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08 Mar 2011

Left Behind – Brussels Conference: Interview to Ms. Hainsworth and Mr Paoletti

JOURNALIST So we’re here with Mr. Patrizio  Paoletti, President of L’Albero della Vita and Fondazione Patrizio Paoletti, and Ms. Jana Hainsworth, Segretary General of Eurochild. JOURNALIST to Mr. Paoletti The first question to Mr Paoletti: What is the meaning of being here and what are the results you are expecting from the conference today? MR. PATRIZIO PAOLETTI First, we aim to create a Network of Organizations and NGOs able to highlight the phenomenon of children left behin...

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03 Mar 2011

Brussels Conference on “Left Behind” – 2 March 2011

Brussels Conference on “Left Behind” – 2 March 2011

L’ALBERO DELLA VITA AT THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: CONCRETE ACTIONS FOR OVER 500.000 CHILDREN IN EUROPE European Parliament, European Commission and Council of Europe, together with 40 organisations to discuss how to face psychosocial effects of economic migration. Fondazione L’Albero della Vita, in collaboration with Fondazione Patrizio Paoletti and Eurochild, held at the European Parliament in Brussels on 2 March the Conference Left Behind – The impact of economic migration on...

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15 Feb 2011

THE NETWORK

Get together to work in a coordinated way is a key action in order to get the phenomenon of the children left behind taken in consideration and obtain results in their favour, but also in favour of their families and communities. For this reason L'Albero della Vita decided to launch the idea of creating a network of stakeholders to work in this direction throughout Europe. Moreover, the information gathered in these first months confirmed how this phenomenon is spread throughout Europe and the ...

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10 Feb 2011

LEFT BEHIND: SEMINAR IN THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

“Left Behind - The impact of economic migration on children left behind and their families” which takes place on 2 March 2011 in the European Parliament in Brussels. The conference will address the issue of children left behind in the country of origin when parents move to another European country in search of employment. This phenomenon is still underestimated and often unknown even if it concerns approximately half million children in the EU. The event will gather experts from across Eu...

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01 Feb 2011

Awareness raising in Italy: seminar in Milan (May 2010) and Publication

Awareness raising in Italy: seminar in Milan (May 2010) and Publication

On 26 May 2010, in the offices of the European Commission representation in Milan and their support we organized our first awareness raising event. The seminar 'Left Behind: the transnational family and children left behind in Romania' aimed to present the condition of children left behind and their families, in the migration from Romania to Italy and saw the participation of several experts and actors directly involved in Italy and Romania. Particularly, during the morning session speakers des...

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