International policy on orphans and children without adequate parental care [WP1010]
- Date
- Tuesday 3 November - Thursday 3 December, 2009
- Venue
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Wiston House
Wilton Park
Steyning
West Sussex
BN44 3DZ
+44 (0) 1903 815 020For more information see Your stay at Wilton Park
- Event no.
- WP1010
- Downloads
This conference discussed the following points:
The new Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children1, together with the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), provide a clear framework for action to support families to care for their children and to develop quality family-based alternatives to residential care. This conference sought to bring energy and drive into realising the changes needed to better care for and protect vulnerable children.