{"id":1262,"date":"2023-01-14T15:08:44","date_gmt":"2023-01-14T13:08:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/childrights.org.ua\/?page_id=1262"},"modified":"2026-03-19T20:54:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T18:54:17","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/childrights.org.ua\/en\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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About UCRN<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Ukrainian Child Rights Network<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

was established for the purpose of consolidation of efforts and achievement of better coordination between civil society organizations in Ukraine and their influence on the state child care policy.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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We are uniting<\/p>\n\n\n\n

in order to hear and understand the problems and challenges at the national, regional, local levels and to influence on their decisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We strive for<\/p>\n\n\n\n

a happy, healthy, safe, family environment for every child, when its personality and the rights are respected.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Our mission<\/p>\n\n\n\n

is to promote the best interests of the child during state policy formation by means of advocacy, lobbying reforms of social services, decentralization, and development of the national monitoring system, representation in government of our interests and of the interests of children and their families.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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In his activity<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Ukrainian Network is governed by the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, and the main task of the organization is to achieve the fulfillment of all the provisions and rights specified in this document in Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today among our members are 49 powerful Ukrainian and international organizations and charity funds that work across Ukraine to ensure the rights and welfare of the child.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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VISION<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ensuring the right of every child to grow up in a tender environment<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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MISSION<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To be a driving-force of system changes in order to ensure the rights and the best interests for every child in Ukraine<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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GOALS<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To ensure the realization of children\u2019s rights under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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HISTORY<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Child Rights Network<\/p>\n\n\n\n

is a representative, expert and coordination body, formed by a group of NGOs during 2014 in order to strengthen child rights protection in Ukraine. The organization was created to consolidate efforts, and to improve coordination within civil society in Ukraine and its influence on public policy in the field of child rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The relevance<\/p>\n\n\n\n

of NGOs association was defined by the events of winter 2013-2014, which led to change of power in Ukraine and gave new hope to the society on civilized pro-European development of the country. And at the same time, further situation in Ukraine increased challenges in the sphere of child rights protection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The purposes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

of the Network establishment are to ensure child rights realization in accordance with the Convention on the Rights of the Child, to introduce international and European standards by enhancing the impact of civil society on development, implementation and monitoring of the state policy in the sphere of child rights and social services for families with children in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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History of establishment<\/div>\r\n
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17<\/span> December<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n
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17-18 December\u00a0at the\u00a0Centre for Child Protection \u201cOur Kids\u201d<\/a>\u00a0took place an\u00a0International Conference on \u201cThe Role and Impact of Civil Society Organisations and Networks in Child Protection \u2013 European and Ukrainian Perspectives\u201d<\/a>. The event brought together more than one hundred representatives of civil society organizations working on behalf of children and support families from all over Ukraine and Europe. Thus the conference became a platform for exchange of practices in the realization of social policy between European and Ukrainian NGOs.<\/p>\n

During the two-day conference was presented the experience of the\u00a0National Network for Children in Bulgaria<\/a>, the\u00a0German League of Child Protection<\/a>,\u00a0Child Pact<\/a>. 16 national and 9 international experts gave a speech.<\/p>\n

During the event for the first time the Ukrainian Child Rights Network was presented to the public and the authorities.<\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n

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4<\/span> December<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n
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From\u00a04 to 12 December<\/strong>, were held 6 roundtables in Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Odesa, Lviv and Vinnytsia on\u00a0\u201cStatus of Child Rights Implementation in Ukraine: Place and Role of NGOs\u201d<\/a>. These events were held in order to discuss the status and challenges for child rights protection at the national and regional levels, as well as to present the Ukrainian Child Rights Network, its goals, objectives and priorities. Thus during the round tables it was identified the issues and problems, which are challenging NGOs in regions, and the contribution NGOs\u00a0can make by joining the Network.<\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n

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6<\/span> November<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n
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At the beginnig of November, the Network Secretariat stated to work, which included Executive Director \u2013 Tetiana Nosach, and PR-manager \u2013 Margaryta Dolgaia.<\/p>\n

Demo version of the UCRN web-site<\/a>\u00a0was was launched.<\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n

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2<\/span> November<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n
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From 2 to 8 November, representatives of founding members of the Network made a\u00a0study tour to Germany<\/strong>, where thay had an ability to find out more about the work of the German League of Child Protection and its internal processes, and to establish cooperation between organizations.<\/p>\n

At this time, together with experts from the German League of Child Protection, lawyers and external partners started the development of legal documents for the Network. Parallel work was conducted to collect data base of NGOs.<\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n

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15<\/span> October<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n
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Founding members received\u00a0grant<\/a>\u00a0for the establishment and development of the Network from the German Federal Foreign Office.<\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n

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30<\/span> September<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n
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During the meeting member organizations adopted the final name of the network \u2013 \u201cUkrainian Child Rights Network\u201d (UCRN). It was decided to form\u00a0database<\/a>\u00a0of non-governmental organizations in Ukraine working with children and youth. This database will be used to start a dialogue with many other organizations in Ukraine on the formation of Ukrainian Child Rights Network, to improve teamwork and communication between organizations with similar goals and activities.<\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n

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2<\/span> June<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n
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The Ukrainian and international organizations and charity funds signed\u00a0Memorandum of understanding on the establishment of a Ukrainian Child Rights Network<\/a>. This document states main objectives and principles of the organization. Signatories were 7 organizations later joined by 2, so\u00a09 organizations became founders<\/a>\u00a0of the Network, including: Child Well-being Fund Ukraine, The Ukrainian Foundation for Public Health, Rinat Akhmetov\u2019s Foundation, German-Polish-Ukrainian Society in Ukraine, Hope and Homes for Children in Ukraine, Charitable Foundation \u00abSOS Children Village\u00bb, Magnolia, League of Social Workers of Ukraine, Partnership for Every Child in Ukraine.<\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n

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In the office of the\u00a0\u201cSOS Children\u2019s Villages\u201d Ukraine\u00a0<\/a>was held a round table on\u00a0\u201cProspects for advocacy and reform in social sphere\u201d<\/a>\u00a0aimed at assessment of the situation in Ukrainian society and in particular in the field of social work.<\/p>\n

During the discussion the participants agreed on a poor state of strategic planning of social policy, and on the need to create the body, which would unite representatives of NGOs working in the field of children\u2019s rights. It was agreed that such a body should:<\/p>\n