http://www.alternativesociale.ro/index.php Pentru o comunitate mai sigura en-us aifrim@alternativesociale.ro (Alexandra Ifrim) bogdan@thesign.ro (Bogdan Munteanu) PHP RSS Feed Generator 20 years after the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the UN Committee has developed a set of Recommendations for Children Rights for Romania.In section Family affected by migration  "the Committee notes that some programs were implemented and that a law proposal was drafted in order to improve mechanisms for identifying and monitoring children left behind by parents who left to work abroad, but it looks worried about the high number of those children who continue to be at risk.The Committee recommends that the State Party initiates national campaigns to inform potential migrants about child protection measures available and improve the measures for identification and support of children left behind by migrant parents." http://www.alternativesociale.ro/news.php#news_123 2010-06-22 Alternative Sociale Association participated in the 8 to 12 June 2010 at the international seminar "Regional Network for Prevention of Trafficking in Children and Youth in Eastern Europe and Central Asia." The event was held in Bulgaria, Bansko, with the support of the Open Society Sofia, and brought together professionals to prevent and combat trafficking in persons from 17 countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia: Albania, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, Kosovo, Estonia, Serbia , Macedonia, Bosnia, Montenegro, Romania, Bulgaria, Poland, Czech Republic, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. The project "Regional Network for Prevention of Trafficking in Children and Youth in Eastern Europe and Central Asia" is a multi-stage and long-term project that aims to promote dialogue between communities of origin and destination on key issues related to policy and best practice in preventing trafficking. Such dialogue provides an opportunity to develop and design in partnership procedures, advice and informal international regulations supplementing the provisions of conventions ratified by each state. The project aims to support coordination and networking between countries and communities in Central and Eastern Europe, providing opportunities for partnership, experience exchange and increase organizational capacity to create a better system to prevent trafficking of children and young and to assist victims of trafficking. http://www.alternativesociale.ro/news.php#news_122 2010-06-17 70 children home alone children being at risk, with one or both parents gone to work abroad, from the two communities of Belcesti and Raducaneni benefited from social and psychological assistance  under a project developed by Alternative Sociale Association and supported by BRD - Groupe Societe Generale and its employees, through the internal labor donations "Change a destiny . Give a chance to a life ". The project has been developed between April 24, 2009 and April 24, 2010.  http://www.alternativesociale.ro/news.php#news_119 2010-05-18 Over 350.000 children in Romania grow up without the support of one or both parents gone to work abroad. Half of these children are not yet 10 years old.UniCredit Tiriac Bank, Unidea Foundation and Alternative Sociale Association is inviting you to the press conference announcing the launching of the project “MIGRATIONS – Combating the negative effects of migration amongst children and elderly persons remaining at home” that will be developed during 2009-2011.The meeting of the media with representatives of institutions involved in the project will take place on Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009 at 11:00 hrs. at UniCredit Pavilion situated in Sos. Nicolae Titulescu no. 1 (Victoria Square are), Bucharest.The project brings to the attention of civil society and authorities the situation of children and elderly persons in Romania - in general - and in Iasi County - in particular -, persons left alone as result of labor migration. With this approach we try to find solutions that would diminish the impact of the migration phenomenon upon most vulnerable categories of persons in a country area that is seriously affected in this way. At the event will take part representatives of the National Authority for Child Protection, of Alternative Sociale Association that is implementing this program, of Unidea Foundation in Italy, funding the project, and of UniCredit Tiriac Bank, coordinator of the Mogrations Program in Romania. http://www.alternativesociale.ro/news.php#news_94 2009-04-16