April 10th 2002: CRINMAIL 372 Events Calendar: * APRIL----------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------ - KENYA ALLIANCE FOR ADVANCEMENT OF CHILDREN: Child Poverty in Kenya [conference] - ASIAN YOUTH COUNCIL: Workshop on ICT Infocomm Technology [workshop] - CHILDREN'S RIGHTS ALLIANCE: Ending Child Poverty: Making the Commitment Real [conference] - ARMENIA: Armenian National Plan of Action for Children: National Conference on the Armenian NPA Development [conference] * MAY ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------- - THE EUROPEAN FORUM FOR CHILD WELFARE: Tolerance is not Enough? Discrimination Against Children [conference] * JUNE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------- - INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION: 90th Session of the International Labour Conference [conference] - THE MEDICAL NETWORK FOR SOCIAL RECONSTRUCTION IN FORMER YUGOSLAVIA: Community, Health and Human Security [conference] --------------------------------------------------- - CRIN: Events Calendar [request] --------------------------------------------------- Your submissions to CRIN's Events Calendar are welcome. To contribute, email us at info@crin.org (please note that we are unable to respond to emails addressed to crinmail_english@domeus.co.uk). Submissions should reach us by the fourth Tuesday of each month for inclusion in the next Events CRINMAIL. You should follow the guidelines below when you submit information. The Events Calendar is published in CRINMAIL during the second week of each month. It details upcoming events for the following three months, including workshops, conferences, courses and other events. The Events Calendar is also published three times per year in the CRIN Newsletter, and updated daily on the website at http://www.crin.org/resources/events/showAllEvents.asp?catName=Events&flag=e vent&ID=5. Distribution by mail and email alone includes approximately 20,000 addresses. --------------------------------------------------- - KENYA ALLIANCE FOR ADVANCEMENT OF CHILDREN: Child Poverty in Kenya [conference] Date: 15 - 16 April, 2002 Location: Langata, Nairobi Child poverty ranked highest in Kenya among the 10 imperatives of the Say Yes Campaign. The keynote address for the conference will be made by the Chairman of the Poverty Eradication Commission in Kenya. Other speakers will include staff from the Ministry of Finance and Planning, UNICEF and the private sector and over 60 children?s agencies and 30 children will participate in the conference. Awards will also be given to winners of the Essay and Poster Competition launched by KAACR last year on the topic: My Kind of President. Twelve Children will receive awards. For further information contact: KAACR Secretariat, Kenya Alliance for Advancement of Children (KAACR) PO Box 73637, Nairobi, Kenya. Tel: 00 254 2 443 868; Fax: 00 254 2 449 819; Email: kaacr@kaacr.com Visit: http://www.crin.org/resources/infoDetail.asp?ID=2495&flag=event --------------------------------------------------- - ASIAN YOUTH COUNCIL: Workshop on ICT Infocomm Technology [workshop] Date: 16-20 April, 2002 Location: Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia This workshop, which is co-organised by the Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) and the Asian Youth Council (AYC), aims to train youth organisation managers and youth workers to organise online-based information. It will include training on the benefits and effects of the Internet, Intranet and Electronic mail; will educate participants on the social and ethical aspects of Information and Communication Technology (ICT); will enforce online networking of regional and international youth entities; and will link-up the national organisations with international government organisations (GOs) and non-governmental organisations (NGOs). For further information, contact: Mr Salehudin Ghazali or Ms Cathy Pabalan. The Asia-Europe Foundation Tel: 00 603 91732722; Fax: 00 603 91736011; Email: info@worldassemblyofyouth.org; Email: cathy@asef.org Website: www.worldassemblyofyouth.org. Visit: http://www.crin.org/resources/infoDetail.asp?ID=2490&flag=event --------------------------------------------------- - CHILDREN'S RIGHTS ALLIANCE: Ending Child Poverty: Making the Commitment Real [conference] Date: 25 April, 2002 Location: Dublin, Ireland The conference is being organised by the Children's Rights Alliance in conjunction with its partner organisations in the Open Your Eyes to Child Poverty Initiative. Policy makers, advocates, researchers and all those seeking the elimination of child poverty in Ireland are invited to attend. The conference will see the launch of a new research into the causes of widely varying rates of child poverty in rich nations at a comparable stage of economic development. It will examine what we can learn about ending child poverty from the experiences of other European countries, look at actions and policies required to implement the commitment to eliminate child poverty made by the Government in the revised National Anti-Poverty Strategy and the National Children?s Strategy, and publish and discuss new research on child well-being indicators. For further information, contact: Ciara Murphy Children?s Rights Alliance 13 Harcourt Street, Dublin 2, Ireland. Tel: 00 353 1 4054823; Fax: 00 353 1 4054826; Email: info@cra.iol.ie. Website: www.childrensrights.ie Visit http://www.crin.org/resources/infoDetail.asp?ID=2491&flag=event --------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ARMENIA: Armenian National Plan of Action for Children: National Conference on the Armenian NPA Development [conference] Date: 26-27 April, 2002 Location: Yerevan, Armenia This conference will be held within the framework of the Armenian National Plan of Action for Children, established in accordance with the Decision of the Prime Minister of Armenia (June 21, 2001) and in connection with the forthcoming UN Special Session on Children. Elaboration and implementation of the National