Children’s Alternatives to Detention protecting their Rights in Europe (CADRE)

2026-07-22

The general objective of this project is to promote the expansion, implementation and improvement in the European Union of viable and effective alternatives to detention for migrant children in full respect of their rights. Under the general objective, the following outcomes are expected from the project outputs. a) Officials, lawyers and CSOs working with/for migrant children are aware of and have access to best practices, international and EU law and standards, on alternatives to detention in line with fundamental rights b) Officials, lawyers and CSOs working/for with migrant children have the skills and ability to implement international and EU law and standards on alternatives to detention and deprivation of liberty c) Specialist officials, lawyers and CSOs working with/for migrant children share a common understanding and goal in the implementation of children’s rights in alternatives to detention and can reach each other for sharing of best practices or other developments in the field The main target groups for the activities are public officials, CSOs, lawyers, judges dealing with migrant children, detention and alternatives to detention in five focus EU countries: Malta, Greece, Bulgaria, Poland and Belgium – as well as to a more limited extent in Hungary and Italy. The final beneficiaries in the medium and long term are migrant children at risk of being subjected to detention or whose rights may be violated in alternatives to detention in the focus countries, and in long-term across the EU. The main outputs of this project will include (i) three transnational workshops attended by at least 60 experts from 7 EU countries followed by several online public conferences/talks (ii) the development of 4 training modules translated into 6 different languages and other elearning tools (iii) conducting national trainings in the 5 focus countries (iv) a dissemination strategy of all outputs including through the establishment of a webpage with a databa

Belgium, Hungary, Malta, Greece, Poland, Italy, Bulgaria

2026-03-01