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WorldForum
2008: Conference Aims
29th
September - 1st October 2008
City Hall, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
Conference Aims
It will serve as a forum to share good practice and emergent research
and evidence about promising approaches in this field
• It will provide delegates with the opportunity to explore
new ideas and research that might help them develop their own practice/policy
• Enable child welfare NGOs, and other relevant bodies to
establish contact and to build peer relationships by sharing ideas;
challenges; issues; solutions; and approaches to better serve the
needs of children and families
• Raise awareness, understanding and increase commitment to
early intervention
• Encourage contributions from practitioners and academics
in a range of disciplines including health, mental health, education,
social services, social policy, youth justice, voluntary sector
and others as appropriate
• Encourage contributions which cover the conference themes
from the point of view of developing countries as well as advanced
economies
• Encourage contributions from children and young people
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