting 31 October 2001, it has today been decided by the CBSS Council of Senior Officials that the New Children’s Unit within the CBSS – Council of the Baltic Sea States – Secretariat will open from 1 March...
by admin | Nov 1, 2001 | News
Report, Press release – On Wednesday 31 October 2001, representatives from the countries that belong to the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS) decided that a Children’s Secretariat will be established to work on a regional basis with issues related to...
by admin | Sep 17, 2001 | News
Professionals from countries throughout the Baltic Sea region concerned with sexual abuse against children met in Lübeck 17-18 September to further develop their mutual IT network. This network, the Child Centre, was launched earlier in 2001 and acts as a common...
by admin | Sep 11, 2001 | News
Report from Stockholm 30 – 31 October 2001.
by admin | Feb 28, 2001 | News
CHAIRMANS CONCLUSIONS BALTIC SEA STATES SUMMIT Kolding, Denmark, 12-13 April 2000 BALTIC SEA CO-OPERATION AND EUROPEAN STABILITY AND INTEGRATION At the invitation of the Prime Ministers of Denmark, hosting and co-chairing the meeting, and Norway, presently chairing...
