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Welcome to the national initiatives - Background
International Initiatives
The International Initiative encouraged the establishment of local initiatives.
Currently three local initiatives are actively involved in enlisting local
members to promote the vision and principles of the International Initiative:
Israeli, Norway and the United Kingdom.
The Israeli Initiative
The Israeli Initiative was established in 1995 by a group of social workers who
had contact with the International Initiative through their seminars in the
Netherlands and in Manchester UK. It was decided to form a formal charity and
it was recognized as such in april 1997. The founding members were involved in
government and municipal social services but strove to enlist to their cause
professionals and interested citizans from different helping professions and
the business and voluntary communities.
The Norwegian Initiative
The International Initiative for Children, Youth, and Families is an
international network of policymakers, managers, practitioners, and researchers
involved in promoting effective policies and services for children, youth, and
families. The goal of the Initiative is to help nations develop strong
communities to support families. The Initiative does this by promoting learning
through seminars, publications, peer matches, and other forms of international
exchange.
There are several countries involved in this international exchange. Norway has
been involved since the beginning in 1991. The results of the international
learning exchange in Norway are many, both new programs for families at risk,
new training programs for professionals and new approaches based on strength
and involvement:
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Home start
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Video home training
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Early childhood
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Mental health and pregnancy
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Result based accountability
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Local prevention
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Solution focus in child protection
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Clients involvement in programs
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Youth involvement
The International Imitative in Norway consists of a network of policymakers,
managers, practitioners, and researchers. There is a national board which
promote both national and international exchanges, support new research
programs and new local initiatives to enable changes in the way families at
risk are supported.
The board:
Marit Bergum Hansen: mbh@r-bup.no
Ragnhild Onsøien:
Ragnhild.onsoien@trondheim.kommune.no
Bibbi Juell: Bibbijuell@hotmail.com
Karen Mette Børhaug: karmeta@online.no
Rigmor Grette Moe: rigmorgrette.moe@lds.no
Kari Slinning: kari.slinning@fhi.no
Vibeke Moe: vibeke.moe@psykologi.uio.no
Randi Talseth: randi.talseth@vfb.no
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