FINAL CONFERENCE of the WELLCHI NETWORK
"How can the well-being of children in a knowledge-based society be ameliorated?"
Convergence and divergence patterns in a European perspective"
Barcelona, 8th- 10th February 2007
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Thursday 8th February |
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17.00- 18.30 |
Registration of participants |
18.30- 20.00 |
Welcome to participants: Ricard Gomà i Carmona, Town Councillor of Social Welfare of the Barcelona CIty Council Opening lecture: Auditorium Opening lecture: |
Friday 9th February |
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9.00- 11.30 |
Session A (2 parallel sessions) Family Law Room 101 Keynote Speech: Joint Parental Responsibilities and Compulsory Arrengements with Regards of Children upon Divorce Parental plan and informal relationship terminations The strenghts and limitations of the English approach to supporting child wellbeing following parental separation Legislative measures for the protection of children from violence Homosexuals families: adoption and foster care The consolidation of the Spanish child welfare system Social support to parenting in difficult settings: a contact centre for drug-addicted parents and their young children Child poverty Auditorium Chair: Jens Qvortrup, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway Keynote speech: Beyong Child Poverty Causes underlying the growth of child poverty and strategies to combat it: a comparative perspective Family forms and risk of child poverty: an overview Child poverty as children see it: how far do we get with income data? Intergenerational transmission of advantage and disadvantage: policy implications What helps households with children in leaving poverty? Evidence from Spain Child poverty in Greece: results from the Survey of Income and Living Conditions, EU- SILC Social policy and "Luck Egalitarianism": Why a Monetary Capital for Young Adults is Legitimate? The case of France |
11.30- 12.00 |
Coffee break |
12.00- 13.30 |
Panel session on a proposal of harmonisation of statistical sources on the well-being of children Carme Gómez-Granell, Institut d'Infància i Món Urbà -CIIMU- |
13.30- 14.30 |
Lunch Time Poster session |
14.30- 17.00 |
Session B (2 parallel session) Chair: Claude Martin, Ecole Nationales de la Santé Publique, France Keynote speech: Family change; general patterns and social diversity Experiences of paternity between young fathers Family trajectories after divorce. Recent contributions from demography Polish Grandparents and Grandchildren- Mutual Normative Expectations Family change and socialisation of new generations Towards a post patriarchal family system? Childhood and family policies in Spain and Catalonia Migration and ethnicity Room 101 Chair: Laura Alipranti, National Centre of Social Research, Greece Keynote speech: Cultural Diversity and Moral Philosophy, and their Relationship with Families and Upbringing of Children Monitoring Child Well-Being in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia Changing Childhoods: Migrant children and the confrontation of uncertainty The impact of intercountry adoption on the well-being of children in Europe
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18.00- 19.30 |
Plenary Session: Auditorium The power of innocence: Social politics for children between separation and participation Dinner |
Saturday 10th February |
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9.00- 11.30 |
Session C (3 parallel sessions) Social policy Room 101 Keynote speech: Children's citizenship and children's rights between familialisation and de-familialisation Single motherhood in Spain from a comparative perspective Is the South still different? Family solidarity and welfare provision for youth From conception to early childhood education: "The "under three package" in a life cycle context in OECD countries The contractual Culture and its Impact on Children's and Family Services Arrangement of work and family Auditorium Chair: Lynn Jamieson, University of Edinburgh, UK Keynote speech: The relationship between family and employment and the well-being of children The breadwinner family model and child care in Spain from a compared perspective: A model in transition Leave policies and public systems of care for children under 3 years old and their families in the EU Factors improving parents' work- life balance How French parents working on non-standards hours are facing their parental responsibilities. Results of the French national inquiry on caring arrengements Fertility and the Reconciliation of Family and working Life: The case of Greece Working Flexibility and caring arrengements: The impact of changing working conditions on childcare services Social exclusion and children's quality life Room 411 Chair: Velina Todorova, Institute for legal Studies, Bulgaria The 'new youth justice' in the UK- how not to promote the wellbeing of children and young people! Young Offenders: Victims of Family Background? The children in the margin of society in Finland How can we promote the quality of life of children who have survived cancer? Tracking Young Lives over Time: a Review of Longitudinal evidence on the Status and Condition of Children in Europe |
11.30- 12.00 |
Coffee break Poster session |
12.00- 13.00 |
Closing Lecture: Auditorium How can we orientate the reform of childhood policies? Challenges, dilemmas and proposals. End of Conference |
RELEVANT INFORMATION Conference venue: Balmes, 132 08008 Barcelona (Universitat Pompeu Fabra) Transport facilities: METRO: L3 and L5, stop Diagonal Registration of participants: Reception desk, starting Thursday 8th at 17:00 support: wellchinetwork@ciimu.org
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