Comprehensive manual on the theory and process of deinstitutionalization based on the experiences of childcare professionals across the European region.

This book features individual empirical studies on the outcomes and progress made for children in foster care around the world.

This "Practical Guide: System for Prevention of Child Separation from the Family" was developed in cooperation with the Ministry of Social Protection, Family and Child with technical support from the "Support to the Delivery of Efficient and Sustainable Social Assistance Services” project implemented by OPM/EveryChild Moldova, funded by DFID/SIDA.

Guidance and forms on preventing institutionalization of children and promoting family unification. The manual includes good practices and lessons learnt, training plans, care planning forms, and assessment guidance.

The Practical Guide of the Professional Supervision Mechanism in Social Assistance was developed in cooperation with the Ministry of Social Protection, Family and Child (Moldova), with the technical support of the "Support in the Deliver

The following is a summary of the Bulgarian experience in implementing a comprehensive reform of the care and protection system for children at-risk.

This booklet is designed for children and young people in care to explain how alternative care works, what their rights are as young people in care and whether these rights are being respected.

This document outlines EveryChild’s approach to the growing problem of children without parental care by defining key concepts, analysing the nature and extent of the problem, exploring factors which place children at risk of losing parental care, and examining the impact of a loss of parental care on children’s rights.

This Report was drafted by a group of independent experts convened by Commissioner of the European Commission, Vladimír Špidla, in February 2009 to address the issues of institutional care reform in their complexity. The report addresses recommendations to Member States which have the main responsibility for action in this area.

Keys findings from the full investigation into state-run children's institutions in Ireland from the 1930s - 1990s