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Newsletter of the Children's Human Rights Centre of Albania - CRCA
Funded by: Olof Palmes International Center
This Electronic Newsletter is prepared by the Information
and Research Centre for Children's Rights in Albania - IRCCRA.
More than 400 Albanian and Kosovan, foreign NGO's, international organisations
and agencies, state bodies, donors, individuals, and other partners
of CRCA receive this Electronic Newsletter. If you would like to publish
your news, reports, announcements, invitations, or other documents
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The Children's Human Rights Centre of Albania - CRCA
is:
- Associate Member of DEFENCE FOR CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL
- DCI
- Founding Member of SOUTH EAST EUROPEAN CHILD RIGHTS ACTION NETWORK
- SEECRAN
- Founding Member of EASTERN & CENTRAL EUROPEAN & BALTIC NETWORK
OF NGO's ON MONITORING CHILDREN'S RIGHTS
- Founding Member of ALBANIAN CHILDREN'S RIGHTS NETWORK - ACRN
- Member of the BALKAN HUMAN RIGHTS NETWORK - BHRN
IN THIS ISSUE:
- EUROPEAN TRAINING PROGRAMME ON TRAFFICKING IN CHILDREN
TO TAKE PLACE IN ALBANIA
- FOURTH REGIONAL MEETING OF NGO COALITIONS IN EUROPE
TOOK PLACE IN BRUSSELS
- CRIN LIST OF EVENTS
- EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY (Albanian / English)
- Overview of the Electronic Newsletter
- EUROPEAN TRAINING PROGRAMME ON TRAFFICKING IN CHILDREN TO TAKE PLACE
IN ALBANIA
Tirana 15 March 2005 - ECPAT Netherlands and the Children's Human
Rights Centre in Albania will host during 18-19 March 2005 the European
Training Programme on trafficking in children for sexual purposes.
The meeting that will take place in Tirana and Durres during two days,
aims to strengthen the capacities of Governments and NGO's in Western
and Eastern European countries on child trafficking issue. The programme
is financially supported by the European Commission’s AGIS program,
the Oak Foundation and the Body shop Foundation.
Trafficking in minors for sexual exploitation in Europe is a problem
that needs more attention from all authorities and the civil society
in Eastern and Western Europe. The project "Joint East-West multi
stakeholder training programme on trafficking in children for sexual
purposes" is the third stage of the programme to combat trafficking
in children for sexual purposes in Europe of the ECPAT Europe Law
Enforcement Group. Research in eight receiving and eight sending countries
showed that among different stakeholders there is a lack of recognition
of and attention for child victims of trafficking for sexual purposes
and the special protection and care they need.
The Project's objective is to enhance knowledge, awareness and expertise
and to improve the operational skills of various stakeholders in order
to protect children from trafficking for sexual purposes in Western
and Eastern Europe, to recognise child victims of trafficking, to
address their specific needs on a child rights basis and to improve
prosecution of traffickers. Partly based on already existing good
practices, a training manual and programme will be developed (in English,
Russian and various other local languages) on the (inter)national
legal context of the problem of trafficking in children for sexual
purposes and it's implementation in law enforcement, child protection
and care at national and local level. The manual and training will
be used by different stakeholders who have a role and responsibility
in combating the trafficking of children.
For more info, please contact:
ECPAT Netherlands
Tel: + 31 20 420 3771
Fax: + 31 20 420 3832
Email: info@ecpat.nl
www.ecpat.nl
- FOURTH REGIONAL MEETING OF NGO
COALITIONS IN EUROPE TOOK PLACE IN BRUSSELS
The Flemish Children’s Rights Coalition and the
French Children’s Rights Coalition, two NGO-coalitions who monitor
the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) in Belgium hosted
the Fourth Regional Meeting of NGO Coalitions in Europe, which took
place in Brussels between 8-10 March 2005.
