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Workshops

Title	Education – Key to protect children all along the Migration Route (origin, transit and destination countries)
Coordinated by	Don Bosco International
Content	Best Practice 1: Don Bosco Fambul (Sierra Leone) Don Bosco Fambul started a specific programme of mental and physical recovery, training, foster care and entrepreneurship with the huge population of girls in prostitution and victims of trafficking. - Methodology: presentation of an extract of the documentary LOVE and interview with director of the project and one girl that has benefited from the programme Best Practice 2: M’interesso di te (Italia) The project called M’interesso di te (I am interested in YOU) intends to identify unaccompanied children in the surroundings of railway stations, and with professional social workers identify their needs. They are then invited to youth centres for leisure time activities and language courses and then provided with professional counselling, legal advice for their document situation and offered a training itinerary, to start looking for a job as soon as possible. The aim is avoiding they fall in trafficking networks. - Methodology: presentation of the project by one educator and one young person that has benefited from the programme (tbc in case the young person is allowed to travel) Best Practice 3: En route avec les migrants The Association Don Bosco Action Social supports young people in their legal pathway in France and at the same time raises awareness among the French society of the difficulties of being a foreign unaccompanied minor in the country, and the several violations of Human Rights that they are facing on a daily basis. It developed a guide for citizens to become mentors of this youth and a role game “En route avec les migrants”, a simulation of the process that live many migrants and asylum seekers in their journey to “the Republic of Dreams”. - Methodology: presentation of the role game – and methodological guide to support UMRs.
Speakers	Fr. Jorge M. Crisafulli, Director, Don Bosco Fambul (Sierra Leone) & Augusta, young beneficiary of the programme Pierre-Jean Allard, Project Officer Unaccompanied Minors, Don Bosco Action Sociale (FR) Speakers from Italy tbc

Title	Sharing good practices: children’s rights helpdesks in Europe’
Coordinated by	Defence for Children Netherlands and Greece
Content	In this workshop, Defence for Children will present the children’s rights helpdesks. The helpdesk provides individual legal assistance to children, their parents, and to professionals who work with cases involving children. Legal advisors working at the children’s rights helpdesk immediately take action when rights of children are or are at risk to be violated: they give legal advice and/or information by phone or by e-mail, and provide legal support to lawyers by writing so-called children’s rights reports. Such a report may be used by the lawyer representing the child in asylum- and immigration procedures. At national level, the children’s rights reports influence decisions of the immigration authorities and court proceedings. The children’s rights helpdesk is also involved in strategic litigation at both the national and European level. Also, the input derived from individual cases at the children’s rights helpdesk is essential for advocacy work. It is difficult to advocate for something without giving clear, and practical examples. Defence for Chidlren aims to set up a children’s rights helpdesk in every European country. In May 2018, helpdesk have been set up in Greece. Participants of the workshop are invited to discuss an example of a helpdesk case. How would they, as professionals, help the child? The participants will also discuss the following recommendation: “There is an urgent need to establish children’s rights helpdesks in every European country”.
Speakers	Roos de Wildt, Defence for Children (Netherlands) Jantine Walst, Defence for Children (Netherlands) Nantina Tsekeri, Defence for Children (Greece)

Title	Together for young migrants
Coordinated by	Deutsche Kinder- und Jugendstiftung (DKJS), Faros Association and Dedalus Social Cooperative
Content	Three associations Deutsche Kinder- und Jugendstiftung (DKJS), Faros Association and Dedalus Social Cooperative met for the first time at a Lost in Migration conference in Malta in January 2017 and realized three joint learning 2018 in Berlin, Athend and Naples. In the trilateral meeting we lighted the socio-educational and welcoming systems of the respective countries and the characteristics of the migratory flows of minors, adressed the issue of support for migrant minors in the transition from minor to major age and reflected on inclusion tools of migrant minors. In the workshop we want to share the best practices and learnings with other european associations and policy makers, dealing and working with young migrants. We want to carry out an Advocacy action for minors and young migrants in Europe and in their respective countries. In this workshop we want to include peer operators coming from Ghana, Bangladesh and Senegal who collaborate with the Cooperative Dedalus in the field of the inclusion of the UAM, as privileged witnesses and to promote their growth and European education. The aim is to strenghten the network with other European organizations interested in learning about good practices of intervention with migrant minors and interested in participating in Advocacy actions towards euoropean and national institutions. Another aim is to strenghten the knowledge, skills and individual training of young foreign volunteers, increase their ability to understand non-profit organizations and European institutions that work for minors and young migrants.
Speakers	Dr. Cicek Bacik, Peer operator, Dedalus Social Cooperative (Italy) Amadou Janha, Peer operator, Dedalus Social Cooperative (Italy) 'Md Dilal Hossen, Peer operator, Dedalus Social Cooperative (Italy) Moderator: Glauco Lermano, Coordinator of the Unaccompanied Minors Area, Dedalus Social Cooperative (Italy)

