Save the Children Sweden’s work in Europe
Save the Children Sweden started working in Central and Eastern Europe in 1990.The main motive was to help establishing local non-governmental organizations and to support them in their work, based on the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
In November 2005, the Europe Programme was established as a regional office for Europe, placed at the head office in Stockholm. We cooperate with networks and coalitions covering both Eastern and Western Europe, but also with long-term and temporary partner organizations in Belarus, Croatia, Estonia, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Montenegro Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia and Ukraine.
Together with our partners, we focus on protection against violence, abuse and neglect, education and capacity building/organizational development. In some countries we support work with and for children who are affected by migration. We also cooperate with academia through the European Network of Masters in Children’s Rights issues. Furthermore, we carry out advocacy work for children’s rights towards the European Parliament and other relevant EU bodies through the Alliance Brussels office and Euronet (the European Children’s Network). In all our work we take the point of departure in monitoring the implementation of the UN Convention on the rights of the child.
In the Balkans, Save the Children Sweden, Save the Children Norway, Save the Children UK and Save the Children Italy work together in joint programmes as Save the Children. There are also concrete plans for Alliance cooperation in the near future between Save the Children Finland, Save the Children Norway, Save the Children Sweden and their respective partners in the Russian Federation.