BCN Newsletter 5 April 2013

Better Care Network

This edition of the BCN Newsletter starts with an annoucement about the much anticipated New York launch event of the handbook, Moving Forward: Implementing the 'Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children' that will take place on Thursday, April 11, 2013

We continue our Spotlight on the Sofia Conference that was held in November 2012 by highlighting key presentations by country delegations and experts providing critical learning from the Eastern European and Central Asia region.

Also in this edition,

  • An important new study from the UK looking at family stress factors and their relationships to children's outcomes;
  • A comprehensive report on violence in State residential institutions in Kazakhstan;
  • We also take a look at a recent global developments in Social Protection with major implications for the ability of vulnerable families to care for their children: the recently adopted Recommendation by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) on Social Protection Floors; and its first World Security Report presenting data from around the globe on social security.
  •  Our country care reviews continues with highlights on the Committee on the Rights of the Child's care related recommendations to Austria, Liberia and Andorra.