Title	Accounting for the Missing is an investment in Peace: Efforts in Europe to Account for Missing Children
Coordinated by	International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP) amd Missing People (UK)
Content	This workshop combines the format of a testimony from direct victims or survivors of the phenomenon of disappearance in the context of migration with a policy discussion of the issues to be raised by the families of the missing. The workshop will bring together parents of children reported missing in migration and (former) children who have reached Europe and are still looking for their relatives and/or friends missing along the journey to Europe. Direct participation of survivors will allow the audience to hear testimony from individuals who have travelled on migration routes and who have experienced at first hand the disappearance of a loved one on their journey. The workshop will also provide analysis from policy experts. The testimonial approach will focus on: - examining the negative consequences that survivors face when reporting a missing person or when dealing with the authorities in the aftermath of a disappearance at various stage of their journey; and - examining the ways in which survivors have sought to assert their rights. The policy-related interventions will: - survey the mechanisms that currently exist to report and locate missing migrants; - identify gaps; and - propose responses based on a modern, rights-based, rule-of-law approach. Missing People (UK) will complement by presenting the results of the recent research report Still in Harm’s Way, on the number of trafficked and unaccompanied children going missing from care in the UK.
Speakers	Jane Hunter, Senior Research and Impact Manager, Missing People (UK) Wahid Yousef, parent of a child reported missing in migration (Syria) Kazem Othman, parent of children reported missing in migration (Syria) Meron Estefanos (Eritrea) Walid Khalil Murad, parent of children reported missing in migration (Iraq) Moderator: Deborah Ruiz Verduzco, International Commission on Missing Persons (Netherlands)

Title	Vulnerabilities and Resilience of Teenage Boys on the Move to Europe
Coordinated by	International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD)
Content	Previous and ongoing ICMPD research examines, among other issues, the resilience and vulnerabilities of children travelling along migration routes to Europe, including unaccompanied and separated children. We also examine the forms of trafficking, exploitation and abuses that affect them, along with the anti-trafficking and child protection responses in countries of origin, transit and destination. The proposed workshop will focus on two important topics emerging from the research findings, relevant for the protection of children in migration: a) Gaps in the protection of unaccompanied boys on the move. Boys are significantly over-represented in the total number of unaccompanied children arriving in Europe, and they are an important at-risk group for trafficking, exploitation and abuse; b) Factors of resilience for unaccompanied and separated boys, and young men, on the move to Europe. These boys have their own sources of resilience, internally and from their family and their environment, that can be promoted and instrumentalised to protect them from abuse and exploitation, if recognised and addressed by policy-makers, as well as frontline responders, child protection workers and other service-providers. By presenting the findings and good practices in the countries under research, the workshop aims to increase knowledge on the existing gaps in child protection systems for unaccompanied boys, as well as to initiate adequate action to address these issues. The workshop will also include interactive sessions (discussion of case studies), providing an opportunity for the participants to discuss the practical implementation of the ICMPD research recommendations.
Speakers	Dr Claire Healy, Research Coordinator for the Anti-Trafficking Programme, ICMPD (Austria) Moderator: Melita Gruevska Graham, Senior Project Manager of the Anti-Trafficking Programme, ICMPD (Austria)

