Crime Prevention Fund – IGA presented the Children’s Rights Centre
The Children’s Rights Centre was officially presented to the media and other institutions today at BTA National Press Club – Pazardzhik. The Centre was developed within project “Development of Centres for the Rights of Children in Conflict or in Contact with the Law in Bulgaria” implemented by the National Network for Children and funded by The Velux Foundation.
Its main goal is to support the reform in children’s justice by uniting and applying the already existing experience, knowledge, and expertise in order to develop and apply services which guarantee the rights of children and youngsters who are victims or witnesses of crimes, who have behaviourial problems, or who are in contact or in conflict with law.
In the territory of Pazardzhik Municipality the service will be delivered by Crime Prevention Fund – IGA, a licensed deliverer of social services. The main activities of the team of the Centre will be informing, prevention, and consulting of children and their parents with the aim to guarantee the children’s rights. Children’s Rights Centre (CRC) is a social service, which is innovative in the community, related to all social, educational, health, and other services in Pazardzhik Municipality.
The project and the activities of CRC were presented by Andrey Momchilov – jurist at the Centre, Dimitar Rusinov – chairperson of the Board of Managers of Fund – IGA, and Lyudmil Spasov – regional coordinator of the National Network for Children.