In real life, being a child in court could risk to be „game over”. At some point, the child didn’t knew how to make use of his/her rights and obligations, thereby becoming a suspect, a witness, a criminal or a victim. A consortia of 6 partners – Terre des hommes Lausanne Hungary (The Applicant) , National Network for Children Bulgaria, Brave Phone Croatia, Terre des hommes Italy, Terre des hommes Romania and Victim Support U. K. – wants to turn this situation around by helping children and youngsters become aware of  theirs rights and obligations and enable them to use this know-how for their own protection. This is the reason why „Right(s) Court for Children” came to life, a project funded by the EC (JUST/2015/Action Grants) which will produce a simulation game, staged and designed by children and experts, where game players learn to master their rights&obligations as tools to escape riskfull situations. At 6 months after its official start, the „Right(s) Court for Children” project is already assembling „experience-designers” in Romania. To this end, the first National Advisory Group (NAG) was set up, involving experts from the Police- Institute of Research and Prevention of Criminality, General Direction of Child […]

In real life, being a child in court could risk to be „game over”. At some point, the child didn’t knew how to make use of his/her rights and obligations, thereby becoming a suspect, a witness, a criminal or a victim. A consortia of 6 partners – Terre des hommes Lausanne Hungary (The Applicant) , National Network for Children Bulgaria, Brave Phone Croatia, Terre des hommes Italy, Terre des hommes Romania and Victim Support U.K. – wants to turn this situation around by helping children and youngsters become aware of  theirs rights and obligations and enable them to use this know-how for their own protection. This is the reason why „Right(s) Court for Children” came to life, a project funded by the EC (JUST/2015/Action Grants) which will produce a simulation game, staged and designed by children and experts, where game players learn to master their rights&obligations as tools to escape riskfull situations. At 6 months after its official start, the „Right(s) Court for Children” project is already assembling „experience-designers” in Romania. To this end, the first National Advisory Group (NAG) was set up, involving experts from the Police- Institute of Research and Prevention of Criminality, General Direction of Child Protection, […]

The 2015 edition of ‘Takeover Day – Now I decide’ took place between 16 to 20 November in Bucharest and 32 other counties of Romania. Over 3,500 young people took over their dream job and had the opportunity to interact with adults. This week, youth decided! The organizer, Terre des hommes foundation, was supported by county coordinators acting on behalf of School Inspectorates together with the Children’s Palace and local partners. Over 600 vulnerable young people from 23 counties, received grants in order to participate in the event. This support was made possible through the contribution of the Swiss Foundation D ‘Harcourt. From 16 to 18 November an exhibition at the Art Gallery of the National Association for the Visual Contemporary Arts presented a selection of messages from youth. Every day of the week, young people from Bucharest, Curtea de Arges, Constanta and Fetesti took over the position of the Adjunct Ombudsman, with responsibilities related to Children’s Rights. As a result, these youth are invited to set up a Youth Advisory Committee that can become actively involved and provide consultations to the Institution. Many other state and private institutions, foundations and companies opened their doors and assigned mentors to hand […]