Contributing to EU Human Rights Dialogue with Ukraine

Halya Postoliuk

The Opening Doors campaign recently participated in the EU-Ukraine Human Rights Dialogue, a regular dialogue between the Government of Ukraine and the EU’s European External Action Service (EEAS).

Ahead of the official talks between the Government and the EEAS, Halya Postoliuk of Hope and Homes for Children Ukraine, national coordinator for the Opening Doors campaign, attended a meeting with the EEAS and civil society representatives in Brussels to update officials on the situation of children in institutional care in Ukraine and the challenges to ending institutional care in Ukraine.

In spite of a policy framework to support deinstitutionalisation (DI), Ukraine lacks the clear strategy needed to implement reform and approximately 80,000 children are in institutional care nationally – one of the highest numbers in Europe.

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Teemu Lehtinen

Teemu Jussi Eerikki Lehtinen, born 31 October 1969 in Kauhajoki, Finland, is a senior business adviser helping large corporations to assess reactions to public pressure and advising on preventive or corrective strategy and action. Currently Vice-President at , he has more than a decade of experience in working with business across Europe and beyond.

Education and early career

Having finished , Lehtinen spent a year in military service in Uudenmaan prikaati prior to starting at University of Helsinki and its Faculty of Social Sciences in 1989. During his studies, he spent a year in France studying at Institut d'études politiques de Strasbourg and working for a Member of the European Parliament, . After this year in ERASMUS programme, Lehtinen moved to Luxembourg and worked as trainee at the Secretariat General of the European Parliament.

Upon his return back to Finland and the university in the autumn of 1993, he started working on free-lance basis for and for the campaign of Finnish membership in the European Union. He also got involved with youth training on European issues and delayed his Masters Thesis in Political Science until spring 1996.

Edelman Names New Leadership for Brussels Office

Asia Pacific, EMEA, North America

Paul Holmes 06 Sep 2004

BRUSSELS—Edelman has named Laura Currie and Teemu Lehtinen as managing directors of Edelman Brussels. Currie takes over as Managing director, public relations, and Teemu Lehtinen as managing director, public affairs. Both are promoted from their previous roles as directors. They succeed Charlotte Lester, who is leaving Brussels to return to India.

In addition, public affairs veteran Michael Burrell, Edelman’s vice chairman, Europe, takes on the additional role of vhairman, Edelman, Brussels.

(Date not clear - website accessed July 2014)

CLIFFORD CHANCE

Leading law firm Clifford Chance is working with Save the Children to provide better access to education and a better future to thousands of children in India.

Through the firm’s Clifford Chance Foundation the company has committed £450,000 to fund a three-year pre-school and primary education project in Delhi. The Chance for Children project will work in 50 of the city’s schools, training teachers in inclusive education approaches and playschool teachers so they can offer pre-school education.

It will also set up 50 Social Welfare Committees to enable children to participate in the management of their school. As a result we are hoping to achieve a 50% increase in academic achievement among the 33,000 primary school children the project will reach.

Joint Council on International Childrens Services - Stakeholder initiative

Submitted by Kerry and Niels on Fri, 2009-12-11 14:29.

On December 3, 2009, the Joint Council on International Children's Services (JCICS) presented to its members a proposal to change the organization. It seems, if nothing changes, JCICS will have to close is doors somewhere in the year 2010.

The proposed plan is confidential and intended for JCICS members only, but was leaked to the internet earlier today. Since it contains interesting information about the workings of JCICS, we decided to republish it on PPL's website.

The document establishes two distinct problems JCICS is facing. First of all the trade association of adoption service providers is in dire straights and needs to seriously cut back its activities to remain financially sustainable. The document is not all that specific how financial sustainability can be achieved without eliminating their core activity "advocacy, awareness and public policy initiatives".

In 2009, Joint Council

partnered with Edelman PR to further our outreach to the media on the

issue of permanency for children.

INTERNATIONAL BRIEFS: Edelman Brussels hires director

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BRUSSELS: Edelman Brussels has hired Teemu Lehtinen as director of public affairs to boost the practice. Lehtinen previously worked at Brussels-based PA firm EPPA as deputy national manager. Edelman is hoping to extend its PA work into campaigning and policy management alongside providing institutional advice.

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Authority admits thousands of adoptions illegal

Monday, July 07, 2014

By Claire O’Sullivan and Conall Ó Fátharta

Thousands of Irish people "must have been" illegally adopted, with many taken out of the country, the Adoption Authority (AAI) has admitted.

The controversial claims clash with statements from the then children’s minister and now justice minister, Frances Fitzgerald, who told the Dáil last year that every adoption carried out by the State was legal.