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This article is an attempt to analyse and describe the process of change in child substitute care that has taken place since the re-independence of Estonia in 1991. These changes started with adopting new terms and ideas. However, while international terminology and concepts have been accepted, local conditions affect this acceptance of concepts as well as their practical development. In the present article, the aim is to look at the process of changing discourse in Estonian institutional substitute care. Overall, it was found that, in the reform of substitute care, the way in…
This report assesses how far the SCEP Statement of Good Practice and relevant international obligations are met in 11 countries of Central Europe and the Baltic States, in relation to specific issues: the definition of a “separated child”, access to the territory, identification, the appointment of a guardian or adviser, registration and documentation, age assessment, freedom from detention, the right to participate, family tracing and contact, family reunification in a European country, interim care, health, education and training, the refugee determination process and durable or long-term…