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Sirje Grossmann - Loot on a FICE congress in Helsinki
9. June 2008
This week the executive director of Estonian Children's Fund, Sirje Grossmann - Loot will be in Helsinki, Finland, where a FI`CE congress "Better future for children today" will take place.
FICE is an international organization founded on 1948 with the support by UNESCO, FICE's main aim is to promote child and youth care throughout the world. Estonian Children's Fund became FICE's full member on the 26th of May 1998.
In this congress from the 11th to 13th of June in Finlandia-Hall there are experts presenting in the plenaries from UK, USA, South Africa, Finland and Austria.
In addition to plenary presentations there will working sessions (workshops, discussion groups, mini-seminars) to take the discussion further on various issues related to residential care and especially to a child’s best interest in residential care.
The headline of the congress is "Better future for children today - 60 years of international cooperation for children in care".
The Congress is organised by FICE-International (Fédération Internationale des Communautés Educatives/International Federation of Educative Communities) and Central Union for Child Welfare (the Finnish FICE-Member) in collaboration with the Faculty of Social Policy at the University of Helsinki, the City of Helsinki and its Department of Social Services, and the National Research and Development Center for Welfare and Health (Stakes).
More information: FICE 2008.
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good, they know enough and know how to deal with these kids
