The campaign closing event will highlight the contributions and lessons learnt of the Opening Doors campaign to child protection and care systems reform. It will provide practical examples from Opening Door activities and results, and present recommendations for the future national policymaking and EU funds. The event will be a space for fruitful and proactive dialogue with key stakeholders, to reflect on how continue to strengthen families and end institutionalisation of children.

When: 15 January 2020; 15:30 – 17:30
The event will be followed by celebration & networking cocktail
Where: EESC Bulding, 2 rue Van Maerlant 1049 Bruxelles; second floor – Room 2

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Date and time: 20 March 2018, 14:30 – 17:30
Location: European Commission, Charlemagne Building, De Gasperi Room, 170 Rue de la Loi, 1049 Brussels

Save the date for the Opening Doors for Europe’s Children event “Maintain, Strengthen, Expand – How the EU can support the transition from institutional to family and community-based care in the next MFF” that will take place on the 20th March 2018, from 14:30 to 17-30 on the premises of the European Commission in Brussels (Charlemagne Building, De Gasperi Room, 170 Rue de la Loi, 1049 Brussels). 
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On January 1, 2018, a decade after its accession to the EU, Bulgaria will take over the rotating Presidency of the Council of the EU for the first time.  For six months Bulgaria will be the main driving force for the tasks on the agenda of the Union, it will perform the functions of an honest mediator, a political leader, a representative and a coordinator.

See a presentation of the policy priorities of the Bulgarian presidency in the employment and social field here.

Date: 04-05 December 2017

Place: Brussels, Belgium

The European Commission and the European Disability Forum are holding a Conference ‘The European Day of Persons with Disabilities 2017’, which will take place on 04-05 December 2017 at the Charlemagne building, Rue de la Loi 170, 1000 Brussels. 
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Date: 6 – 8 November 2017

Location: Albert Borschette Conference Centre, Rue Froissart 36, B-1040 Brussels

The European Forum on the rights of the child is an annual conference organised by the European Commission. It gathers key actors from EU Member States (as well as Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland and the Western Balkans), international organisations, NGOs, Ombudspersons for children, practitioners, academics and EU institutions to promote good practice on the rights of the child.

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Date: 1 – 4 November 2017

Place: Valetta, Malta

International Foster Care Organisation 2017 World Conference, held in partnership with Eurochild, will take place in Malta from 1 to 4 November 2017.

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