This document is a French language summary brochure of the Manual of Good Practice titled ‘Child Abandonment and its Prevention in Europe,’ specific to child abandonment in France.

This comprehensive manual provides an overview of child abandonment and its prevention in Europe, exploring the extent of child abandonment, possible reasons behind this phenomenon, the consequences of abandonment, and good practices in terms of prevention. For the purposes of the EU Daphne-funded project, child abandonment is defined in two ways, namely open and secret abandonment. Country specific in-depth reviews of child abandonment and its prevention are provided for 10 countries and results from an EU-wide survey analyzed.

This paper explores the research evidence from England and France on the mental health of young people aging out of care and into adulthood.

This paper uses comparisons of child benefit packages in the European Union and Central and Eastern European and Confederation of Independent States (CEE/CIS) countries derived using model family methods.

This paper highlights a number of recurrent issues that help to illuminate and explain the differences that persist between France and Germany in spite of recent reform efforts in child & family policies and evaluates the success of these policies and whether they have achieved their desired effects on mothers' employment patterns, especially those of qualified female workers.

Parental leave and early childhood education and care have gained a high profile in child and family policy fields, and both have been the subject of substantial cross-national mapping, describing and comparing their main features across a range of countries. This article provides overviews on parental leave and early childhood services in affluent countries, and reflections on this mapping.

A comparative analysis of child welfare systems in 10 countries identifies three broad functional orientations – child protection, family service and child development.

Rendez-vous annuel des cadres des conseils généraux sur les questions de prévention et de protection de l’enfance, ce séminaire est le 4e co-organisé entre l’ONED et l’INSET d’Angers. L’objectif est d’offrir aux cadres des départements un espace pour approfondir une thématique importante pour leur mission de protection de l’enfance, en articulation avec la question du management des équipes.

Event to launch two new reports on importance of deinstitutionalization for all persons

Selon la Loi organique du 29 mars 2011 instituant le Défenseur des droits, celui-ci est notamment chargé « de défendre et de promouvoir l'intérêt supérieur et les droits de l'enfant consacrés par la loi ou par un engagement international régulièrement ratifié ou approuvé par la France ». A l'occasion de la journée internationale des droits de l'enfant, le 20 novembre, le Défenseur présente son premier rapport consacré cette année, aux enfants accueillis en institution, plus particulièrement les moyens de défendre et de promouvoir leurs droits.