Summary: This conference is an important part
of an eighteen month project co-
ordinated by EFCW, which brings
together partners from five Member
States to examine different policy,
programme and project approaches
to reducing and eradicating child
poverty.
This conference is an important part of an eighteen month project
co-ordinated by the European Forum for Child Welfare (EFCW)
which brings together partners from five EU Member States to
examine different policy, programme and project approaches to
reducing and eradicating child poverty.
Taking place on 24 January 2002, the conference will be based
around a series of workshops on the following themes:
* Coalition building: the practicalities of partnership
* Involving children in policy making: models of participation at
local and national level
* Building on the Laeken Summit: valuable indicators for children
in poverty?
* Evaluating anti-poverty strategies and measuring their impact:
the role of NGOs
Additionally, there will be keynote speeches from the European
Commission, the Child Poverty Action Group, UNICEF Innocenti
Research Centre, UNICEF EU office and the Spanish Presidency
and in the afternoon a series of mini-presentations by local
projects & young people's groups from around Europe.
The conference will take place at the Novotel Brussels Centre,
Tour Noire, Rue de la Vierge Noire 32, 1000 Brussels, Belgium.
For further information on the conference programme and how to
register, please contact Caroline Crolla at the European Forum for
Child Welfare, Rue de la Concorde 53, 1050 Brussels, Belgium,
Tel: + 32 2 511 70 83; Fax: + 32 2 522 72 98; Email:
caroline@efcw.org.