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The Declaration of the Rights of the Child, the European Legislation, the Council of Europe directives require the modernization of child protection systems. The goal is the restriction of the institution-based models such as orphanages that require child care out of family and the promotion of foster care a key factor of deinstitutionalization of orphaned children, Our country just started the implementation of the above directives with the implementation of Law 4538/2018 and civil society should be vigilant to support this transition towards the best interest of the children. SOS Children''s Villages Greece, with a long experience in family-type care and proven partnerships and actions in the field of deinstitutionalization and foster care, aims to utilize this know-how by setting up an Advocacy section to support the creation of an institutional framework, promote synergies on the field, raise awareness and the substantial and sustainable development of foster care and deinstitutionalization in Child Protection in Greece.
In this context, our strategy focuses on two key priorities: (1) the pressure to establish an institutional framework that defines the operation of child protection systems based on the guidelines of the European legislation to ensure the protection of the rights of the child. (2) the promotion of family care models, with emphasis on foster care, through the supervision of the implementation of the new Law 4538/2018 on Foster Care and the promotion of relevant structural interventions.
The two Advocacy Strategic Objectives set by SOS Children''s Village, if achieved, will provide a platform and will directly benefit more than 3,000 children living in Institutions, as well as hundreds of children and families -foster parents, biological families- by significantly modernizing child protection system in Greece.