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Working together, all of us can bring a prosperous world to the children! HELP THE CHILDREN Electronic 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.
The Children's Human Rights Centre of Albania - CRCA
is:
IN THIS ISSUE: - ALBANIA: NATIONAL WORKSHOP FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF CRC CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS - ALBANIA: CRCA TRAINING FOR POLICE AND EDUCATORS IN JUVENILE PRISON IN TIRANA - Overview of the Electronic Newsletter
Tirana 21 April 2005 - The Children's Human Rights Centre of Albania in cooperation with The Ministry of Foreign Office of the Republic of Albania, on 27 April 2005, at 09.00, at Hotel Tirana International, organise a national workshop on the issue: "Concluding Observations of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child for the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in Albania" The Albanian Government on January 2005 presented to Committee on the Rights of the Child of United Nations (in Geneva) the Country Report on the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in Albania. At the end of the session the Committee made public its Concluding Observations for the Albanian Government. The Concluding Observations have been made widely known and distributed by CRCA in February 2005. Taking into the consideration the importance of the Concluding Observations, for the Albanian Government and civil society in Albania, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in partnership with the Children's Human Rights Centre of Albania - CRCA, have agreed to organise this National Workshop, that has as it main aim to sensitize the Albanian Government and the civil society in Albania for the implementation of the Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child of UN. As this workshop it is the first of its kind in Albania, CRCA and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs have the pleasure to invite all NGO's in Albania, to participate in the workshop, which will serve as a positive experience for all the organisations that work for the implementation of the UN Conventions and other international standards in Albania. The workshop it is made possible by the extraordinary contribution of CRCA long-term partner, the Olof Palme International Center in Sweden. For more information or to receive a programme of the workshop, please contact: Altin Hazizaj Children's Human Rights Centre of Albania - CRCA - ALBANIA: CRCA TRAINING FOR POLICE AND EDUCATORS IN JUVENILE PRISON IN TIRANA Tirana 12 April 2005 - The Children's Human Rights Centre of Albania - CRCA started today a two-day training for the the educational and police staff of the male Juvenile Prison in Albania, the Prison of Vaqar. The training, which is funded by Soros Foundation in Albania, is part of the CRCA Juvenile Justice Programme. The training, which is developed under the title "Promoting Children's Rights in Prisons", aims to improve the knowledge among police officers and educators on children's rights and improve the treatment of juveniles in Albanian prisons. Currently there are 15 male juveniles serving their sentence in the Prison of Vaqar and recently their living conditions have improved. However the police behavior and communication towards the juveniles is not up to the required international standards. The two-day training is organised in close partnership with the General Directorate of Prisons, and is held at the Training School of Prisons, which is a new institution established within the Directorate and located inside the Prison of Vaqar with the aim to train the police and education staff of prisons from all over Albania. A team of experts from CRCA Training Team, have developed a tailored methodology for the needs of the prison staff, based on a combination of formal training and on-job training. During the first day the participants will be trained on Convention on the Rights of the Child and juvenile justice issues, while the second day of the training is based on role-plays and real-life situations. For the first time, in the training have been invited to participate two juveniles that serve their term in Vaqar. Both juveniles will be part of the training from the first day and the aim is to bring the police, education staff and juveniles closer to the problems they face, and try to improve the communication skills of cooperation among all. CRCA works in Prison of Vaqar together with UISP-Peace Games since September 2004 providing socio-legal assistance, education and sports activities for juveniles and young people in Prison of Vaqar and women Prison 325. For more information, please contact: Alma Maksutaj Overview of Electronic Newsletter This Electronic Newsletter is prepared by the Information
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