Europe

Europe is the second smallest continent, but has the third largest population. Past decades have witnessed great changes in the European political structure, with many Eastern Europeans countries leaving their communist roots behind in favour of more democratic systems. Western Europe continues to strengthen political ties with the expansion of the European Union. Most European countries are highly industrialized, and foreign trade is important to many economies on the continent.

Members

Action For Brazil's Children (ABC) Trust

Action International Ministries

Cutting Edge Theatre Productions

Depaul International

Plan UK

Railway Children

SOS Children's Villages

Street Kids Direct

World Jewish Relief

Publications

A Guide to Giving
A Guide to Giving aims to provide clear, practical and objective guidance for anyone who wantsto donate money or time to good causes and would like to do so in an effective and tax-efficientway.This handbook presents a framework for developing a programme of philanthropic activity andhighlights key principles of effective giving. It also offers guidance on a variety of approaches andmechanisms for giving, which, through a series of guest contributions, benefit from the expertiseof thought leaders across the sector. The Guide is further augmented by a series of profiles ofleading philanthropists in the UK.

Another Perspective: How Journalists Can Promote Children's Rights and Equality
A paper produced by the Children's Rights Alliance with guidelines on how journalists can engage with and promote the issue of children's rights.

Child trafficking in Birmingham, Coventry and Solihull
Save the Children and ECPAT UK published three reports on trafficking of children and young people in England. Interviews were conducted with social services teams, other statutory organisations and voluntary sector organisations in the North West, North East and the Midlands.

Child Trafficking in Manchester
Save the Children and ECPAT UK published three reports on trafficking of children and young people in England. Interviews were conducted with social services teams, other statutory organisations and voluntary sector organisations in the North West, North East and the Midlands. 

Child Trafficking in Newcastle
Save the Children and ECPAT UK published three reports on trafficking of children and young people in England. Interviews were conducted with social services teams, other statutory organisations and voluntary sector organisations in the North West, North East and the Midlands.

HIV AIDS Risk Review on Young Street Dwellers in Romania
A review of the HIV/AIDS situation among Romania's 100,000 abandoned and institutionalised children.

Juvenile Justice in the Republic of Moldova: Evaluation Report
This study represents a first attempt to assessthe situation of children in conflict with the lawin the Republic of Moldova. An inter-sectorialworking group, established under the auspicesof the National Council for the Protection ofChild Rights in October 2001, carried out thestudy with UNICEF's technical assistance andcoordination.

Learning to Listen: Consulting children and young people with disabilities
Learning to Listen shows what can happen when local authority staff think creatively about how to consult disabled children and young people about the services they receive. It has practical ideas and strategies for how to go about the process, and includes copies of leaflets and guidance that can be given to children and their parents. There's also a checklist that will be a useful tool for managers and other staff planning similar consultations.

Life without Basic Service ''Street Children Say''
This study builds on the learning of Street Diary (Save the Children UK, 2001), giving theopportunity for a group of children to represent their own analysis of their situation. Itexamines the human and emotional dimension of life on the street. This is not astatistical or quantitative research but is representative of the feelings of children livingon the street about their lives and organisations working with them.

Local Authority Support to Unaccompanied Asylum-seeking Young People: Changes since the Hillingdon judgement (2003)
This report looks at how support has changed and highlights gaps that still exist.The UK government recognises that unaccompanied asylum-seeking and refugee children are some of the most vulnerable children in England. This report looks at what support is available for this group of children in 18 local authorities.

Networking for Policy Change: An Advocacy Training Manual

Organizational Diagnosis for Advocacy
When groups are considering advocacy, it is helpful for them to assess what advocacy actually can offer their organization, what some of the benefits and risks might be and what organizational barriers might influence their success.

Policy Brief: Financial Transactions Tax
Save the Children Policy Brief. The global recession has had a severe impact on many poor children. In the UK, the percentage of children living in severe poverty is rising. Additional resources are needed to challenge these threats. Find out what we're calling for.

