Conference "Keeping the door open - Support to young people leaving care"

7 - 8 October 2009/Vilnius, Lithuania

On 7 - 8 October 2009, the Expert Group for Cooperation on Children at Risk within the Council of Baltic Sea States and the Ministry of Social Security and Labour in Lithuania in partnership with the Council of Europe, UNICEF and SOS Children's Villages International present the conference: "Keeping the Door Open - Support to Young People leaving care".

The conference will focus on the great challenges young people in care have to face when they leave their care settings. The main themes of the conference will be: emotional stability and social wellbeing, education, employment and housing. By sharing best practices and by identifying important areas that need to be developed, this conference is expected to provide countries in Europe with tools and methods necessary to increase the quality and efficiency of support to young care leavers.