Launch Event in the EU-parliament
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On 13 June 2007, SOS-Kinderdorf International ,IFCO (International Foster Care Organisation) and FICE (Fédération Internationale des Communautés Educatives) presented their Quality4Children standards for European out-of-home child care. The presentation took place at the European Parliament, upon invitation of MEP Lissy Gröner and with the support of European Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner. |
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The live-recording of the conference in Brussels - by John Rolé - is now online! Download the video by right clicking and choosing 'save target as' (wmv/6 MB) This version is a short version (6:09 min) in a very small resolution to keep the file small. |
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As she underlined that the Quality4children standards are an important contribution to one aspect of the child-care system reform, Judita Reichenberg, UNICEF, expressed her congratulations for the innovative project process as well as the involvement of children, care givers, social workers and social scientists from over 30 European countries. This participative approach was also highly welcomed by Verena Taylor, representative of the Council of Europe. As stressed by Nigel Cantwell, UNICEF/ISS consultant, the clear complementarity of the work done by the Council of Europe, the United Nations and the Quality4Children project means that the standards “should be invaluable in stimulating improvements in alternative care systems in Europe and elsewhere and should notably underpin the necessary cooperation at all levels, and between State and non-State actors, for bringing these improvements about”. |
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Such a cooperation, with the support of the European Commission and MEP Lissy Gröner and in the framework of the current EU agenda on the rights of the child, should help raise the voices of the hundreds of thousands of children without parental care in Europe. |
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