This leaflet is to announce three upcoming Q4C Knowledge Sharing Seminars.
1. Objective of the Q4C Workshops
Primary goals:
· strengthen the existing Q4C networks between countries
· improve/ share information and good practices on advocacy and implementation of the Q4C standards and their potential impact on children
· to update the participants about the progress made by Quality4Children in Europe and worldwide
· to provide a platform for youth to share their experience and impact of the Q4C standards
· exchanging ideas, strategies and good practices to consider the Q4C Standards in national legal frameworks.
Outcomes:
· Collection of good practices which can be published on the internet
· Cooperation between countries reinforced
· to filter relevant contents and aspects for the second Q4C Conference 2011
· develop a strategy to advocate for the adoption of the Q4C Standards at national level
· reinforce youth participation in the process of implementation of the Q4C standards
2. Financing and organisation
Each workshop is organised, financed and conducted by one of the three Q4C partners. All venue costs will be absorbed by the organising host of one of the three partners in Q4C. This does not include accommodation for participants. Each organising host has a named Contact person below, responsible for logistics and information. More information about logistics will follow after the application process
3. Target group
The target group are the people working for Q4C around Europe and Central Asia . The seminars are designed for people who are working with the Q4C standards and therefore all participants should share their expertise and knowledge in form of a corresponding presentation - please find more detailed information on the application form
We would also like to invite young people between 18 and 23 to this workshop who are currently involved in Q4C implementation and/or advocacy for out-of-home care standards (with Q4C) – or were involved in the recent past. Please inform us in a separate email if you intend to bring a young person to the workshop and enclose the following details of the young person: Name, contact details (including email), date of birth, level of involvement in Q4C
The costs for the young people’s participation will be covered – more detailed information after submission of the young person’s details.
4. Time schedule and responsibilities
The three Knowledge Sharing Seminars will take place in Spring and Summer 2010. The workshops are planned to last 2 working days. The submission dates for Seminar presentations is December 15th 2009. The organising partner, venue and dates are:
FICE hosted Knowledge Sharing Seminar: Lausanne , Switzerland
Contact person: Rolf Widmer: rolf.widmer@manarasoft.ch
SOS Children’s Villages hosted Knowledge Sharing Seminar: Sofia , Bulgaria
Contact persons: Violeta Velkoska : violeta.velkoska@sos-kd.org
Thomas Bauer: thomas.bauer@sos-kd.org
IFCO hosted Knowledge Sharing Seminar: Brighton, England: 8th-9th July 2010 (Please note: This event will take place straight after IFCO’s European Regional Training Seminar, University of Brighton, Brighton, England (http://brighton2010.ifco.info/)
Jean Kennedy: youth@ifco.info
