Planned activities
The 14th International EUSARF Conference will be held in Oviedo (Spain), 13-16 September, 2016.
Past activities
In order of oldest to newest.
First European Scientific Conference on Residential Care, ‘Innovations in Residential Care’, De Haan (Belgium), November 30-December 2, 1989.
‘Residential Care. Recent Developments in the Different EEC-Countries’, Post Conference Seminar, Paris (France), May 31, 1991.
Second European Scientific Conference on Residential Care, ‘Social Competence and Social Support’, Noordwijkerhout (the Netherlands), November 7-9, 1991.
‘Caring for Separated Children: Current Research on Residential Care, Foster Care and their Alternatives’, Seminar, Paris (France), November 9-10, 1992.
Third European Scientific Conference on Residential and Foster Care for Children and Adolescents, ‘Love Is Not Enough’, Lüneburg (Germany), September 29-October 2, 1993.
International Seminar on Research on Foster Care, Madrid (Spain), May 31-June 1st, 1994.
Fourth European Scientific Conference on Residential and Foster Care for Children and Adolescents, ‘There Is No Place Like Home. Supporting Children in Need and Their Families’, Leuven (Belgium), September 6-9, 1995.
Fifth European Scientific Conference on Residential and Foster Care for Children and Adolescents, ‘Action for Children. Linking Research, Practice and Policy across Europe’, London (Great Britain), September 12-14, 1996.
Sixth European Scientific Conference on Residential and Foster Care for Children and Adolescents. ‘Residential and Foster Care: New Approaches, New Practices’, Paris (France), September 23-26, 1996.
‘Child welfare Reform – European Perspectives’, Warsaw (Poland), November 18 -20, 1999.
International Conference in cooperation with FICE: ‘The Century of the Child. Changes in Views on (Residential) Child and Youth Care. Retrospect and Perspectives’, Maastricht (the Netherlands), MECC, May 10-13, 2000.
‘Residential Care. Last Resort or Positive Choice? Lessons from around Europe’, Swansea (Great- Britain), September 17-18, 2001.
Seventh European Scientific Conference on Residential and Foster Care for Children and Adolescents, ‘Revitalising Residential and Foster Care: New Horizons in the 21th Century’, Trondheim (Norway), September 11-14, 2002.
Eighth European Scientific Conference on Residential and Foster Care for Children and Adolescents, ‘In the Best Interests of the Child: Cross-Cultural Perspectives’, Leuven (Belgium), April 9 -12, 2003.
Ninth European Scientific Conference on Residential and Foster Care for Children and Adolescents, ‘Troubled Children in a Troubled World’, Paris (France), September 21 -24, 2005.
International Conference ‘Interventions for Troubled and Troubling Youth: Lessons from Outcome Research’, Leuven (Belgium), October 25, 2007.
Tenth European Scientific Conference on Residential and Foster Care for Children and Adolescents, ‘Assessing the ‘Evidence-Base’ of Intervention for Vulnerable Children and Their Families, Cross National Perspectives and Challenges for Research, Practice and Policy’, Padova (Italy), March 26-29, 2008.
Eleventh Biennial International EUSARF ‘How Interventions in Child and Family Care Work. Research and Practice-Based Findings on Interventions Regarding Vulnerable and Troublesome Children and Their Families’. Groningen (the Netherlands), 22-25 September 2010 (www.eusarf2010.nl).
Twelfth Biennial EUSARF Conference ‘All Our Children. Positive Experiences, Successful Outcomes for Looked After and Other Vulnerable Children’. Glasgow (Scotland), 3-7 September 2012 (www.eusarf2012.org)
Thirteenth Biennial EUSARF Conference ‘Making a difference’. Copenhagen (Denmark), 2-5 September 2014 (www.sfi.dk/eusarf2014-11463.aspx).