BALKAN REGIONAL MEETING Sofia, 15.11.2018.

Prevention and elimination of violence and sexual exploitation of children

Who we are Our work Key achievements national level local level

mission of MODS fulfilment of the rights of children in Serbia, improvement of their position and life-quality Delegacija EU u Republici Srbiji Unicef World Vision USAID ISC

96 members 1 500 volunteers 20 000 children 40 000 parents

Increasing participation of civil society organizations in children policy formulation Developing capacities of organizations to improve the position of children and strengthening cooperation

4 thematic groups SOCIAL INCLUSION AND REDUCTION OF POVERTY OF CHILDREN PROTECTION OF CHILDREN FROM VIOLENCE QUALITY EDUCATION AND INCLUSION PARTICIPATION OF CHILDREN

Violence against children one of the most concerning issues in Serbia 70 % of children expirience some sort of violence 45 % of children are exposed of corporal punishment Children with disabilities 4 times more like to be victims of violence. early and forced child marriages (57 % of Roma girls are married before the age of 18) child labor (Roma most affected) Serbia commited to ban corporal punishment in all settings

National level MODS has representatives in the Child's Rights Council of the Government of the Republic of Serbia working group for the development of the Strategy for the Protection of Children against Violence working group for the development of the Action plan for the Strategy for the Protection of Children against Violence

MODS members improved capacities for evidence based  research and planning advocacy and monitoring to dealing with gender based violence digital violence violence against children with disabilities

Conducted base-line survey on local inter-sectoral VAC teams across the country Created an interactive online map of municipalities which would show whether there are signed agreements on cross-sectoral cooperation at the local level in the field of prevention and protection from violence OCD razvijaju resurse u skladu sa: potrebama dece, mladih i porodica potrebama lokalne zajednice svojom misijom mogućnostima (kadar, finansije, prostor)

Base-line survey collected and analyzed 124 municipalities 134 local protocols out of which 9 local protocols primarily focus on VAC

Study "Cross-sectoral cooperation in protecting children from abuse and neglect in local governments – the analysis of local agreements" “The Guidelines for the improvement of inter-sectoral cooperation on protecting children from abuse and neglect in local governments."

Children are not a homogeneous group Where are the children

Who is responsible for protection of children from the violence Who is missing in the local protocols

Development of new local VAC protocols in 12 municipalities with active CSOs participation Child Rights Center and MODS members

Advocacy for new local VAC protocols in 20 municipalities with active CSOs participation Uzice Child Rights Center and MODS members in 20 municipalities

ONGOING RETEST what has been changed at the local level how many new local VAC protocols adopted

4000 parents signed Parents Declaration PARENT PLUS 53 CSO’s MODS members 33 cities 4000 parents signed Parents Declaration 4000 followers of FB Parent plus

PARENT PLUS

RODITELJ PLUS = BATINE MINUS

Mreža organizacija za decu Srbije - MODS E-mail: office@zadecu.org Thanks for attention! Mreža organizacija za decu Srbije - MODS E-mail: office@zadecu.org  Web: www.zadecu.org

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