Regional Update - Europe Erik Ott, Regional Representative of CHI’s European network

Regional Update 2015 Membership Updates 43 Full members / 8 Associate members / 6 Potentials in 48 countries New Full members in 2015: Azerbaijan – Reliable Future Ukraine – La Strada – pending visit New associate member requests Blue Phone – Bosnia & Herzegovina Membership Removal Helpline Connection ( )– Greece (closed in early April 2015 due to lack of funding and support from the government)

Member visit Azerbaijan Erik Ott, European Regional Represenative, carried out a member visit to Reliable Future in Baku, Azerbaijan in April 2015.

Ongoing support to members Supporting ALO 116, Albania with re-allocation Supporting De Kindertelefoon, Netherlands to obtain Advocacy efforts for La Strada, Ukraine in Brussels Advocacy efforts with Get Connected UK on psycho-social and mental health issues of children and young people Supporting European child helplines in communication with telecom companies Close collaboration with Borns Vilkar- Denmark, Brave Phone – Croatia, Allo Enfants En Danger 119 – France and Nobody’s Children Foundation Poland on study of role of child helplines Identifying ways child helplines can get involved in the European refugee crisis

European Commission Programme European Commission 3-Year Framework Partnership Agreement on for Key Objectives of the grant – PART 1: CHI is staffed to function effectively as a coordinating body Working towards becoming operational across all EU Member States and adhering to the same minimum quality standards in each European child helplines cooperate in collecting and sharing available data with EU policy makers to create common ground towards strengthening child protections systems

European Commission Programme European Commission 3-Year Framework Partnership Agreement on for Key Objectives of the grant – PART 2: EU decision makers and national governments have increased awareness of , its importance, and support child helplines in operating the service. Increased awareness among young people and the public about the existence of child helplines, the role they play in improving child protection systems, and of the number

European Activities 2015 Key European activities 2015 – PART 1: Recruitment of CHI Coordinator team of the European network Regional Consultation & Policy Dialogue Meeting – 9 & 10 Nov, Strasbourg Annual data publication – in RC bag Study on the role of child helplines – session at RC Movie on – shown at Council of Europe Improvement of eu – in process

European Activities 2015 Key European activities 2015 – PART 2: Establish European Regional Advocacy Taskforce – meeting 10 Nov, Strasbourg Establish European Youth Advisory Council - 20 & 21 September, Athens Establish New Communications Technologies Advisory Council – 3 & 4 Nov, Amsterdam Peer Exchange Impact Assesment x 6 helplines– 26 & 27 Oct, Amsterdam Member visits – in process

European activities 2016 Key European activities 2016 – PART 1: Coordination of European network by CHI Launch study on Role of Child Helplines Stakeholder meetings in EU countries where isn’t operational Stakeholder meeting with helplines operating and European telecoms Meeting with CHI Technology Advisory Council Meetings of Regional Advocacy Task Force

European activities 2016 Key European activities 2016 – PART 2: Meetings of European Youth Advisory Council 4 x peer exchanges between European members Attendance of European members and European Youth Advisory Council to CHI’s 8th International Consultation 2 x CHI member visits Producing 1 film displaying the work of

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