Since the CRC came into force in 1989 and subsequently ratified by
all UN member States of the European Region, there has been a growing
movement among NGO’s and civil society organizations in support
of the Convention’s implementation. Many have formed networks,
particularly in response to the opportunity provided by article 45a
in the Convention, which invites input from experts. Over the years
there has been a steady growth in the children’s rights coalitions
across the region. Currently, there are some 30 NGO-coalitions within
the European Region.
Started in 1998 the European children’s rights coalitions gather
on a regular base. The first meeting took place in Berlin (Germany)
and attracted NGO’s and child rights coalitions from 21 European
countries. A second regional meeting was held in Stockholm (Sweden)
in May 1999 and served as a follow up to the plans and interest created
at the first meeting in 1998. NGO coalitions and individual NGO’s
from 20 countries in Europe participated, including EU countries and
countries from Central and Eastern Europe. This year two NGO coalitions
from Albania were invited to participate in the meeting.
The fourth meeting of European child rights coalitions and NGO’s
that took place in Brussels, the hart of Europe, was a unique opportunity
to meet with child rights coalitions and NGO’s from the new countries
and deepening the NGO commitment in promoting and supporting the implementation
of children’s rights throughout Europe.
For more information, please contact:
Veerle De Roover
Child Rights Officer
veerlederoover@lacode.be
http://www.kinderrechtencoalitie.be/
- CRIN LIST OF EVENTS
MEXICO: 5th World Conference on Early Childhood Education
[conference]
Date: 6-8 April 2005
Location: Morelia, Mexico
Recent changes in early childhood education have led the World
Association of Early Childhood Educators (WAECE) to sponsor the 5th
World
Conference on Early Childhood Education. The Conference's main focus
is
on practical aspects to help educators, providing new ideas and
inspiration for their daily work, with the help of international
specialists. The intention is to learn about the latest developments
in
the field and facilitate contacts and exchange among early childhood
educators around the world.
A new international report will be presented during this Conference,
taking into account the latest international research work, the latest
discoveries in neurological science and the writings of the main
contemporary writers on how early education should be, from the
conceptual and the methodological points of view.
For more information, contact:
AMEI - WAECE
C/Averroes, 3 - 28007 Madrid, Spain
Tel: + 34 91 501 87 54; Fax: + 34 91 501 87 46
Email: info2@waece.org /
eduardo@waece.org
Website: http://www.waece.org
Visit:
http://www.crin.org/resources/infoDetail.asp?ID=5027
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- UNITED STATES: Children, Poverty and Globalisation [conference]
Date: 25-27 April 2005
Location: New York, USA
UNICEF and the Graduate Programme in International Affairs (GPIA)
plan to
hold an international conference from 25-27 April 2005 on poverty
in the
global context and its effects on girls and boys: entitled "Children
and Poverty: Global Trends, Local Solutions? Recent Economic, Political,
Demographic and Cultural Trends Affecting Child Rights". The
Conference will present analytical and policy papers that explore
issues
and trends related to children living in poverty by examining the
concepts and measurements of poverty, as well as the actions needed
to
secure a protective, harmonious and stimulating environment for family
upbringing.
For more information, contact:
Marina Komarecki, Conference Co-ordinator
Graduate Programme in International Affairs
New School University
6th Floor, New York, NY 10011, US
Email:
komarecm@newschool.edu
Tel: + 1 212 851 6260
Website: http://www.newschool.edu
Visit:
http://www.crin.org/resources/infoDetail.asp?ID=4995
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- COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD: 39th Session [UN event]
Date: 16 May - 3 June 2005
Location: Geneva, Switzerland
Members of the Committee on the Rights of the Child will meet again
for
three weeks in May and June this year to consider the following State
reports: Ecuador (Second and Third Combined Periodic Report), Bosnia
and
Herzegovina (Initial Report), Nepal (Second and Third Combined Periodic
Report), Philippines (Second Periodic Report), Norway (Third Periodic
Report and Report submitted under article 12 (1) of the Optional Protocol
on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography),
Nicaragua (Third Periodic Report), Mongolia (Second Periodic Report),
Yemen (Third Periodic Report), Saint Lucia (Initial Report), Costa
Rica
(Third Periodic Report).
