After the Day of General Discussion on the topic of "Children without parental care"
organised by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child last September, the
Quality4Children project was invited to get involved in the elaboration process of
"International Guidelines for the Protection of Children in out-of-home Care". The
Committee on the Rights of the Child is striving for the recognition of the
International Guidelines by the UN General Assembly in September 2006.

The Q4C steering group took advantage of the opportunity to introduce the project
Quality4Children to representatives from all around the world. Q4C groups three
international organisations that are practically operating in the field of
childcare: FICE International, SOS Children's Villages and the International Foster
Care Organisation (IFCO). Together, they have launched a project which is aimed at
assuring and improving the chances of development of children and youth in
out-of-home child care in Europe.

Currently three international teams are developing quality standards for the care of
children/youths in out-of-home care. The content of the quality standards is based
on the empirical reports and good practices of people directly involved
(children/youths, biological parents, care persons) from more than 20 European
countries. Halfway through next year the results of the three teams will be
summarised to a discussion paper in the framework of a workshop in Prague. [Source: CRIN]

For more information, contact:
Project "Quality4Children"
Hermann Gmeiner Straße 51, A-6021 Innsbruck, Austria
Tel: + 43512 3316 0; Fax: + 43512 3316 5686
Email: quality4children@sos-kd.org
Website: http://www.quality4children.info

For more information on the Day of General Discussion, go to:
http://www.crin.org/docs/resources/treaties/crc.40/Discussion.asp

To read the Committee's Recommendations, go to:
http://www.crin.org/resources/infodetail.asp?ID=6262