The Netherlands

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Netherlands - 2023 Country Profile

Read our latest 2023 country profile with feedback from our member from the Netherlands This country profile is taken from "Children's Rights: Political will or won't?", our 2023 report on children in need…

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Netherlands - Country Profile 2022 on children in need

Eurochild recently published a new report, (In)visible children, on the situation of children in need across Europe. Read feedback from our members from the Netherlands on the European Semester, on…

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The Netherlands - Country Profile on the European Semester and COVID-19

Many families are dealing with reduced incomes, whether from job losses or pay cuts, and are under significant financial pressure. Mitigation measures put in place to slow the spread of COVID-19, such…

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Members

  • ChildPress

    National Partner Network

    ChildPress aims at supporting children in making media campaigns as reporters by helping them in finding Inspiring topics and people for them to research. The Foundation provides schools, governments and libraries with materials scenarios and (digital) formats for the start-up of a child press centre and facilitates the exchange of good practices and experience. It also provides a network of publishing and media partners.

     

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  • Veronica Smits

    Individual

    Veronica Smits has got more than 25 years experience in family and child-law. In her research and recent daily activities, she focused on the child participation issues. Veronica works as an assistant teacher at the Tilburg University(family and youth law) and she is engaged as a legal advisor for William Schirkker Group (child protection and youth probation).

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  • Utrecht University - Dynamics of Youth Strategic Programme

    Academic and research institution

    Within Utrecht University’s research team Dynamics of Youth researchers from all fields of expertise study how children and youth develop in our rapidly changing society. The main criteria for research under ‘Dynamics of Youth’ is that the research is interdisciplinary and contributes to solving relevant societal problems (often in collaboration with external public and private partners and where appropriate with children and youth themselves).

     

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  • Learning for Well-being Foundation (former Universal Education Foundation)

    International organisation

    Learning for Well-being Foundation is an advocacy foundation that supports realising our unique and full potential through the development of our mental, emotional, physical and spiritual aspects in relation to self  others and the environment. The Foundation has developed “”Learning for Well-being”” – a process-oriented approach to life, a language and a tool that cultivates capacities of individuals and communities to inspire a shift of mindset that places well-being at the center of all our endeavours.

     

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  • Netherlands Youth Institute

    National organisation - Knowledge Institute

    The Netherlands Youth Institute is the Dutch national institute for compiling, verifying and disseminating knowledge on children and youth matters, such as youth care, parenting support and child education. The Netherlands Youth Institute’s main aim is to improve the physical, cognitive, mental and social development of children and young people by improving the quality and effectiveness of the services rendered to them and to their parents or carers. It supports the youth sector by advising on policy, programmes and implementation and by training professionals in evidence based methods.

     

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  • Dutch NGO Coalition for Children’s Rights

    National Partner Network

    Through the Coalition for Children’s Rights, organisations join forces to protect the interests of the child and supervise the safeguarding of children’s rights in Dutch law, policy and practice. The Coalition consists of key members Defence for Children, Kinderpostzegels, the National Youth Council, Save the Children, Terre des Hommes and UNICEF The Netherlands, and has the Netherlands Youth Institute as their advisor. Besides its key members, the Coalition has many other partners.

     

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  • International Child Development Initiatives

    International organisation

    International Child Development Initiatives (ICDI) is a knowledge organisation in psycho social development of children and young people growing up in difficult circumstances. ICDI aims at promoting children’ s rights and improving policies and practices by building the skills of the children, families, communities, local organisations and authorities. ICDI also works with and for bigger international children’s rights organisations, supporting knowledge transfer through training, research and advice.

     

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  • EACH European Association for Children in Hospital

    International organisation

    EACH promotes the welfare of all children before, during or after a hospital stay. It seeks the recognition of the rights of sick children with all its implications to become a uniform European standard. In several European countries the EACH Charter has served as a basis for healthcare legislation and professional guidelines and has been used as a reference in many scientific studies and publications.

     

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  • ISSA, International Step by Step Association

    International organisation

    The International Step by Step Association (ISSA) is a membership organisation that connects professionals and organisations working in the field of early childhood development and education. ISSA promotes equal access to quality education and care for all children, especially in the early years of their lives. Within its network, ISSA supports a wide array of programs that collectively provide a comprehensive set of educational services and advocacy tools intended to influence policy reform for families and children, with a special focus on the years from birth through primary school.

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24 January 2024

Netherlands - 2023 Country Profile

Read our latest 2023 country profile with feedback from our member from the Netherlands This country profile is taken from "Children's Rights: Political will or won't?", our 2023 report on children in need…
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31 January 2023

Netherlands - Country Profile 2022 on children in need

Eurochild recently published a new report, (In)visible children, on the situation of children in need across Europe. Read feedback from our members from the Netherlands on the European Semester, on…
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5 September 2022

The Netherlands' Child Guarantee National Action Plan - An overview

2021 was a turning point in the fight against child poverty, with the launch of two landmark initiatives, the EU Strategy on the Rights of the Child and the European Child…
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22 December 2021

DataCare Country Overview - The Netherlands

In the context of the DataCare project, key data on children in alternative care for each country in EU and the UK have been analysed to map how EU Member…
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Child reporters meet in Amsterdam

Children's International Press Centre Foundation (CIPC foundation) which recently became a member of Eurochild, held on 26 April 2018 its first International Child Press Meeting in Amsterdam. The event gathered…

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UNCRC in the Netherlands: a review of child rights implementation

On 1-2 February 2022, the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child held an online meetig to review the implementation and compliance with…