Related resources on the Web

This section provides links to some of the major European, regional and international websites and databases for finding additional information in the field of child welfare and children's rights.


 EU Institutions and  services

• European Commission http://www.europa.eu.int/comm/index_en.htm
• European Parliament: http://www.europarl.eu.int
• Council of the European Union: http://ue.eu.int
• Presidency http://www.eu2005.lu
• European Economic and Social Committee http://www.esc.eu.int
• Committee of the Regions http://www.cor.eu.int
• Court of Justice of the European Communities http://curia.eu.int
• European Court of Auditors http://www.eca.eu.int
• European Ombudsman http://www.euro-ombudsman.eu.int
• European Data Protection Supervisor http://www.edps.eu.int
• The Office for Official Publications of the European Communities http://publications.eu.int
• EUR-LEX http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/index.html

Decentralised bodies of the European Union (Agencies)

• European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia http://www.eumc.eu.int
• The European Agency for Safety and Health at Work  http://agency.osha.eu.int
• The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction http://www.emcdda.eu.int

International and European Institutions

• Council of Europe http://www.coe.int
• European Court of Human Rights http://www.echr.coe.int
• The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) http://www.unesco.org
• United Nations http://www.un.org
• UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund http://www.unicef.org
• Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights http://www.ohchr.org
• WHO World Health Organisation http://www.who.int/en
• ILO International Labour Organisation http://www.ilo.org/

Governmental bodies

• Main governmental sites for each country http://europa.eu.int/abc/governments/index_en.htm
• European Network of National Observatories on Childhood http://www.childoneurope.org

Social NGOs

• European umbrella organisations of social NGOs
  
• COFACE Confederation of Family Organisations in the European Union : http://www.coface-eu.org
• EAPN European Anti Poverty Network on child poverty: http://www.eapn.org
• Platform of European Social NGOs http://www.socialplatform.org
• EASPD European Association of Service Providers for Persons with Disabilities http://www.easpd.org
• SOLIDAR International alliance of social and economic justice non-governmental organisations (NGOs) working in development and humanitarian aid, social policy, social service provision and life-long learning http://www.solidar.org
  

• European networks of NGOs for children's rights

• Child Focus http://www.childfocus.org
• Eurochild http://www.eurochild.org
• EURONET The European Children's Network http://www.europeanchildrensnetwork.org
  

• Worldwide child protection networks

• CRIN Child Rights Information Network http://www.crin.org
• Consortium on Street Children http://www.streetchildren.org.uk
• ECPAT End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography and Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes http://www.ecpat.net/eng/index.asp
• Plan International http://www.plan-international.org
• Plan Nederland http://www.plannederland.nl
• Save the Children Alliance http://www.savethechildren.net/alliance/index.html
• SOS Children's Villages http://www.sos-childrensvillages.org
  

• Humanitarian Organisations:

• Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org
• BOCI - Buckner Orphan Care International http://www.helporphans.org/index.html
• CARE Humanitarian organisation working to end world poverty http://www.care.org
• Caritas International http://www.caritas.org
• Eurodiaconia http://www.eurodiaconia.org
• Emergency: to enforce the respect of human rights for those suffering the social consequences of war, hunger, poverty and marginalisation http://www.emergency.it
• International Federation Terre des Hommes http://tdh.ch
• International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies http://www.ifrc.org
• International Committee of the Red Cross http://www.icrc.org
• World Vision International http://www.wvi.org/wvi/home.htm

 
 
Foundations

• Bernard van Leer Foundation http://www.bernardvanleer.org
• King Baudouin Foundation http://www.kbs-frb.be/code/home.cfm
• Youth Empowerment Partnership Programme http://www.yepp-community.org
• European Foundation Centre http://www.efc.be

 
Research Institutes

• UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre http://www.unicef-icdc.org
• European Policy Study Center http://www.ceps.be
• International Centre for Child and Youth Studies - ICCYS has been set up by ISS ( Institute of Social Studies ) and International Child Development Initiatives in Leiden . It is a specialised unit for training, research and policy analysis, with a focus on the needs of children and youth in developing, transitional and developed societies (Co-Director Prof. Eugene Verhellen; EFSC Advisory Board member ) http://www.iss.nl
• The Interdisciplinary Research Cell in Human Rights (CRIDHO) http://www.cpdr.ucl.ac.be/cridho/index.php
• Childwatch International, non-profit, nongovernmental network of institutions engaged in research for children http://www.childwatch.uio.no
• World Bank Institute http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/WBI/0,,pagePK:208996~theSitePK:213799,00.html
• IREWOC : http://www.childlabour.net

European Press Agencies

• Agence Europe http://www.agenceurope.com
• European Voice http://www.europeanvoice.com
• PA (The Press Association) http://www.pa.press.net/index.php
• Reuters http://www.reuters.com
• The Bulletin http://www.xpats.com/ackroyd.be/rc/

National Press Agencies

• Agence France Presse http://www.afp.com/francais/home/
• ANSA http://www.ansa.it/
• BELGA http://www.belga.be/homepage.asp
• Deutsche Presse Agentur http://www.dpa.com/
• DND http://www.forces.gc.ca/
• EFE http://www.efe.es/
• Nederlands Persbureau http://www.anp.nl/pages/index.html

 
Other useful information links

• EUFIS http://www.eufis.de
• Euro Info Centres http://www.euro-info.org.uk/index_flash.html
• United Nations Regional Information Centre for Western Europe (RUNIC) http://www.runic-europe.org
• Worldbank http://web.worldbank.org