The vision of the CBSS Expert Group on Children at Risk is that children in the Baltic Sea Region enjoy their rights as recognised in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
The Expert Group on Children at Risk held its first meeting under the Lithuanian Presidency on 5-6 November 2020. The two-day meeting started with the Lithuanian CBSS Presidency conference “Children’s emotional health: what achievements the countries can be proud of and what challenges remain unresolved”.
In adopting these documents, the Expert Group agreed that it will continue to stimulate dialogue and exchange on cross-border concerns, to develop and nurture strategic partnership and to contribute to the development and implementations of tangible projects to promote children’s rights and bolster national child protection systems.
PROMISE 3 is an EU co-funded project which is designed to kickstart the activities planned in the 5-year strategy of the PROMISE Barnahus Network. These activities include university-level training in the areas of forensic interviewing and therapy, with a view to establishing a European Competence Centre for Barnahus.
The Expert Group’s work is guided by the Safe & Secure Region priority of the CBSS, and the 2020-2025 mandate and strategy of the Expert Group.
Strengthening national child protection systems
Promoting multidisciplinary and interagency services for child victims and witnesses of violence
Promoting law, policy and joint strategies
The Council of the Baltic Sea States Secretariat is a proud member of the Global Partnership to End Violence Against Children. The Global Partnership was…
Teaching children about online safety with the same comfort and familiarity as when teaching road safety
As part of their strategy for 2020-2025, the expert group is undertaking a mapping of national child protection systems, and promising practice for prevention and early intervention.
The Expert Group on Children at Risk held its first meeting under the Lithuanian Presidency on 5-6 November 2020. The two-day meeting started with the Lithuanian CBSS Presidency conference “Children’s emotional health: what achievements the countries can be proud of and what challenges remain unresolved”.
The purpose of the conference is to shed light on how technology facilitates trafficking in children, who the victims are, and what the impact is on children who are trafficked. Participants will also learn more about identification, investigation, safe paths to recovery and justice for children.
Speakers include Agnė Bilotaitė, Lithuanian Minister of Interior; Ylva Johansson, European Commissioner for Home Affairs; Cathal Delaney, Head of Team Analysis Project Twins at Europol and a series of experienced researchers and practitioners. A youth panel, involved in the preparation and follow up to the conference, will share their perspectives throughout the day.
The next meeting will take on 6 May 2021, with a focus on Prevention and Early interventions to address trafficking and exploitation of children.
