Reduction of child labour, sexual exploitation and trafficking in children in Iasi, Botosani and Suc

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Reduction of child labour, sexual exploitation
and trafficking in children in Iasi, Botosani and
Suceava counties Item 6 from A3 Regular sports
activities
24th 25th of November 2005 Naples, Italy
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Context and justification

• Need for children to be guided and trained during
  school in the way to find, obtain, keep a job (as
  pointed out by a research results)
• Lack of adequate alternatives for children to
  spend their free time in a pro-social way
• Low economical level and high unemployment rate
  in the region
• Reduced level of access to information and lack
  of public information campaign

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Objectives of the experiment in Iasi

• Involving the teenagers under 18 years in sport
  activities (as a modality of spending their free
  time, but also as a social activity)
• Decreasing the number of minor children and
  teenagers with antisocial behaviour
• Increasing the security in the neighbourhoods
• Train the teenagers to be aware of and
  responsible for the negative results of their
  antisocial behaviours and attitudes
• Identifying the minors in risk of social
  exclusion and referring them to NGOs or
  governmental organisations who can offer help
• Involving the local institutions and community in
  becoming more responsible for the youth education

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Activities during October 2004 June 2005

• Training of 40 volunteers, students in Sports and
  Social Worker Faculties
• Building and training the football teams
• Organising the local football championship
  (between football teams formed by 10 teenagers)
  and selecting the winning teams for the town
  championship. (There have been formed 5-6
  football teams for each of the 5 local Police
  Offices 250 children have been organised in 30
  football teams).

Organising the town football championship between
the winners from every local competition. Award
ceremony Debates, discussions with volunteers in
parallel
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Outcomes of experimentation

• 250 children organised in 30 football teams
• 600 children (friends or schoolmates of the
  direct beneficiaries) support and encouraged the
  football players they might be considered as
  being indirect involved in the experimentation
• Changing the negative attitude of the children
  regarding the relationship with the police the
  image of the police officer became a positive
  one, due to the fact that they have been involved
  in the competition as members of the football
  team and a co-partners / friends with the
  children
• During the experimentation, the number of
  children involved in the project increased. It
  was a good indicator of the childrens interest
  in being involved in social activity for spending
  their free time, if they are organised in a
  pleasant in interesting way

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Outcomes of experimentation

• The parents, teachers and people from the
  community offered a positive feedback regarding
  the program.
• The parents of the children direct involved in
  the project reported the improvement of the
  behaviours and attitudes of their children, in
  both family and school situations
• Following the dissemination process, the local
  community has been informed about the results of
  the program there have been written 70 de
  articles and 15 radio and TV shows presented
  information about the project
• Although the program was initially design to be
  run in the Iasi city, it was extended to other 3
  small towns near Iasi, at the requests of the
  police officers, but also of the children who
  found out of the program and expressed their
  willingness to be involved in the football
  championship.

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Outcomes of experimentation

• A local partnership between 4 NGOs and 5 local
  public authorities was signed and a summer
  program was implemented between June August
  2005
• During this summer program under the same logo as
  the football competition YOUTH AGAINST
  DELINQUENCY were organized 3 prosocial gangs.

Gang of Sportive (football, bicycles, volley,
foot tennis etc.) Gang of Artists (picture,
dance and theatre) Gang of Ecologists (small
trips, building homes for a dog family)
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Main partners

• Iasi County Police Inspectorate, Proximity Police
  Department and Prevention Department
• Iasi County School Inspectorates
• Sport Faculty
• Social Worker Faculty
• Iasi County Sport Department
• Other NGOs

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