2009

This conference aims to debate the global and national implications of these new migration flows for sending and receiving countries and for migrants themselves. What are the implications of these migrations for Europe? What do these migrations mean for new immigrant societies? What lessons can be learnt from countries with longer immigration experience? The conference includes a stream on Children, Youth and Immigration. The closing date for abstracts of papers submission is 29 January 2010.

The International Center for Research and Policy on Childhood at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (CIESPI at PUC Rio) is in the middle of an exciting project to use a federally mandated strategy to improve policies and practices for children in the situation of the streets.

The Children's Research Centre in Dublin is involved in this important national, longitudinal study of children. Growing Up in Ireland is  the most significant of its kind ever to take place in Ireland and will help to improve the understanding of all aspects of children and their development.The study will take place over seven years and follow the progress of two groups of children; 8500 nine-year-olds and 10,500 nine-month-olds.

The Caribbean Child Development Centre (CCDC) of the University of the West Indies, Open Campus carried out a project, funded by the Inter-American Development Bank, to compile information on all HIV-related interventions for children in Jamaica.

This month's project by the Centre for Children and Young People, a project which begun in  June 2006 and will end next month in June 2009, aims to explore children's views and experiences of inclusion in decision-making processes in Interrelate Family Relationships Centres over time. These new FRC’s are designed to act as a single entry point into the family law system and to provide information, advice and dispute resolution services in order to help parents facilitate agreement without going to court. This project will also aim to examine how child-inclusive and child-focussed practice with children in post-separation decision-making is understood, facilitated and evaluated in Interrelate Family Relationships Centres.

Making Research Count is a collaborative research dissemination initiative between the social work sectors at nine English Universities, one being the Childwatch International Key Institution at the University of East Anglia. The nine universities have in common an involvement in social work qualifying and post-qualifying training, a long-term interest in applied research, particularly on children and family issues, an inclusive and collaborative approach and a commitment to high quality social work and social care. These common interests provide an important foundation to promote knowledge-based practice in social work and social care.

The resent study published in December 2008 approaches the changed drinking habits of young people with qualitative methods. It was carried out in an metropolitan area - in Vienna - and in an provincial and rural area - in Lower Austria - , which as East-Austrian wine-growing states show a comparable drinking culture. The conspicuous consumption by young people in groups, which are described here as "juvenile alcohol scenes", is at the focus of attention.

Project for children and young people in high-risk social sectors located in the city of Caracas. Children are trained in the art of recycling of solid waste and involve parents and community in the process of recycling. The idea is that children actively participate in their communities and that these actions promote environmental achievement in children and adolescents as well as a proper civic education to develop self-esteem, values and build a project of life and environmental awareness.

The main strategy of the program is the creation of family and community centers where families, schools and the community strengthen their abilities to care for their children in a more appropriate way. Groups of mothers with children from 0 to 6 attend weekly meetings to strengthen their abilities to attend the physical and psychological needs of their children and to solve cooperatively other family and community problems they see as priorities. The work is guided by community leaders who are trained to work with the families, as well as to promote community organization to foster local development.