On 25 June in Brussels, Hope and Homes for Children, together with European Parliament Vice President Victor Negrescu, convened a round table on Child Protection and Care Reform in Moldova Through EU Accession. The event brought together key stakeholders to discuss progress, challenges, and the next steps needed to ensure that every child in Moldova can […]
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Our new child-led report on the rights of children in Romania has received praise from the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child. The report was created and led with the support of children and young people, and looks at the current state of children’s rights in Romania.
🇩🇰 Today (1st July) marks the start of the Danish Presidency of the Council of the EU! We warmly welcome its commitment to children’s rights—especially its focus on children in care and foster families, and on ensuring the quality of placements. 💙 At Hope and Homes for Children, we believe this is a key opportunity to accelerate […]
The war in Ukraine has been devastating for the country’s children, particularly those in the most vulnerable situations, including children without parental care, children with disabilities, children at risk of family separation, those residing in residential institutions, as well as those who have been evacuated from such institutions during the war. Read More
Hope and Homes for Children, Lumos, Eurochild and Save the Children presented the Toolkit for the European Institutions and Delegations Staff Reforming Child Protection and Care in EU accession at DG ENEST at the European Commission. Irina Papancheva, HHC Senior Advocacy Lead, shared the key recommendations from the toolkit. Livia Marginean, Program Manager at CCF Moldova, Otto Sestak, […]
The Romanian Government, through the National Authority for the Protection of Children’s Rights and Adoptions, released its Biennial Report on the Implementation of the Child Guarantee (CG) in Romania. The report is divided into 7 chapters, with chapters 3 (Roll-out of services) and chapter 4 (Indicators, targets and monitoring) being the ones that provide data […]
The European Commission released the 2024 Country Report for Romania as part of the accompanying documents for Recommendation for a Council recommendation on the economic, social, employment, structural and budgetary policies of Romania. The report includes an economic and employment snapshot, another part dedicated to further priorities ahead, a section dedicated to key findings and […]
The upcoming Belgian Presidency will play a strategic role in steering the EU agenda in the course of its mandate, setting the stage for the following Presidency. This is a key opportunity to further strengthen the EU’s global leadership on care reform.
Read the report of our speakers’ presentations from the DG NEAR internal webinar ‘Child protection and Care Reform in Enlargement Countries’.
Read our Contribution to the European Commission’s Recommendation on integrated child protection systems
