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Raising Funds for the Compendium Project

Posted on May 29, 2024May 29, 2024 by Florence

The compendium project – bringing together and doing a quality analysis of all available practical tools for implementing alternative care reform and making them easily accessible – continues to progress. However, progress has been slower recently, because I am currently unable to fully dedicate myself to the project.

To reduce the delays inevitable in fully self-funding the compendium project, I have started a fundraiser on GoFundMe. If you would like to help ensure that free access to the outcomes of the project is available around the world as soon as possible, you can donate HERE. Sharing the GoFundMe link is much appreciated too.

There Is No Failsafe Formula for Transition

Posted on February 24, 2023September 12, 2023 by Florence

Last week, in a discussion with global experts on alternative care and care reform, I became increasingly alarmed. The discussion was about the need to have clear definitions and standards to ensure that everyone knows what is meant and expected. I have no argument with that. However, the way the discussion went, implied that once definitions and standards would be agreed upon, this would provide not just a useful framework, but something like a formula or a clear step-by-step guide. With the further implication that if this formula or guide is followed this would automatically lead to good outcomes. That is what I have major issues with.

UN Day of General Discussion: Children in Alternative Care

Posted on October 13, 2021October 11, 2021 by Florence

Last month, the UN Day of General Discussion took place. Usually, this happens every two years and it was due last year. However, with the pandemic, it got postponed to this year and was held virtually for the very first time. It had been organised by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, and it had been long anticipated by people working in my field. It was considered the next step after the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and the UN Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children.

Eurochild’s DataCare Project

Posted on August 24, 2020August 23, 2020 by Florence

In November, I mentioned my excitement at learning that Eurochild was planning to start a research project to see whether it would be possible to come to definitions of alternative care provisions that would make data comparable across Europe. The reason why this got me so excited, is that when I was doing the research for Alternative Care for Children Around the Globe (which you can download HERE), the main problems I ran into were lack of data gathered on vulnerable children and data not being comparable between – and sometimes even within – countries.