Announcement

Conference dates 7 – 9 December 2010

FICE South Africa is pleased to be organizing the 31st FICE International Congress for the first time on the African continent in Cape Town, South Africa from 7 – 9 December 2010.

The theme of the FICE 2010 Congress "Celebrating the courage to care in a diverse world" speaks to the increasing challenges experienced globally in providing appropriate services to children, youth and families in the very diverse contexts in which FICE member countries operate.

We warmly welcome you to join us in South Africa for the FICE 2010 Congress where 600 adult and youth delegates from across the world will join in seeking innovation in caring for children.

Registration details will be made available early 2009.

FICE International - Aims and Objectives

FICE's main aim is to promote child and youth care throughout the world.

• recognises the individuality of children, young people and their parents, and does not seek to force them to conform with pre-determined norms.
• supports the family as the basic social structure for the upbringing of children.
• advocates the highest quality of care and education for children and young people unable to live at home.
• seeks to find individual solutions to match the needs of each child or young person.
• encourages the ongoing development of services for children through research and theoretical innovation.
• bases its work on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
• observes strict political and religious neutrality.
• values diversity and rejects all forms of discrimination on the basis of race, colour, sex, language, religion, political opinion or social origin.