OLEJ’s main mission is to document and monitor developments in the situation of children and young people and the public policies that affect them, with the aim of strengthening children’s rights and anticipating future developments.
Our mission:
- Develop knowledge
- Share knowledge
- