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SUMMARY:Children navigating migration: Building stronger protection for unaccompanied children
DESCRIPTION:\nThousands of children arrive each year, alone and seeking safety and a better future in Europe. They face many challenges, including past trauma, smuggling, and an absence of trusted adults... How can they be supported to feel like children again? Guardians are people who can offer them this comfort, but they too face many challenges: lack of knowledge and know-how, high workload, burnout, and difficulties connecting with the child.\n\n\n\nOn 1 September, the GUIDE project will host an event to explore how Europe can better protect unaccompanied children, particularly those who are more vulnerable, including those with a disability or who have experienced trauma. Bringing together policymakers, EU institutions, practitioners, child rights organisations and experts, the discussion will examine current challenges, identify gaps in protection systems, and present recommendations for strengthening child-centred migration and guardianship policies across Europe.\n\n\n\nBringing testimonials from guardians and children and drawing from findings of the GUIDE project, the event will highlight practical solutions that can help ensure every child has access to protection, inclusion and support from arrival through to durable solutions.\n\n\n\nInterpretation will be available in English, Bulgarian, Greek, Italian, Slovak, Polish, and Ukrainian.\n\n\n\nRegister until 26 August to attend in person (in Brussels): https://forms.gle/RVd2ER9xiPk5JZA79 \n\n\n\nRegister to attend online: https://forms.gle/iJAS3VhHW8SjG4mt6 \n\n\n\nAgenda:\n\n\n\nTime SessionSpeakers14:00-14:30 Registration and Welcome coffee14:30-14:35Opening remarksMs. King JOOChair of the Social Responsibility Board, National Civil Cooperation FundEuropean Economic and Social Committee14:35-14:45Testimonials of a childSetting the contextDavid and AleksandraUnaccompanied children from Ukraine living in Slovakia14:45-15:05Keynote. Unaccompanied children in Europe todayCurrent trends & key challengesParticular vulnerabilities of children with disabilitiesPresentation of the recommendations to strengthen the protection of unaccompanied children in EuropeDrawing from the GUIDE projectEU Agency for Fundamental Rights, TBCLyzaveta DrannikovaProject & Policy OfficerEuropean Association of Service providers for Persons with Disabilities15:05-15:45Panel discussion. Voices from the ground - Exploring challenges that guardians and unaccompanied children (especially those with disabilities) are facing - Role of peer-to-peer support in the guardians’ lives (listening circles)- Systems put in place and support delivered by the national/regional bodies- Systems’ gaps and possible solutions- Disability-inclusive protection systems- Mental health and trauma support- Transition to adulthoodModerator: GUIDE partner Speakers:Alona KurutovaOffice of the Commissioner for Children in SlovakiaDiana Dimova, Professional working with guardians in Bulgaria and GUIDE project trainer Dimitra TsoumaniInternational Centre for Sustainable Development (ICSD) network Nashin NusaPerson with lived refugee experience in Greece15:45-16:25Panel discussion. From policy commitments to protection in practice- Guardianship as a child protection tool- Cross-border cooperation- Strengthening guardianship through training, support, and institutional engagement - Legal and policy reform, institutional strengthening, monitoring and evaluation - Coordination and participation in the guardianship system - Sustainability of a multi-level guardianship system - Intersectionality-informed data collection - The European guardianship systemModerator:Dr. Carine Le Borgne,Child Participation CoordinatorEurochild Speakers:Isabella AtanasiuPolicy officerEuropean Commission, DG HOMETerry SmithProject managerEuropean Guardianship NetworkFabiana AdamoProject managerCESIE ETS Disability People’s Organisation16:25-16:30Closing remarksEASPD (TBC)\n\n\n\nBackground: \n\n\n\nThe GUIDE – Supporting Guardians of Unaccompanied Children project is an EU-funded initiative under the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) aimed at strengthening the capacity of guardians and professionals working with unaccompanied and separated children arriving in Europe, especially those with disabilities. It brings together organisations from several EU Member States (Belgium, Bulgaria, Italy, Greece, Poland, Slovakia) to develop practical resources, training programmes, and tools that support guardians in providing quality care and protection. Through training of trainers, national manuals, service provider maps, and peer-support mechanisms, the project aims to improve guardianship systems and strengthen cooperation among professionals working with migrant children.\n\n\n\nAbout GUIDE\n\n\n\nGUIDE – Supporting Guardians of Unaccompanied Children is a project funded by AMIF-2023-TF2-AG-CALL-06-CHILDREN; AMIF Action Grant Budget-Based.\n\n\n\nPartners\n\n\n\n\nEUROPEAN ASSOCIATION OF SERVICE PROVIDERS FOR PE (Belgium, coordinator)\n\n\n\nEUROCHILD (Belgium)\n\n\n\nIASIS (Greece)\n\n\n\nSDRUZHENIE NATSIONALNA MREZHA ZA DETSATA (Bulgaria)\n\n\n\nImago Foundation (Poland)\n\n\n\nTENENET OZ (Slovakia)\n\n\n\nCESIE ETS (Italy)\n\n\n\nDIMOS EGALEO (Greece, associated partner)\n\n\n\nSave the Children Europe (Belgium, associated partner)\n\n\n\nSAVE THE CHILDREN ITALIA ONLUS ASSOCIAZIONE (Italy, associated partner)\n\n\n\nEuropsky institut regionalneho rozvoja, n.o. (Slovakia, associated partner)\n\n\n\nTRNAVSKA UNIVERZITA V TRNAVE (Slovakia, associated partner)\n\n\n\n\nFor further information\n\n\n\nRead more about the project. Contact Fabiana Adamo: fabiana.adamo@cesie.org. \n\n\n\n\n
URL:https://cesie.org/en/events/guide-building-stronger-protection-unaccompanied-children/
CATEGORIES:Rights and Justice
LOCATION:EESC (Comitato economico e sociale europeo
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