FINLAND: FICE 2008 Congress: Better Future for Children - Today

Location: Helsinki, Finland
Date: 11 to 13 June 2008

The Finnish organisers welcome you warmly to share your expertise and experiences in the field of residential care, to meet your peers and colleagues from all over the world and to learn more about different practices and methods available in the field.

The main themes of the FICE 2008 Congress are:

  • Protecting the World's Children
  • Child, Family and Close Relations
  • Child's Experiences, Right to Participate and to be Heard, Quality of Care

The experts presenting in the plenaries come from UK, USA, South Africa, Finland and Austria.

In addition to plenary presentations there will working sessions (workshops, discussion groups, mini-seminars) to take the discussion further on various issues related to residential care and especially to a child's best interest in residential care.

The Congress is organised by FICE-International and Central Union for Child Welfare (the Finnish FICE-Member) in collaboration with the Faculty of Social Policy at the University of Helsinki, the City of Helsinki and its Department of Social Services, and the National Research and Development Center for Welfare and Health (Stakes).

Please notice that the deadline for registrations is 15 May  (early bird's fee available until March 31st).

Full programme details are available on www.congreszon.fi/fice2008/

For more information, contact fice2008@congreszon.fi

 

pdf: www.congreszon.fi/fice2008/

Organisation: 
Central Union for Child Welfare
Central Union for Child Welfare
Central Union for Child Welfare
Link : 
http://www.congreszon.fi/fice2008/

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