Title	Unaccompanied Minors in Greece
Coordinated by	Network for Children’s Rights and Terre des hommes
Content	The workshop will be facilitated by a team consisting of experts in the fields of migration and child protection from the Network for Children’s Rights and Terre des Hommes. In particular, the workshop will present the overall context of the situation of unaccompanied minors in Greece as well as more specifically the situation in the urban areas of Athens and is going to delve into the issues of trafficking and child prostitution. Furthermore, the workshop will present the experiences, common issues and needs of unaccompanied minors that are either homeless or have temporary or unstable shelter in central areas of Athens and analyse the institutional as well as alternative care approaches that are being implemented. During the workshop an experiential role-playing exercise will be conducted. The participants will take roles from various profiles of unaccompanied minors drawn from case studies developed during street work and needs assessment. They will then be asked to write a diary of an unaccompanied minor who is interacting with different members of each child’s family from the past and the present.
Speakers	Roula Linardou, Social Worker and Coordinator of the Child Protection Unit, Network for Children’s Rights (Greece) Anastasia Karkoulia. Lawyer, Child Protection Unit of the Network for Children’s Rights (Greece) Mania Pappa, Psychologist, Child Protection Unit of the Network for Children’s Rights (Greece) Moderator: Marina-Isaia Mavridou, Fundraiser, Network for Children’s Rights (Greece)

Title	How to design a programme to meet evidence-based criteria?
Coordinated by	RAND Europe
Content	The objective of this workshop would be to discuss why and how to employ evidence-based approaches when designing, implementing and evaluating programmes and practices for children on the move. The session will build on the European Commission’s commitment to promote child well-being and access to services, as renewed in the 2013 recommendation entitled: ‘Investing in children – breaking the cycle of disadvantage’. This workshop will be divided into three parts. 1. The first session will discuss what constitutes an evidence-based practice, how to plan the evaluation process and design the evaluation criteria. We will use the example of the European Platform for Investing in Children (EPIC) – an evidence-based online platform managed by RAND Europe, on behalf of the European Commission, DG Employment, Social Affairs and inclusion. 2. The second session will provide practical examples of relevant programmes listed on the EPIC website. We will discuss the effectiveness criteria and how they were applied in particular programmes. 3. During the final part, the participants would be encouraged to share their examples and we will discuss together how these programmes could be strengthened to meet the evidence-based criteria and best serve children on the move. The ultimate aim of this workshop would be to provide practitioners and policymakers with guidance on aspects that they need to consider when planning, designing, implementing and evaluating practices, and how they can make use of the EPIC platform, with the ultimate goal of improving outcomes for children and families in Europe and beyond.
Speakers	Barbara Janta, Senior Analyst, RAND Europe (UK) Victoria Jordan, Analyst, RAND Europe (UK)

Title	From arrival to transition: An interaction exploration of young migrants’ experiences of the transition to adulthood
Coordinated by	Coordinated by Voices of Young Refugee in Europe (VYRE)
Content	Children and young people in migration confront significant challenges as they navigate the transition to adulthood often due to a lack of family support and because of their distinctly limited access to state support. It is imperative when developing new policies and attempting to resolve an issue as pressing as the displacement of young people and children across Europe, that the contexts and concerns of those most affected are among the informing factors. Despite this, their voices are rarely heard or considered in policy development and research. This workshop aims to amplify the voices of children and young people in migration by providing a platform to share their perspectives and their analysis of the implementation of the Commission Communication on Protecting Children in Migration recommendations with practitioners and policy makers. Using non-formal education methods, the workshop will analyse the implementation of section six of the LIM recommendations ‘Ensuring durable solutions’ within the Communication, focusing particularly on the transition to adulthood and social inclusion. Aged-out children in migration, practitioners and researchers will begin the workshop with short presentations on practices supporting the transition to adulthood at national and local levels. The workshop participants will then be invited to analyse and share good practices on the implementation of the recommendation, aiming to finish with a clear and informed recommendation proposal to gain increased political commitment to durable solutions for all children in migration.
Speakers	Amy Stapleton, VYRE/PhD in Social Work and Social Policy, Trinity College Dublin (Ireland) Cihan Kilic, Council of Europe/Board Member of VYRE With the participation of 3 young migrants

