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ISSA, DECET and Open Academy Step by Step Croatia invite practitioners in early years services and primary schools, policymakers and researchers to explore questions related to the professionalization of early care and education staff, through dialogue and a joint professional learning process.
ISSA, DECET and Open Academy Step by Step Croatia invite practitioners in early years services and primary schools, policymakers and researchers to explore questions related to the professionalization of early care and education staff, through dialogue and a joint professional learning process.
Date:15-17 October 2012
Place: Opatija, Croatia
In late fall 2012, the journal Children, Youth and Environments will publish a special issue on the role of physical environments in putting children at risk of violence, in reducing risks of violence, and in creating places of security, refuge and healing. In addition to research articles, the journal carries Field Reports: short articles of about 3,000 words which describe innovative initiatives to improve environments for children and youth—in this case, by reducing risks of violence or creating places of safety and healing.
Submissions deadline: October 15, 2012.
Director of Childwatch Institution CINDE, Marta Arango Nimnicht, has been chosen as Juror for the WISE Summit 2012.The WISE Awards are designed to identify, showcase and promote innovative educational projects from all sectors and regions of the world to inspire change in education.
This issue: August 2012; 19 (3). Children's interethnic relations in everyday life – beyond institutional contexts.
Guest editors: Véronique Pache Huber and Spyros Spyrou
Plan International is seeking to appoint a multi-disciplinary team of consultants to undertake multi-country research to investigate the benefits of birth registration.
This research project aims to determine the benefits of birth registration both at the micro and macro levels.
Applicants should submit an application package by 10 September 2012.
Call for Papers/Conference Contributions
"Family, children and education at the core of the new challenges of social development: global scenarios, migration and active citizenship"
Deadline: 25 September 2012 for papers
Call for Papers/Conference Contributions
"Family, children and education at the core of the new challenges of social development: global scenarios, migration and active citizenship"
Date: 26th-29th November 2012
Place: Tourist Harbour, Naples, Italy
Deadline: 25 September 2012.
The new edition of Early Childhood Matters, on the subject of Living conditions: The influence on young children's health , explores the links between the living conditions in which children grow up and their health and development. It includes articles on air pollution, accidents, nature and child-friendly cities, and contributions from four continents. You can download the pdf , read on issuu.com or order a free printed copy .
The European Society for Prevention Research will hold its 3rd International Conference and Members’ Meeting: “Common risk and protective factors, and the prevention of multiple risk behaviours”. - The aims are to highlight the importance of prevention work and promote research on interventions with multiple behavioural and mental health outcomes.
The European Society for Prevention Research will hold its 3rd International Conference and Members’ Meeting: “Common risk and protective factors, and the prevention of multiple risk behaviours”. - The aims are to highlight the importance of prevention work and promote research on interventions with multiple behavioural and mental health outcomes.
Krakow, Poland - December 6-7, 2012
Ben Bernanke, the chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, highlighted the economic benefits of quality early childhood programs for an audience of children's advocates gathered for a national conference this week in Cincinnati. ( Education Week Article )
The research initiative has been designed to improve the self-assessment capacities of cities and communities as the basis for planning, advocacy and community action to improve the living conditions of children. For the purpose, the research team (IRC and CERG) developed tools for communities and local authorities, which can easily be adapted to different contexts.
IRC has partnered with DevInfo in the development of the CFC DevInfo assessment and monitoring toolkit. This is designed to help implementing countries automate database management on Child Friendly Cities (CFC). It is based on the CFC assessment toolkit and indicators developed through the CFC research initiative (http://www.childfriendlycities.org/en/research). It comprises: (a) community assessment indicators (derived from the CFC community assessment tools) and (b) CFC objective indicators (derived from other administrative surveys). The toolkit consists of DevInfo templates and Data Capture sheets. The DevInfo templates and Data Capture sheets can be customized and managed by cities or countries that wish to collect data on children's living conditions and child well-being in local settings.
IRC has partnered with DevInfo in the development of the CFC DevInfo assessment and monitoring toolkit. This is designed to help implementing countries automate database management on Child Friendly Cities (CFC). It is based on the CFC assessment toolkit and indicators developed through the CFC research initiative (http://www.childfriendlycities.org/en/research). It comprises: (a) community assessment indicators (derived from the CFC community assessment tools) and (b) CFC objective indicators (derived from other administrative surveys). The toolkit consists of DevInfo templates and Data Capture sheets. The DevInfo templates and Data Capture sheets can be customized and managed by cities or countries that wish to collect data on children's living conditions and child well-being in local settings.
The research initiative has been designed to improve the self-assessment capacities of cities and communities as the basis for planning, advocacy and community action to improve the living conditions of children. For the purpose, the research team (IRC and CERG) developed tools for communities and local authorities, which can easily be adapted to different contexts.
The overall goal of the resource pack is to contribute to strengthen the evidence base of child protection through clear and practical guidance for improved planning, monitoring and evaluation practices and documentation of good practices and lessons learned, in line with the main approaches in UNICEF’s Child Protection Strategy (2008) and with the re-focus in UNICEF on monitoring results for equity. For further details >>
Young People Leaving Care: Supporting Pathways to Adulthood By Mike Stein, explores the journey from care to adulthood through the main challenges these young people face: in being in settled accommodation, in fulfilling their potential in education, employment or training, and in achieving and maintaining good health and a positive sense of wellbeing.
Young People Leaving Care: Supporting Pathways to Adulthood By Mike Stein, explores the journey from care to adulthood through the main challenges these young people face: in being in settled accommodation, in fulfilling their potential in education, employment or training, and in achieving and maintaining good health and a positive sense of wellbeing.
Evidence Aid and the Belgian Red Cross – Flanders are organising the 2nd Evidence Aid Conference on 29-30 October 2012. It will be held at the Novotel Hotel, Brussels Airport, Belgium. The overarching theme is ‘Disaster Aid’, in which we will focus on priority setting and the levels of evidence that should be regarded as acceptable or required for people involved in disaster risk reduction, planning, response and recovery.
The editors of this special issue of Childhood’s Today are looking for papers that will help to assess how research on Latin American childhoods and children can contribute to, and challenge, the field of Childhood Studies.
Please submit abstracts of between 300 and 500 words by July 31st, 2012. Abstracts and articles must be submitted in English
World Bank and Jacob's Foundation launch and learning event: Children and Youth in Crisis: Protecting Human Development During Economic Shocks
Date: June 18, 2012 12pm- 5:30pm
Location: The World Bank, J-Building, Room JB1-080, 701 18th Street NW, Washington, DC
The ASSWA (Association of Schools of Social Work in Africa) committee has decided to extend the date for abstract submissions for the International Social Work Conference: Social Work: Towards Inclusion, Social Justice and Human Rights. The deadline is now 3 August 2012.
This is the portal for the Latin American and Caribbean network for Childwatch. http://envia.xoc.uam.mx/redinvestiga/childwatchla/sitio/index.php