Project: Rede Construir Juntos (Build Together Network)

Description

Informal network, established in 1997, which currently brings together a considerable number of institutions at national level with responsibility in the area of Children and Youth, and which have in common the development of actions aimed at a more appropriate coordination of efforts to combat social exclusion of disadvantaged groups, including children and young people in risk situations and their families.

In 2004/2005, the Network was revitalized and its objectives redefined.

This Network has as its main purpose – to promote networking in order to enhance the synergy of actions to combat social exclusion in the area of childhood/youth.

Throughout the year there are numerous activities, such as:

Meetings of Nuclei;
Fostering the Youth Network Crescer Juntos;
Thematic meetings, workshops, training, awareness-raising and information actions;
Exchanges of children and young people and technicians;
Meetings / Seminars and annual meeting of the RCJ;
Edition of the RCJ Newsletter and management of the RCJ Facebook page;
Consulting the responses with the various partner institutions of the Network in the field of missing and/or sexually exploited children.

Area of Intervention

Education and Social

Target Group

Children and young people at risk and/or to technicians from different areas of intervention.

General Objectives

Deepen and solidify knowledge at national and international level to improve the effectiveness of intervention.
Promote inter-institutional cooperation at national and international level.
Contribute to the adequacy of national and international policy measures for children and youth.
Contribute to the optimization of responses in the field of missing and/or sexually exploited children.

Scope (National or International)

At the national level, in the operationalization/revitalization of the Network; International, in the optimization of responses in the field of Missing Children.