EveryChild Moldova’s Programme Experience: Improving Children’s Lives through Deinstitutionalization
N. Beth Bradford and Peter Evans | Monday, April 01, 2013 | 1.3 MB
This Program Review documents the evolution of EveryChild/Partnerships for Every Child’s Program in Moldova since 1994, presenting the development of interventions to improve the lives of children through deinstitutionalization and identifying the best practices and lessons that may be relevant, useful, and replicable to other initiatives and organizations around the world. View document

Someone that Matters: The Quality of Care in Childcare Institutions in Indonesia
Florence Martin and Tata Sudrajat | Monday, January 07, 2008 | 4.06 MB
Comprehensive evaluation of national responses and level of care standards for children without parental care in Indonesia. View document

All Children Count: A Baseline Study of Children in Institutional Care in Malawi
The Ministry of Gender, Children, and Community Development of Malawi; Centre for Social Research (CSR) of the University of Malawi; UNICEF Malawi | Thursday, September 01, 2011 | 1.5 MB
This study commissioned by the Ministry of Gender, Children, and Community Development and financially and technically supported by UNICEF and the Better Care Network, describes the situation of children in institutional care in Malawi. View document

Moving Forward: Implementing the 'Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children'
Centre for Excellence for Looked After Children in Scotland (CELCIS) | Thursday, March 07, 2013 | 2.4MB
This new handbook, Moving Forward: Implementation of the ‘Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children,’ is aimed at legislators, policy-makers and decision-makers, as well as professionals and care providers, to support the implementation of the Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children, endorsed by the United Nations General Assembly in 2009. It explains the key thrusts of the Guidelines, outlines the kind of policy responses required, and describes ‘promising’ examples of efforts already made to apply them in diverse communities, countries, regions and cultures. View document

Croatia: Positive Communication and Engaged Parenting: Prevention of Institutionalization of Children with Disabilities
Danica Kramarić, Head of Sector for the Promotion and Protection, Croatian Ministry of Health | Wednesday, November 21, 2012 | 839KB
This presentation to the 2012 Sofia Conference by Danica Kramarić, Head of Sector for the Promotion and Protection of Health, Croatian Ministry of Health, introduces how positive communication and engaged parenting are key deterrants of the placement of children with disabilities in institutions. View document

Moldova: Cooperation Between Ministries in Preventing Infant Mortality and Child Institutionalization
Valentina Buliga, Minister of Labor in Moldova, Social Protection and Family | Wednesday, November 21, 2012 | 906 KB
This presentation to the 2012 Sofia Conference by Valentina Buliga, Minister of Labor in Moldova, Social Protection and Family, introduces Moldova's ongoing collaboration between the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Labor to reduce infant mortality and the placement of children under the age of 3 in institutions.
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Belarus: System of Detection, Intervention, Care, and Rehabilitation of Children Under 3 with Special Needs
Elena Bogdan, Ministry of Health of the Republic of Belarus | Wednesday, November 21, 2012 | 4.14 MB
This presentation to the 2012 Sofia Conference introduces social services available in Belarus for the identification, intervention, care, and rehabilitation of children under the age of 3 with disabilities, in order to prevent their abandonment and placement in institutions.
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Kazakhstan: Reinforcing the Role of Primary Health Care (PHC) Workers and Parents in Care for young Children
Kuan Sabi Program, Kazakhstan | Wednesday, November 21, 2012 | 1.66 MB
This presentation to the 2012 Sofia Conference by the Kuan Sabi Program, in Kazakhstan suggests ways to improve the knowledge and skills of Primary Health Care workers that care for children under the age of 3. View document

Deinstitutionalization of Children in Bulgaria: Real and Irreversible
Darinka Yankova, Deputy Chairperson of the State Agency for Child Protection | Wednesday, November 21, 2012 | 243 KB
This presentation to the 2012 Sofia Conference by Darinka Yankova, Deputy Chairperson of the State Agency for Child Protection addresses the challenges and the new vision for the deinstitutionalization of children in the Republic of Bulgaria. View document

Georgia: Achievements and Challenges in Deinstitutionalization of Children Below 3 years
Irakli Nadareishvili, Deputy Ministry, Ministry of Labor Health and Social Affairs of Georgia, | Wednesday, November 21, 2012 | 833 KB
This presentation to the 2012 Sofia conference by Irakli Nadareishvili, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Labor Health and Social Affairs of Georgia, highlights the key initiatives of the deinstitutionalization and childcare system reform launched by Georgia in 2005, as well as the challenges faced in this process. View document