For more information, contact:
UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Committee on the Rights of the Child
8-14 Avenue de la Paix, CH 1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland
Tel: + 41 22 917 9000; Fax: + 41 22 917 9022
Website:
http://www.ohchr.org/english/bodies/crc
Visit:
http://www.crin.org/resources/infoDetail.asp?ID=5028
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- UNITED KINGDOM: Introduction to Refugees: The Global Context [course]
Date: 24 May - 12 July 2005
Location: London, UK
This half-course in Birkbeck's Development Studies Department looks
at
the social and political context experienced by refugees and discusses
ways forward for policy and practice, using case studies from Latin
America, Eastern Europe and Africa.
For more information, contact:
Birkbeck, University of London
Malet Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7HX, UK
Tel: + 44 20 7631 6000; Fax: + 44 20 7631 6270
Website: http://www.bbk.ac.uk
Visit:
http://www.crin.org/resources/infoDetail.asp?ID=5249
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- EUROPE: Quality Standards in Out-of-Home Childcare [conference]
A European Congress called "Quality4Children" will be held
in Gmunden, Austria, between 1 - 2 June 2005, as part of a joint
initiative between three organisations that work for and with children
who cannot grow up with their biological families. The International
Federation of Educative Communities (FICE), International Foster Care
Organisation (IFCO) and SOS Children's Villages have come together
to
launch the project, which aims to improve the chances of development
of
children and youth in out-of-home childcare in Europe.
Registration deadline: 25 May 2005
For more information, contact:
Project "Quality4Children", SOS Children's Villages
Hermann-Gmeiner-Straße 51, A-6021 Innsbruck, Austria
Tel: + 43 512 3316 0; Fax: + 43 512 3316 5686
Email:
congressinfo@quality4children.info
Website:
http://www.quality4children.info
Visit:
http://www.crin.org/resources/infoDetail.asp?ID=5111
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- CANADA: Researching Resilience in Children and Youth [conference]
Date: 15-17 June 2005
Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
The International Resilience Project (IRP) is a research project
that is
using different types of research methods to examine what helps children
and youth cope with the many challenges they face in life. The project
is
working with children, youth, and elders in 12 countries and on 5
continents around the world. It is a 3-year pilot study funded by
the
government of Canada through Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova
Scotia
Canada.
The Project is hosting an international conference to present leading
edge innovations in building, sustaining and researching resilience
in
children and youth, globally. The IRP, with sites in 14 communities
on 5
continents, has engaged in a mixed method approach to develop a better,
more culturally sensitive understanding of resilience in children
and
youth around the world.
The "Pathways to Resilience International Conference" will
provide an opportunity for participants from around the world to discuss
their leading edge innovations in building and sustaining resilience.
Researchers, policy makers, child advocates, clinicians, and community
workers globally are being invited to share their work. The conference
will also provide an opportunity to discuss findings from the IRP.
For more information, contact:
Michael Ungar, Undergraduate Programme Co-ordinator
Maritime School of Social Work, Dalhousie University
6414 Coburg Road, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 2A7
Tel: + 1 902 494 3445 / 476 0560; Fax: + 1 902 494 6709
Email: michael.ungar@dal.ca
Website:
http://www.resilienceproject.org
Visit:
http://crin.org/resources/infoDetail.asp?ID=4862
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- PALESTINE: Juvenile Justice - a Child Rights Perspective [conference]
Date: 27-29 June 2005
Location: Bethlehem, Palestine
Defence for Children International/Palestine Section will be hosting
the
2005 DCI International Conference on the theme of Juvenile Justice
under
the title "Kids in Prison - A Child Rights Perspective".
The
Conference will place particular emphasis on the challenges confronting
children in prison. It will provide a forum in which to discuss a
variety
of issues that youth are faced with, and an opportunity to share
experiences and explore solutions. The conference will bring a new
dynamic to the juvenile justice debate, acting as a launch pad for
regional and international initiatives designed to raise awareness
of the
issue. It will hopefully narrow the often vast gap between international
legal instruments and practice.