Title	Children forced to move across borders: working together to prevent and protect children at risk of trafficking and understand their experiences
Coordinated by	NSPCC and the County Administrative Board of Stockholm
Content	NSPCC CTAC Following the launch of the report ‘Uprooted and Unprotected: Experiences of children forced into migration through northern France and a multi-agency approach to safeguarding them’ in May 2018, the NSPCC Child Trafficking Advice Centre (CTAC) will share their experiences of working together with non-governmental organisations and government agencies to share information about children forced into migration on the final part of their journey from France to the UK. CTAC will discuss how information sharing across borders can prevent and protect children from trafficking and improve the support provided to them. The workshop will also share the direct work tool published alongside the report, a workbook for professionals to use with children forced into migration. The workbook can be used to understand the child’s experience of abuse or exploitation they may have had whilst moving across borders or in their home country. The workshop will provide an opportunity for discussion around how this direct work tool can be made applicable and beneficial to professionals from the wider European community. Methods: A presentation followed by audience participation to review the direct work tool. County Administrative Board of Stockholm and Stockholm City Mission The workshop will share information about the AMINA project including the simulation exercise that was conducted by six EU countries to identify gaps in the protection of children in migration from exploitation and trafficking. There will be a particular focus on simulations conducted in Sweden and lessons learnt from this interesting exercise.
Speakers	Charlotte Jamieson, Social Worker , NSPCC Child Trafficking Advice Centre (UK) David Beck, Criminal and Financial Officer (UK) Helena Whilborg, Project Leader, Stockholm City Mission (Sweden) Amir Hashemi Nik, National Coordinator for Missing Unaccompanied Minors, County Administrative Board of Stockholm (Sweden)

Title	The importance of comprehensive and sustainable service provision to support immediate protection and long-term inclusion of children on the move.
Coordinated by	Terre des Hommes
Content	The workshop will be focusing on the importance to bring back humanity to children on the move throughout the migratory journey and stop seeing migrants as bodies separated from their stories, social and political causes. Children on the move and other children affected by migration shall be considered children first and foremost and their best interests shall be a primary concern in all actions concerning them. Emphasis should be put on a better reception of children in migration from their first date of arrival within the EU with continuum of care including better information for children and respect of the right to be heard as fundamentals to build trust and safeguard children from disappearance and exploitation. The workshop will be divided in two phases. The first part will focus on the dangers faced by children on their journey through Europe (focus in the Middle Eastern Region) and the consequences of these experiences once in Europe in terms of mental health, personal growth and development. In the second part, good practices will be shared focusing on unsafe migration, preventive actions from the countries of origins and sustainable mental health and psychosocial support at arrival in the European Union Those examples will present coordinated and effective actions involving all actors in the fight against exploitation as well as systematically assess healthcare and protection needs and provide adequate reception conditions as fundamentals of successful inclusion of children in close collaboration with local public service providers in a sustainable and long-term vision to prevent exploitation risks.
Speakers	Faustine Douillard, Technical advisor child trafficking and migration, Terre des Hommes (Netherlands) Dominik Kalweit, Deputy Executive Director and Board Member, Kopin (Malta) Roula Hamati, Head of Research and Advocacy, Insan/ CCRM (Lebanon) Federica Giannotta, Advocacy, Terre des Hommes (Italy) Moderator: Delphine Moralis, Secretary General Terre des Hommes International Federation (Belgium)

Title	Covering the gaps and offering real solutions for children on the move towards Europe on a local level: best practices in medical and psychosocial intervention, as well as mental health services
Coordinated by	The Smile of the Child and End Child Prostitution and Trafficking (ECPAT) UK
Content	Children in migration fleeing violence, persecution and other struggles undertake a range of difficult journeys to arrive in Europe. Some experience bereavement, torture, exploitation, abuse and family breakdown. There is an expectation once they arrive that their hardship will decline and their well-being will increment. However, this may not be the reality for many children in migration. The objective of this workshop is to present best practice models of holistic medical and psychosocial intervention for children in Greece as delivered by The Smile of the Child. This will be followed by a presentation on current gaps in accessing mental health support for children in migration through a review of current statutory and voluntary sector frameworks and initiatives in Greece and England.
Speakers	Athanasios Kanellopoulos, Child Psychiatrist, The Smile of the Child’s House of the Child (Greece) Dimitra Georgogianni, The Smile of the Child, Social Worker (Greece) Laura Duran, Senior Policy, Research and Practice Officer, ECPAT (UK)