Comprehensive research in the field of protection of children’s rights

Number:
IP70621
RILSA Principal investigator:
Mgr. Jana Paloncyová, Ph.D.
RILSA Co-investigator:
Mgr. Jana Barvíková, Ph.D., Mgr. Pavel Bareš, Ph.D., Ing. Sylva Höhne, Mgr. Naděžda Křečková Tůmová, Ph.D., Bc. Barbora Musilová, Bc. Magdalena Bubeníková
Grant provider:
Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs of the Czech Republic 
Recipient:
Research Institute for Labour and Social Affairs (RILSA)
Project start:
2023
Project end:
2027
Description:

The project focuses on selected sub-topics in the area of social and legal protection of children and substitute family care in connection with the research needs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications related to the fulfillment of the goals of the Government-approved National Strategy for the Protection of Children’s Rights 2021–2029 (Resolution No. 1323 of December 14, 2020) and tasks outlined in the I. action plan to fulfill the National Strategy for the Protection of Children’s Rights 2021–2029.

Topics are selected according to the current needs of the client.

So far, research has been conducted on the following topics:

  • causes and contexts of child placement outside the family (2023–2024);
  • foster care in public opinion (2024);
  • identification of barriers in the access of Roma children to alternative family care (2023, 2024, 2027);
  • assisted contact (2025).

 



 
FAQ Ethnicity in NRP –  Purpose and method of collecting ethnic data in the field of foster care. (only in CZE)

 



 
Outputs
 
BARVÍKOVÁ, Jana, Pavel BAREŠ, 2025. Analysis of causes and contexts of placement of children in alternative forms of care. RILSA Policy Paper, 1. (only in CZE)

HÖHNE, Sylva, Jana PALONCYOVÁ, Naděžda KŘEČKOVÁ TŮMOVÁ, Magdalena BUBENÍKOVÁ, Barbora MUSILOVÁ, 2025. Foster care in public opinion. Praha: RILSA. (only in CZE)

BARVÍKOVÁ, Jana & Pavel BAREŠ, 2024. Causes and contexts of placement of children in alternative forms of care. Praha: RILSA. (only in CZE) 

Workshop Causes and contexts of placement of children in alternative forms of care. 17 October 2024

PALONCYOVÁ, Jana, 2023. Qualified estimates by municipal workers with extended jurisdiction and regional authorities of the number of substitute family care mediations with regard to the ethnicity of children in 2021 and 2022. Praha: RILSA. (only in CZE)