For more information, contact:
Jihad Shomaly, Conference Co-ordinator
Defence for Children International/Palestine Section
Tel: + 972 2 240 7530; Fax: + 972 2 240 7018
Email:
conference@dci-pal.org
Website: http://www.dci-pal.org
Visit:
http://www.crin.org/resources/infoDetail.asp?ID=5106
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- NORWAY: Children in Emerging and Transforming Societies [conference]
The conference 'Childhoods 2005: Children and Youth in Emerging and
Transforming Societies' refers to a world where new ethnic encounters,
social change and globalisation creates new childhoods and new lives
for
young people. The purpose of the Conference is to see modern childhood
and youth in a global perspective, reflecting lives and challenges
of
children and young people living in societies marked by social and
cultural change.
For more information, contact:
Childhoods 2005 Oslo
University of Oslo, Faculty of Education
PO Box 1132, Blindern, N-0317 Oslo, Norway
Tel: + 47 22 85 48 41; Fax: + 47 22 85 50 28
Email: childhoods@uv.uio.no
Website:
http://childhoods2005.uio.no
Visit:
http://www.crin.org/resources/infoDetail.asp?ID=4939
The Events Calendar is
published in CRINMAIL during the first week of each month. It details
upcoming events for the following two months, including workshops,
conferences, courses, etc. Details about events included in this CRINMAIL
and many more are posted on:
http://www.crin.org/resources/events/showAllEvents.asp?catName=Events&flag=event&ID=5
- EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY (Albanian
and English)
NJOFTIM PUNESIMI
Shoqata SOS-Fshatrat e Femijeve Shqiperi eshte nje organizate private,
pa qellime fitimi, humanitare, jo-politike dhe jo fetare, qe operon
esklusivisht ne ndihme te femijeve qe kane humbur prinderit apo qe
per arsye te ndryshme nuk mund te jetojne me prinderit e tyre dhe
qe per rrjedhim kane nevoje per nje shtepi permanente te re.
Shoqata SOS-Fshatrat e Femijeve Shqiperi shpall konkurimin per nje
vend te lire, ne pozicionin
Drejtor ne SOS Fshati i Femijeve, Tirane.
Pergjegjesite dhe detyrat:
* Drejtim pedagogjik dhe organizativ te Fshatit,
- Drejtim te stafit te fshatit;
- Asistence dhe keshillim per SOS nenat dhe femijet;
- Implementim te politikave te personelit;
- Perfaqeson SOS-Fshatin e Femijeve ne komunitet;
- Drejtim te Faciliteteve Rinore
* Planifikim dhe kontroll te perdorimit efikas te burimeve financiare
* Raporton te Drejtori Nacional
Kerkesat per aplikuesin:
· Arsim i larte (preference kane aplikantet qe kane perfunduar
studimet universitare ne shkencat sociale ose qe kane kryer trainime
ne fushen sociale).
· Te kete te pakten tre vjet pervoje pune ne fushen sociale
(kujdesi ndaj femijeve dhe te rinjve)
· Te jete i gatshem te jetoje ne SOS Fshatin e Femijeve, Tirane.
· Te kete interesa te forta per nevojat dhe zhvillimin e femijeve.
· Te kete aftesi shume te mira komunikuese, drejtuese, te jete
i afte te punoje ne grup dhe te perballoje konfliktet.
· Te jete fleksibel, krijues, i ndjeshem ndaj çështjeve
gjinore.
· Te zoteroje gjuhen angleze dhe te jete i afte te perdore
kompjuterin.
· Te mos jene marre ndaj tij, nga punedhenes te meparshem,
masa disiplinore te largimit nga puna per shkak te nje shkelje te
rende disiplinore.
Ofrojme kontrate punesimi te rregullt. Paga dhe kushtet e punes jane
atraktive dhe konkuruese ne tregun shqiptar te punes.
