Country Care Reviews: Overview
Better Care Network | Monday, February 11, 2013
In this page, country care reviews for each UN member state are introduced and listed in order of the sessions of the Committe on the Rights of the Child. State Reports and Concluding Observations by the Committee as well as other treaty bodies with a particular focus on sections with recommendations for Family Environment and Alternative Care are captured and highlighted.

Country Care Reviews: Burkina Faso
Better Care Network | Friday, January 25, 2013 | 60 KB
Care related Concluding Observations adopted by the Committee on the Rights of the Child on the initial report of Burkina Faso under the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography. View document

Country Care Reviews: Slovakia
Better Care Network | Monday, January 28, 2013 | 50 KB
Care related Concluding Observations adopted by the Committee on the Rights of the Child on the initial periodic report of Slovakia under the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography at its sixty-second session. View document

Someone that Matters: The Quality of Care in Childcare Institutions in Indonesia
Florence Martin and Tata Sudrajat | Monday, January 07, 2008 | 4.06 MB
Comprehensive evaluation of national responses and level of care standards for children without parental care in Indonesia. View document

Country Care Review: USA
Better Care Network | Friday, January 25, 2013 | 218 KB
This country care review includes the care related Concluding Observations adopted by the Committee on the Rights of the Child as part of its examination of the United States of America’ second periodic report under the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography.

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Common Ground: UNICEF and World Bank Approaches to Building Social Protection Systems
Laura Rawlings, Human Development Network, World Bank and Sheila Murthy and Natalia Winder, Social Policy and Economic Analysis Unit, UNICEF | 2013 | 858 KB
This brief outlines the common ground between the World Bank and UNICEF in their commitment in developing and strengthening social protection systems and calls on other stakeholders to engage collaboratively to build such systems and expanding their coverage. View document

Because We are Sisters and Brothers: Sibling Relations in Alternative Care
Sylvie Delcroix, Jan Folda, Bettina Hofer, Irene Martín López, Irene Rojnik, Vera von Sartori, Samantha Tedesco, Karin Weiss, Marco Zaniboni | Monday, October 01, 2012 | 5.96 MB
This publication by SOS Children’s Villages International brings together research findings, learning and policy recommendations about sibling relations in alternative care gathered from five different SOS Children’s Villages associations (Germany, Austria, France, Italy, and Spain). View document

Handbook for Implementing Alternative Care of Children Guidelines launched in New York
Better Care Network and SOS Children's Villages International | Thursday, April 11, 2013 | 23.8 KB
The launch of the handbook ‘Moving Forward: Implementing the ‘Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children’ at UNICEF House in New York on the 11th April 2013 marked a milestone in the affirmation of children’s rights. View document

Statement by Ms. Regina Maria Cordeiro (Brazil) on the occasion of the launch of the handbook
Permanent Mission of Brazil to the United Nations | Thursday, April 11, 2013 | 92 KB
Statement by Ms. Regina Maria Cordeiro Deputy Permanent Representative of Brazil to the United Nations on the occasion of the launch of the handbook ‘Moving Forward: Implementing the ‘Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children’ at UNICEF House in New York on the 11th April 2013 View document

Statement by Ms. Jennifer Davidson, Director of CELCIS on the occasion of the launch of the handbook ‘Moving Forward’
CELCIS | Thursday, April 11, 2013 | 23 KB
Statement by Ms. Jennifer Davidson, CELCIS & co-author of the Handbook on the occasion of the launch of the handbook ‘Moving Forward: Implementing the ‘Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children’ at UNICEF House in New York on the 11th April 2013. View document