Plan of Action (NPA) for Children is one of the priorities to be carried out by the Government. The NPA sets goals for ten years for the protection of the rights of the child, outlines principal strategies for achieving these goals, and establishes indicators and mechanisms for monitoring progress toward them. The conference agenda will reflect the main NPA goals, identified by the NPA experts The NPA addresses existing laws, human rights-related issues, operation of existing social safety nets and health, education issues and the problems of children living in especially difficult physical and social circumstances. Recommendations and programmes of action for each issue will be provided by the NPA All interested parties are invited to participate in the conference. Please note that the English version of the NPA will be available on the Internet after the middle of April 2002 For further information, contact: Mrs Karine Soudjian, Armenian NPA Co-ordinator, Head of Human Rights and Humanitarian Issues Desk, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, [ADD FULL POSTAL ADDRESS] Tel: 00 3741 544041, extension 223; Email: karinesoudjian@mfa.am Visit: http://www.crin.org/resources/infoDetail.asp?ID=2489&flag=event ----------------------------------------------------------------------- - THE EUROPEAN FORUM FOR CHILD WELFARE: Tolerance is not Enough? Discrimination Against Children [conference] Date: 22 - 24 May, 2002 Location: Limassol, Cyprus. This event is hosted by the Pancyprian Coordinating Committee for the Protection and Welfare of Children. The theme of the conference is discrimination against children, both in general as a population group vis-à-vis adults and in terms of discrimination of particular groups of children such as those from poor families or rural communities. The main conference language will be English, although simultaneous interpretation into French and Greek will be provided. This conference will be of interest to anyone working with children but of special interest to those working in the Child Care System, the Health Care System, the Education system and Social Services as well as to policy-makers. For further information, contact: Ninetta Kazantzis, PCCPWV, PO Box 50320, 3603 Limassol, Cyprus. Tel: 00 357 25 372 497; Fax: 00 357 25 368 457, Email: n.pourou@cytanet.com.cy; or Eleni Andrikopoulou, EFCW Secretariat Tel: 00 32 2 511 70 83; Fax: 00 32 2 511 72 98; Email: eleni@efcw.org Website:www.efcw.org Visit: http://www.crin.org/resources/infoDetail.asp?ID=2494&flag=event -------------------------------------------------------------------- - INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION: 90th Session of the International Labour Conference [conference] Date: 04 - 20 June, 2002 Location: Geneva, Switzerland International Labour Conference is a forum where social and labour questions of importance to the entire world are discussed. The Conference also adopts the budget of the organisation and elects the Governing Body. The member States of the ILO meet at the International Labour Conference in June of each year, in Geneva. For further information, contact: Official Relations Branch Government House, 2, Republic Square, Yerevan, 375010, Republic of Armenia. Tel: 00 41 22 799 7732; Fax: 00 41 22 799 8944; E-mail: RELOFF@ilo.org ; Web: www.ilo.org Visit: http://www.ilo.org/public/english/standards/relm/ilc/ilc90/index.htm Or: http://www.crin.org/resources/infoDetail.asp?ID=2446&flag=event ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- - THE MEDICAL NETWORK FOR SOCIAL RECONSTRUCTION IN FORMER YUGOSLAVIA: Community, Health and Human Security [conference] Date: 13 - 16 June, 2002 Location: Igalo, Montenegro The Medical Network for Social Reconstruction in the Former Yugoslavia is a network of health care professionals drawn from all parts of the former Yugoslavia. It is dedicated to facilitating healing and recovery processes that promote individual and community health and empowerment and the prevention of future conflicts in its region. This conference is organised in conjunction with the Mediterranean Health Centre, Igalo Institute and the European Affiliates of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War. Some of the issues that will be discussed at the conference are the importance of human security for children, social and psychological well-being for children and the effects of war and terrorism on communities. For more information, contact: OMEGA Health Centre, Granatengasse, 2. Graz, A - 8020 Austria Tel: 00 43 316 773 554; Fax: 00 43 316 773 554; Email: office@omega-graz.at Visit: http://www.crin.org/resources/infoDetail.asp?ID=2492&flag=event -------------------------------------------------------------------- - CRIN: Events Calendar [request] CRIN is updating its website Events Calendar with information about events such as conferences, workshops, courses on child rights, seminars etc. Currently we are particularly interested in events taking place between July and October 2002. In addition to being included on the website, this information will be disseminated through a special CRINMAIL in April and also, in the CRIN Newsletter (a combined readership of around 12, 000). The deadline for receipt of this information is the end of April 2002. Organisations interested in submitting information about an event should contact us to request an events submission form or use the form at the bottom of this CRINMAIL. Please contact info@crin.org or write to us care of Save the Children, 17 Grove Lane, London, SE5 8RD, UK. Tel: 00 44 0 20 7716 2252; Fax: 00 44 0 20 7793 7628; Email: info@crin.org; Website: www.crin.org --------------------------------------------------- The CRINMAIL is an electronic mailing list of the Child Rights Information Network (CRIN). CRIN does not accredit, validate or substantiate any information posted by members to the CRINMAIL. The validity and accuracy of any information is the responsibility of the originator. 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