This policy brief has been developed to serve as a guidance to policy makers while developing any policy on leaving care. It aims to stimulate further discussion amongst policy makers and reach a common professional consensus on formalised guidelines towards leaving care at global, national and local levels.
It is based on the deliberations of the “1st International Care Leavers Convention 2020” (ICLC) held from November 23-25, 2020, with a concluding session held on December 11, 2020 with policy makers from 9 countries. The ICLC also had a series of four pre-events that focused on specific themes.
This brief also references the 11 gaps as outlined in the “Declaration of the Care Leavers”, a consultative advocacy tool developed by 100+ Care Leavers, from over 25 countries, over several webinars held from July 2020. This policy brief has been developed by the Organising Committee of the 1st ICLC 2020, comprising of Care Leavers Association and Network (India), Generations Never Give Up (Sri Lanka), Kinderperspectief (Netherlands), Latin American Care Leavers Network, SOS Children’s Villages, International Office (Asia); Udayan Care (India), University of Hildesheim (Germany); Zimbabwe Care Leavers Network.
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