Deinstitutionalisation and prevention of the separation. Building subsystems for the protection of children without parental care.

On October 12, 13 and 14, the international seminar "Deinstitutionalisation and prevention of the separation. Creating subsystems for the protection of children without parental care" will be held in Panama. The event is arousing great interest from the region and from our global counterparts.

The main topics to be discussed at the Seminar are:

1. The regional situation of children and adolescents in alternative care
2. The Regional Initiative to Eradicate the Institutionalisation of children under three years of age
3. The implementation of the Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children
4. Multi-national experiences on the reform of the subsystems: progress in countries of the region, pilot deinstitutionalisation experiences of institutional restructuring
5. Prevention of unnecessary separations and early abandonment
6. Foster Care: practice standards

This will be the fifth international seminar conducted by RELAF, and as always, it’ll be attended by government representatives and decision-makers from different levels but closely related with the implementation of public policies for the protection of the rights of children and adolescents; national, regional and global NGOs; researchers; academics; international organisations; and families, children and adolescents.

We invite everyone to read the full programme of the Seminar here.