Paraqitja e dokumentave:
Personat e interesuar jane te ftuar te paraqesin brenda dates 30.03.2005
prane Zyres Nacionale te Shoqates SOS-Fshatrat e Femijeve, Shqiperi
dokumentat e meposhtme:
- Curriculum Vitae;
- Kerkese per aplikim;
- Diplome te Shkolles se Larte;
- Liste Notash;
- Deshmi te ndryshme kualifikimi;
- Te pakten nje leter rekomandimi
Rruga “Pjeter Budi”, Pallati Klasik Konstruksion, Shk. B,
Ap. 16, Tirane
Tel & Fax: 04 378 517
Email: soskd@soskd.icc-al.org
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JOB ANNOUNCEMENT
SOS Children’s Villages Albania is a denominational, nongovernmental
and non-profit organization that offers a permanent home to children
who have lost their parents or can no longer live with them.
The SOS-Children’s Village Organization announces the competition
for a vacancy in the position of Village Director.
Responsibilities:
* Overall pedagogical and organisational running of the village
which means:
Guidance and leading of village staff
Assistance and advice to SOS-mothers and children
Implementation of personnel policies
Representation of the village in the community
* Guidance and leadership of youth facilities
* Planning and Control of efficient use of financial resources
* Reporting to the National Director
Requirements:
· University Degree in the psycho-social or pedagogical field
or in any other study with additional experience in the psycho-social
field
· At least three year work experience in the social field (child
and youth care)
· Willingness to live in the SOS Children’s Village
· Strong interests in the needs and development of children
· Very good communication, organisational , conflict management
skills, work team spirit
· Flexibility, creativity, sensitivity to gender issues
· Master of English Language and computer skills.
· No disciplinary measures taken by the previous employers.
We offer you an employment contract according to the labour legislation,
an attractive salary and good working conditions.
Submission of the documents:
Interested people are invited to submit within 30.03.2005, at the
National Office of SOS Children’s Village Organization the following
documents:
- Curriculum Vitae
- Request for Application
- University Degree
- Grade Certificate
- Different qualification degrees
- At least a reference letter
Address: Rruga “Pjeter Budi”, Pallati Klasik Konstruksion,
Shk.B, Ap. 16, Tirana
Tel & Fax: 04 478 517
Email: soskd@soskd.icc-al.org
Overview of Electronic Newsletter
This Electronic Newsletter is prepared by the Information
and Research Centre for Children's Rights in Albania - IRCCRA.
More than 400 Albanian and Kosovan, foreign NGO's, international organisations
and agencies, state bodies, donors, individuals, and other partners
of CRCA - IRCCRA receive this Electronic Newsletter. If you would
like to publish your news, reports, announcements, invitations, or
other documents concerning children and children's rights, please
contact with IRCCRA.
If you wish to subscribe or un-subscribe from the mailing list please
e-mail to: irccra@adanet.com.al
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This Electronic Newsletter is prepared by the Information and Research
Centre for Children's Rights in Albania (IRCCRA), a unit managed by
CRCA. The opinions expressed in this electronic publication do not
necessarily represent the policies or opinions of the Children's Human
Rights Centre of Albania - CRCA or those of IRCCRA.
All readers are permitted and encouraged to copy and distribute all
or any part of this electronic publication, provided that proper attribution
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in Albania - IRCCRA. No part of this electronic publication may be
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The opinions expressed in this E-newsletter do not necessarily represent
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Information & Research Centre for Children's Rights in Albania
- IRCCRA
Address: Kutia Postare 1738, Tirana / Albania
Phone / Fax: ++ 355 4 24 22 64
E-mail: crca@adanet.com.al
E-mail: irccra@adanet.com.al
www.crca.org.al
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The Children's Human Rights Centre of Albania - CRCA is:
- Associate Member of DEFENCE FOR CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL - DCI
- Founding Member of SOUTH EAST EUROPEAN CHILD RIGHTS ACTION NETWORK
- SEECRAN
- Founding Member of EASTERN & CENTRAL EUROPEAN & BALTIC NETWORK
OF NGO's ON MONITORING CHILDREN'S RIGHTS
- Founding Member of ALBANIAN CHILDREN'S RIGHTS NETWORK - ACRN
- Member of the BALKAN HUMAN RIGHTS NETWORK - BHRN
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