The Association “Enfance et Partage” fights against all kinds of mistreatments and for the acknowledgement of the Rights of the Child. For the occasion if its 30th birthday, Enfance et Partage is organizing, in partnership with the IJJO (International Juvenile Justice Observatory), the International Seminar: "Ethics and childcare: a collective engagement".

At the beginning of this century, most of the European countries are concentrating more on their youth, looking for new, realistic and efficient solutions for children in difficulties. By definition, childcare consists in preventing and responding to all forms of abuse, exploitation and violence against children.
On an international scale, the Convention on the Rights of the Child, ratified by 191 countries, has assured the acknowledgement of the child as a Human Being with rights as well as the vulnerability of this age group.

On the 20th and 21st of November 2007, this international event will bring together professionals and experts from different countries and professional horizons. They will exchange their opinions and experiences on ethic matters they have been confronted with in their professional career.

Without the immediate creation of European ethics and minimum action standards, it will be impossible to guarantee the respect for the Rights of the Child and to promote the childcare: which ethics for the professionals in childcare? Which reflections and good practices can be exchanged amongst the European Member States?
The conference is meant for all professionals who wish to deepen their personal vision and confront it with that of other professionals coming from different countries. The following topics will be discussed:
- Media and endangered childhood
- Interdisciplinary and professional secrets
- Minor offender yet victim
- Accompanying the minor when parents fail