March 25-27, 2009 International 17.00 Break 12.30 Lunchbreak C 1.2 Professionals in child protection: Training Symposion: Child Protection in Europe and practice of professionals of the child 17.30 Standards in discussion III 14.00 Strengthening the Links – Research, protection Day 1: March 25, 2009 Mapping out short routes: Child protec- Fora Policy and Practice Michaela Hinterwälder, Vanessa Schnorr, tion and specialisation in the Netherlands Forum A Research: University of Koblenz, Johannes Schnurr, 11.30 Registration/Fingerfood Adri J. van Montfoort, University of Leiden, Effectiveness of current models of pre- ISA ­Münster The Netherlands vention and intervention C 2.1 Prevention in local practice: The early war- 12.30 Opening A 1 Evaluation of early warning systems ning system in Gütersloh 18.30 Finish Minister Armin Laschet (Ministry of Wolfgang Böttcher, University of Münster Heinz Haddenhorst, Gütersloh Generations, Family, Women and Integra- Holger Ziegler, University of C 2.2 College of Fam: Providing quality in child tion of North -) Day 2: March 26, 2009 A 2 Abuse and Neglect: A meta-analysis of the protection within organisations Ursula Nelles (Vice Chancellor Westphalian effects of Early Prevention Programmes for Rosa Heim, Wels, Austria, (-confirmed) 09.00 Child protection in practice: What makes a Wilhelms University of Münster) Families with Young Children at Risk case a case for child protection? 17.30 Finish Erwin Jordan (Chairman, Institute for Social Hans Grietens, Catholic University, Leuven,­ Presentation of two case vignettes and Work e.V.) Belgium presentation of different professional appro- 13.30 Child Protection in Europe: Managing the Day 3: March 27, 2009 ches through experts from: Forum B Policy/Law risk - philosophies, strategies and per- Hungary Turning Private Passion into Public Re- spectives of national and transnational 09.00 Child protection from children‘s perspec- Mércse István, Fióka Child Welfare Center, sponsibility initiatives on child protection tives Budapest Heinz Kindler, German Youth Institute B 1 Creating public responsibility to prevent Andreas Polutta, University of Bielefeld Belgium child abuse 10.00 Facing failures in the child protection Sandra Stoffels, Nadine Fatzinger, Mosaik- Phillip Noyes, Director of Public Policy with 14.30 Break system of the UK Centre, Eupen the NSPCC, London, UK Judith M. Masson 15.00 Standards in discussion I Israel B 2 Steps of child abuse prevention in Estonia Professor of Socio-Legal Studies, University Neuvola – Learning from Finland? Miriam Ben Attar, Rami Ben Benishty, Bar during the last decade of Bristol, UK Past and present of the nationwide service Ilan University, Ramat-Gan Ruth Soonets, MD, Head, Tartu Child network Neuvola in Finland, a local, free Switzerland Support Center for Abused Children, Tartu, 11.00 Break institution for families from birth to school Esther Studer, Markus Brühwiler, Depart- Estonia enrollment. ment of Family and Youth, Canton of Zurich 11.30 Children‘s rights in the UN Convention 15.30 Break and the juris diction of the European Petra Linderoos, Neuvola Expert and lectu- The Netherlands: Court of Human Rights - tensions of and rer at Jyväskylä University, Finnland Adressing diversity in child protection 16.00 Practice Fora prospects for a European system of Child 16.00 Standards in discussion II Lineke Joanknecht, Eigenkracht, Zwolle Forum C Cooperation for Prevention and Interven- Protection The best start into life? Safeguarding as 10.30 Break tion in Practice Josep Ferrer i Riba, University of Barcelona, part of the British Sure Start Program. Spain Karen Clarke, Senior Lecturer in Social 11.00 Working with case vignettes part II C 1.1 AMK Gelderland: Public instiution for coun- celling and reporting in cases of child abuse ­Policy Politics, School of Social Sciences, 12.30 Finish/snack University of Manchester, UK Anita Kraak, Suus Mijland, The Netherlands Child Protection in Europe: effectiveness of measures and arrangements of “help in General information Greven Learning from the neighbours – Improving early infancy” user-oriented perspectives and questions of the appropriateness of professional acting will be of Osnabrück/ Greven Child Protection Bremen equal interest. 219 Coer de During the last years many reports in the media poin- A second focus refers to the “philosophy” of the mea- A1 W esthoff ted to tragical cases of mistreatment and neglect of sures and programmes and their legal context. In this Westfälisch-Lippische er Damm Sparkassenakademie Str Kinder- ahrt haus Provinzial children in . As a consequence, a variety of bearing questions of the adequate relationship between / . g Altenberge e Schiff H eg DB w w Am Burloh rich programmes and measures was initiated by politics and children’s rights and parents’ right, who find different Bröde Zentrum n Wilking- ff e gho k ni Nord c hege v

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