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News - On 7th April 2020, Eurochild held a remote meeting of a team working on the question of Children in Alternative Care. A representative of the Know-How Centre for the Alternative Care for Children attended the meeting along with 38 other participants from all of the EU…
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Event - The Know-How Center for Alternative Care for Children, NBU, is organizing an online seminar on the topic of "The Family-oriented approach in social work - professional reflections". The event will discuss the reasons for introducing a family-oriented approach in social work…
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News - The National Network for Children Bulgaria is in communication with the government on measures to limit the risks to the life and future of Bulgarian children and their families. On March 30, 2020, they sent an open letter demanding specific urgent measures and actions by…
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Multimedia - Last month, we shared information regarding the online seminar on April 23, "How do we talk about coronavirus with children living in alternative care and how we help them cope with the effects of isolation?" which was held on 23rd April and was organized by the Know-…
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Webinar - Webinar: Basic helping skills  Goal of the webinar: Understand basic helping skills and learn how to use them in communication with person in distress. This webinar focuses on the essential counselling skills required for all…
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News - The Amalipe Center for Interethnic Dialogue and Tolerance conducted an online survey on ‘Distant learning: an opportunity for the development of education or a prerequisite for deepening educational inequalities’. Nearly 200 schools have been included in the survey, half of…
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News - Mayors from the Plovdiv region in Bulgaria have taken the initiative of ensuring worksheets reach children with disabilities in order for them to participate in distance learning during the current pandemic. Katya Stoilova, who heads the Regional Center for Support of…
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News - Social work is, by its very nature, a resource for dealing with social isolation. What happens when this isolation is imposed by modus operandi? Following the outbreak of the pandemic from the novel Coronavirus, industry organizations of social work specialists in different…
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News - The Know-How Centre for the Alternative Care for Children at New Bulgarian University shared an article examining the state of social work during the current state of emergency in Bulgaria. They ask the question "Is it possible to limit human contact without breaking…
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News - Now that schools have been closed due to the threat of the corona virus, classes, for most children, are held online. This is one of the greatest benefits that the Internet provides: information and knowledge for everyone, wherever they are. However, the …
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News - The National Network for Children Bulgaria shared an article about sexual violence in Bulgaria, the victims' inability to be heard, and the poor or non-existent sex education in the country. The article notes that in 2019, official statistics from the Minister of …
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News - The National Network for Children Bulgaria reported that the Single Step Foundation and the Bilitis Resource Center Foundation have produced a report on "Attitudes towards LGBTI students in Bulgarian schools". The report has been prepared on the basis of a survey…
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Event - The Know-How Center for Alternative Child Care, NBU, is organizing a new discussion meeting to discuss the reasons for introducing a family-oriented approach to social work to support families at risk. The main features and principles of the approach will be presented, as…
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Online library - The "Let's Fulfill (Im)Possible Dreams" project, financed by JUST/2017/ACTION GRANTS, has created new methodologies for working with children leaving residential care. As part of New Bulgarian University, the Know-How Centre for Alternative Care for Children sets…
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News - The independent media platform for human rights journalism Marginalia.bg reported that the Commission for Protection against Discrimination (CPD) has sentenced the kindergarten "Zhelyazko Popnikolov" in Vidin, Bulgaria, the director of the kindergarten, as well as…
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News - The issue of Roma integration in Bulgaria is generally a topic confined to the territory of the country itself. However, openDemocracy shared an insightful article on the issues surrounding the Bulgarian Roma community, EU citizenship, but no shoes: the Roma of…
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Event - The consecutive monthly discussion meeting of the Know-how Center for Alternative Child Care will be held on 13th February 2020 between 16:00 - 18:00 at the Sofia City Library, 4 Slaveikov Square. The topic of the February discussion will be: "The Place of Social Work…
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News - Eurochild reported that over 60 Bulgarian civil society organisations (CSOs) called on six EU Commissioners in a letter to urge the Bulgarian government to effectively act against hate campaigns which question the need for civil society organisations. A…
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News - On 18th December 2019, the UN General Assembly Third Comittee formally adopted a Resolution on the Rights of the Child, which focuses on the rights of children without parental care. This is a landmark moment in the progress within the field of rights of children…
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News - Signed Memorandum with B-H Association of Social Workers and Other Professionals: to enhance further cooperation in relation to Child Hub activities in BiH Many BiH citizens need some type of social assistance, but it is difficult to know what their real needs are without…
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News - A recently-published report, funded by the Disability Research on Independent Living & Learning program and supervised by The Alliance for Inclusive Education, raised concerns about the failure of schools to enact Accessibility Plans, and thereby…
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News - The National Network for Children Bulgaria reported that there are teachers willing to work with vulnerable students in Bulgaria, but only one teacher from the city of Shumen has been approved by the Ministry of Education under the Motivated Teachers program, which…
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Event - The Know-How Center for Alternative Child Care, NBU, continues to organize monthly seminars and discussion meetings in January 2020. The next meeting will take place on January 16th and will focus on the following topic: "The Modern Bulgarian School and the Roma community…
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Online library - Single Step Foundation and Bilitis Resource Center Foundation prepared the report “Attitudes Towards LGBTI Students in Bulgarian Schools”. The document is based on a national survey conducted for the 2017/2018 academic year. This national quantitative survey…
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Online library - The Social Activities and Practices Institute (SAPI) shared the final report of the Children in Focus in the Judicial Reform project. The document summarizes that the project has carried out an in-depth comprehensive analysis of parental conflicts regarding the…
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News - Forty-nine Bulgarian organizations supported the Standpoint on the Bill to repeal the Social Services Act, 954-01-76 of 06.11.2019, and the Bill to Amend and Supplement the Social Services Act (the document is in Bulgarian). The Know-How Centre for the Alternative Care for…
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News - The Know-How Centre for the Alternative Care for Children, New Bulgarian University, shared a webinar organized under the 'Fulfilling (Im)Possible Dreams' project and the Child Protection Network, which was held in November, 2019. The webinar presented the experience of…
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Multimedia - We are sharing this video material with interviews conducted at last month's International Conference Deinstitutionalization of Childcare: Investing in Change. In the video, Professor Nathan Fox, Professor Charles Nelson III and Dr. Charles…
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News - The Council of Europe raised their concern regarding the Vucjak migration camp located in Bosnia and Hercegovina; the Council urged the Bosnian government to close the migration camp and to take further steps in improving the quality of treatment migrants receive in their…
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News - The National Children's Network (NCN) reported that 3 December was International Day of People with Disabilities. The event featured the exhibition ‘We Can Also!’, organized by the Parents in Action civic formation, which emphasizes the right of young people with…