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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.
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 concerning children and children's rights, please contact with IRCCRA.

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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:

- CRCA AND MFA HOLD SUCCESSFULLY NATIONAL WORKSHOP ON CRC CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS

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- CRCA AND MFA HOLD SUCCESSFULLY NATIONAL WORKSHOP ON CRC CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS

Tirana 27 April 2004 – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Albania in partnership with the Children’s Human Rights Centre of Albania – CRCA organised today a one-day 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 workshop was funded by the Olof Palme International Center, Sweden.

On January 2005, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child based in Geneva took into consideration the Report of the Albanian Government on the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. At the end of its session the Committee presented the Concluding Observations for Albania, which shall be taken into consideration and implemented by the Government of Albania.

The main aim of the workshop it was to present to the public opinion and civil society in Albania the measures taken so far by the Government and Ministries to implement the CRC Concluding Observations and to discuss the priorities for every Ministry for the next five years, in order to guarantee the respect of children’s rights in the country.

In the meeting participated 75 representatives of the Albanian Government and Ministries, civil society, Albanian and Foreign NGO’s, including the Swedish and American Embassies in Tirana. The event was opened by Ms. Merita Ndreko, adviser to the vice-Prime Minister of Albania, which presented to the participants of the workshop the latest plans of the Albanian Government for the preparation of the new National Strategy for Children in Albania.

Mr. Altin Hazizaj, Director of CRCA, in his speech emphasised the importance of this workshop, which is the first of its kind in Albania, and that aims to establish bridges of cooperation among the Government and civil society in Albania, with the final goal the implementation of the Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child.

Mr. Armand Skapi, Director of the UN Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said that today’s meeting fulfills the obligations of the Albanian Government to make widely known and available the Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child, and to prepare an action plan for the implementation of the observations.

After the opening speeches, the representatives of the Albanian Government, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Public Order, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Culture and Sports, Municipality of Tirana and Peoples Ombudsman, presented the priorities of every institution for the implementation of the Concluding Observations and respect of children’s rights in Albania.

The representative of CRCA, Mr. Altin Hazizaj, in his presentation mentioned the importance of participation of the NGO’s and civil society at the process of monitoring and reporting of children’s rights violations in the country, and especially in the preparation of the CRC Alternative Report. (To get a copy of the Albanian Alternative Report please visit: http://www.crca.org.al/national%20reports.htm).

At the end of workshop, an open debate was held among the participants, in order to have the possibility to bring at the intention of the Government and Ministry representatives, issues and concerns related to children’s rights situation in Albania.

Albania ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child on 27 February 1992. Under the Convention the Albanian Government shall report to the Committee on the Rights of the Child every five years. The report shall present the measures taken by the Government for the implementation of CRC and the situation in which children live in the country. For the first time the Country Report was prepared during 2003 and was presented to the Committee in early 2005.

For more information on the workshop, please contact:

Children's Human Rights Centre of Albania - CRCA
Mail address: Kutia Postare 1738, Tirana / ALBANIA
Phone / Fax: + 355 4 242264
E-mail: crca@adanet.com.al
www.crca.org.al

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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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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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