1. Children and Youth at Risk in the Barents Region 2008-2012 (CYAR)
A joint effort to improve life conditions for marginalized children and youth in the Northern area
10th Expert Group Meeting on Prison Health, Arkhangelsk, Russia 7th April, 2010
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2. CYAR
The Children and Youth at Risk co-operation program has been developed within the framework of the Barents Co-operation as a result of a growing concern regarding marginalized children and youth in the region.
The CYAR was adopted in March 2008 by the Joint Working Group on Health and related Social Issues (JWGHS)
The CYAR is run by a Steering Committee with members from all Barents partners
Chairmanship from Norway and Murmansk region (Russia)
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3. CYAR 2008-2012 Funding: NDPHS, Partner contributions
Project owner: CYAR Steering Committee
Project leader: CYAR Chair, Pål Christian Bergstrøm, Regional Director, Ministry of Children, Equality and Social Inclusion (MCESI), Norway. , Ministry of Children, Equality and Social Inclusion.
Project coordinator/advisor: Dr. Roman Koposov, The Regional Office for Children, Youth and Family Affaires, Northern Norway
Project consultant: Marina Zyryanova, The Regional Office for Children, Youth and Family Affaires, Northern Norway
Objective: Realization of the CYAR programme
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4. CYAR
The CYAR emphazise that all efforts need to strengthen the public services – primarily the social sector – and their ability to adequately assist and support children and youth on the individual level
The creation of a common understanding of the target groups and their living conditions is an important basis for the work
The CYAR works to:
to increase the knowledge about the target groups
to identify competence ’gaps’
to promote and disseminate well-documented interventions with positive results towards target groups
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5. CYAR 2008-2012 CYAR objectives:
Improve situation overview of CYAR status
Increase competence building activities in public sector
Improve coordination of international cooperative efforts
Increase use of well-documented interventions
Increase dissemination activities of positive results
Strengthening the rights of the individual child
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6. CYAR 2008-2012 Activity plan – The CYAR Programme Support Project
Developing a situation overview in the Barents region – annual regional reports, Barents assembly
Annual expert conferencies on CYAR topics
Competence building – dissemination of the programmes:
Incredible Years (IY)
Family Group Conferences (FGC)
Aggression Replacement Training (ART and Family-ART)
Restorative Justice – Mediation board
4. Information networking – CYAR on
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7. CYAR
Protocol on intentions between the Ministry of Children, Equality and Social Inclusion (MCESI), Norway) and Arkhangelsk region for
On the way are agreements between MCESI and Murmansk region (MJP), Komi and Karelia republics for
Agreement between MJP (Norway) and Russian Ministry of Justice on the 3-years collaborative program. Among other important areas of collaboration are juvenile offenders and crime prevention, rehabilitation and resocialisation, alternatives to prison punishment for young offenders. Murmansk and Arkhnagelsk regions are mentioned as ”Participants” from the Russian side
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8. Annual expert meetings, conferencies and seminars on CYAR topic
Conference in Vologda, at the Institute of Low and Economics, november, 2009
The CYAR Steering Committee meeting in Syktyvkar, Komi republic, 15th April, 2010
CYAR conference in Syktyvkar, Komi republic, 16th April, 2010
The second CYAR Steering Committee meeting, November 2010
CYAR Conference, November 2010
Meeting with Russian FSIN and Ministry of Justice, Moscow, 13th april, 2010
Meeting with Russian Child Ombudsmen’s office, Moscow, 13th april, 2010
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9. Competence building, dissemination of the programmes
Incredible Years – training seminar No.1, Murmansk, February 1- 5th.
IY training seminar No.2 in June 2010
IY project in Karelia
Aggression Replacement Training – training seminar No.1 in Murmansk (three courses during March, May and September, 2010). Representatives from Vologda.
ART training seminar No.2 (three courses during autumn-winter, 2010)
ART project in Karelia
Family Group Conferences project in Karelia
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10. Children and Youth at Risk in the Barents Region 2008-2012 (CYAR)
A joint effort to improve life conditions for marginalized children and youth in the Northern area
10th Expert Group Meeting on Prison Health, Arkhangelsk,
7th April, 2010
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