The USA branch of International Social Service is hosting its 5th annual conference on Developing Child-Centered Practice in Law, Social Work, and Policy for Cross-Border Families on Thursday October 2, 2014 from 8:30am to 5:30pm.

SAVE THE DATE! Wednesday September 24th 2014, New York City

This conference is being organised by leaders in the field: Keeping Children Safe, Plan International, Save the Children, Terre des Hommes, UNICEF Nigeria, USAID and War Child. Participation is sought from across Africa and from international experts.

The theme of “Ensuring the Rights of the Child, and Family-based Services” chosen for the IFCO 2014 European Conference invites workshop ideas, plenary topics and attendees who envision foster care, and indeed, all alternative care as the holistic system that IFCO promotes.

SAVE THE DATE!  19-20 August 2014, Nairobi, Kenya 

Lumos is offering a four-day training course designed specifically to guide policy-makers and senior level managers and practitioners through the process of deinstitutionalisation (DI) and to help identify what needs to be done, at what stage and by whom.

This webinar will explore the role of government workers, particularly those at the district or sub-national levels, who play a key role in supporting community systems to enhance the delivery of quality services and support to vulnerable children and families.

The theme is Stepping up the Pace. Online registration has opened and the conference organisers have issued a call for abstractsfor original contribution to the field.

This event will be held in Melbourne, Australia. The theme  of the event is is Stepping up the Pace.

The symposium Children and HIV: Start Early, Start Now–Integrated interventions for young children born into HIV-affected families will examine proactive, integrated approaches that focus on early childhood and HIV.