Events

Better Care Network highlights upcoming events that are related to children's care around the globe. These events include calls for papers or submissions, requests, conferences, webinars, and more. To view past events, visit the Events Archive page.

Sep 21
UN Global Disability Fund (UNPRPD), International Disability Alliance (IDA), Development Consortium (IDDC),

A high-level event hosted by the UN Global Disability Fund (UNPRPD), the International Disability Alliance (IDA) and the International Disability and Development Consortium (IDDC) to mark the Summit of the Future and identify opportunities ahead of the Global Disability Summit in 2025.

Sep 24
Doncel,

VIVA is a training space with panels, talks and experiences of international and local models on the model of transitional housing to autonomous life for young people without parental care.

Sep 24
The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action, the Global Child Protection Area of Responsibility, UNHCR, Save the Children,

Calling all humanitarian and child protection leaders, advocates, donors, and supporters. The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action, the Global Child Protection Area of Responsibility, UNHCR, and Save the Children, invite you to the global launch of their latest report, ‘Unprotected: Analysis of Funding for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action in 2023’.

Oct 02
The Transitioning Residential Care Working Group - Transform Children's Care Collaborative,

The Transitioning Residential Care Working Group, part of the Transforming Children’s Care Collaborative, invites practitioners, advocates, organizations, and donors supporting and promoting residential care service transitions to the launch webinar of the Divesting of Residential Care Guidelines and Transition Monitoring Tool.

Oct 09
International Social Service (ISS),

On Wednesday, 9 October the International Conference ‘Throughout time, across borders: Navigating child protection and restoring family links’ will bring together ISS members and external professionals from all over the world to discuss topics related to migrant children, search for origins in intercountry adoption and surrogacy cases, family-based care, mediation in child abduction cases, and the future of social work and child protection.

Oct 21
The Commonwealth,

Samoa, a member of the Commonwealth, announced that it will host the 2024 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in October 2024 on the theme "One Resilient Common Future: Transforming our Common Wealth".

Oct 22
Family Resource Centre National Forum, Families Canada, the U.S. National Family Support Network, CSSP,

The biennial Together for Families Conference is a unique virtual event that connects various stakeholders from across the globe in the Family Support and Strengthening Field to focus on best and promising practice for supporting families’ advancement. 

Oct 29
SOS Children's Villages,

Discover the findings of an extensive global research report highlighting the factors contributing to the separation of children from their families and providing recommendations to prevent this from happening.

Nov 07
First Global Ministerial Conference on Ending Violence Against Children,

 FIRST GLOBAL MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE ON ENDING VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN

Dec 17
Defence of Children International (DCI), NGO Panel on Children Deprived of Liberty, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General on Violence against Children, UNICEF,

The Conference is designed as a two-day event, targeting key groups such as administration of justice, children deprived of liberty and professionals who work with them, children on the move, children in institutions and children detained in the context of armed conflict.