Project of technical assistance against labour and sexual exploitation of children, including trafficking, in countries of central and eastern Europe

Republic of Moldova: The impact of HIV/AIDS in the world of work
The objective of the paper is to discusssome of the issues that need to be taken intoconsideration when developing a supportstrategy for the Republic of Moldova, where HIV/AIDS may undermine development progressachieved since the country's independence.The focus of the paper is on an area that hasreceived very little attention in the literatureon HIV/AIDS in Eastern Europe: the effectsof the epidemic on labour markets and itsimplications for sustained development. Theultimate goal of GTZ and ILO/AIDS is to helpbuild the capacity of government, employersand workers in implementing policies to preventthe spread of HIV and reduce its impact.

Still Running: Children on the streets in the UK
Still Running is the most extensive piece of research evercarried out in the UK on young people under 18 who runaway or are forced to leave home. It is the first report thatgives an overall picture of the scale and extent of theissue. The research has been commissioned by threecharities: The Children's Society in England and Wales,the Aberlour Child Care Trust in Scotland and theEXTERN Organisation in Northern Ireland.

Street Children and Juvenile Justice in Romania
Street children are particularly vulnerable to abuses in juvenile justice systems: they are more likely to come into (actual or perceived) conflict with the law, and they are less able to defend themselves from abuse once within the system. CSC has undertaken a two-year research and advocacy project with local partners to examine the situation of street children in juvenile justice systems in six countries: Kenya, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Philippines and Romania. This report documents the findings from this project in relation to Romania.

Street Children in Latvia: Problems and Solutions
A general Latvian study that analyses the causes and effects of the street child phenomenon all over the country and makes policy recommendations for agences dealing with street children based on case studies carried out in various Latvian cities.

Street Children in the Kurzeme District of Riga City: Their Patterns of Sexual Behaviour and Substance Abuse
A working group study commissioned by UNDP, UNICEF and WHO to investigate the problem of street children in the Kurzeme district of Riga city, with an assessment of their difficulties as a 'target population' and suggestions of solutions.

Transnational Protection of Children: the Case of Albania and Greece 2000-2006
This publication presents the experience and knowledge of the organisations Terre des hommes and ARSIS in their efforts to address the phenomenon of exploitation and trafficking of Albanian children in the streets of Greece.  The collaboration between both organisations takes place in the framework of TACT (Transnational Action against Child Trafficking), a project dealing with the issue of child exploitation and trafficking and contributing to the setting up and running of protection mechanisms for Albanian children. 

Turkey Working Street Children in Three Metropolitan Cities: A Rapid Assessment
Report on ILO's rapid assessments of the worst forms of child labour in Turkey. The investigations have been made using a new rapid assessment methodology on child labour, elaborated jointly by the ILO and UNICEF.

Working Street Children in Three Metropolitan Cities: A Rapid Assessment
An extensive research report dealing with the 'worst forms of child labour' as determined by the International Labour Organisation in 19 countries. The assessments investigated the most illegal and criminal instances of child labour, including drug trafficking, sexual exploitation, slavery, debt bondage and the use of children in armed conflict.

Young Refugees: A guide to the rights and entitlements of separated refugee children
This guide provides information on the rights and entitlements of separated children and includes advice to professionals on how to support separated children in accessing them. It includes national contact details of agencies that can support separated children.

Young Refugees: Providing emotional support to young separated refugees in the UK
This guide offers advice on how to provide emotional support to young separated refugees and asylum-seeking young people in the UK. It includes information on the typical emotional experiences of young refugees, practical ways of providing support, mental health issues, and key contact details.

Young Refugees: Setting up mentoring schemes for young refugees in the UK
This is an introduction to mentoring and befriending schemes for young refugees. Mentoring is commonly seen as a way of supporting young people to meet their education, training and employment aspirations. Befriending tends to concentrate more on supporting a young person emotionally, having someone to talk to and have fun with. There is much overlap between the two models.

Young Refugees: Setting up youth groups for young refugees in the UK
This guide provides information on why there is a need for establishing groups in the UK, the benefits of groups for young people, tips on setting up groups, and support for group leaders.

Young Refugees: Working with unaccompanied asylum-seeking children at ports
This guide is designed to assist immigration officers working at ports of entry. It includes practical tips on supporting unaccompanied asylum-seeking children and answers to frequently asked questions about asylum-seeking young people and why they come to the UK.

Resources