Children at Risk

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Children at Risk Meeting of National
Co-ordinators and Competence Centres Helsinki
13th to 15th of June 2004 Head of Unit Lars
Lööf Childrens Unit Council of the Baltic Sea
States
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Iceland
CBSS 11 member countries
Russian Federation
Norway
Finland
Estonia
Sweden
Latvia
Denmark
Lithuania
Poland
Germany
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Children at Risk

• Priorities
• Sexual exploitation in all its forms Projects
• Unaccompanied and trafficked children Projects
• Children living in the street
• Report from Moscow meeting The first draft is
  ready.
• Children in institutions
• The work of the Council of Europe expert group
  has been followed.
• Young offenders and self destructive behaviour in
  children.
• The WGCC has met with the Janus project in
  Copenhagen.
• Ongoing contacts with the European network.

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http//childcentre.baltinfo.org
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Regional co-operation

• New arenas for possible abuse and exploitation
  call for intensified co-operation
• Cross border criminality call for innovative
  solutions to protection issues
• Cross border child protection
• Child victims of cross border crime
• Need to learn from professionals in all countries
• Involvement of the NGO and civil society

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Children at Risk Meeting of National
Co-ordinators and Competence Centres Helsinki
13th to 15th of June 2004 Head of Unit Lars
Lööf Childrens Unit Council of the Baltic Sea
States
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• Research on young persons attitudes and
  experiences in relation to child sexual abuse and
  commercial sex
• Meeting with researchers in Tartu, Estonia
• Child Pornography on the Internet and dangers to
  children related to new techniques
• VIP meeting in Stockholm
• Internet with a Human Face A Common
  Responsibility
• Cork seminar
• Washington seminar

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• National Contact Points
• Web site http//childcentre.baltinfo.org
• Plan of action has been adopted and at the
  upcoming summit in Lulasmaa its implementation
  will be called upon by the heads of government
• Co-operation with other initiatives in the region
• Expert group within the Task Force Against
  Organised Crime
• Sigtuna meeting last week
• NordBaltic 8 initiative
• Barents Euro Arctic Initiative
• NGO co-operation
• Vilnius NGO meeting
• ECPAT Europe
• Separated children in Europe programme
• Kvinnoforum Sweden, NGO programme

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• Cooperation with
• International organisations
• IOM
• OSCE programme preventing trafficking
• INTERPOL
• Other initiatives outside of the region
• South East Europe stability pact task force
  against trafficking

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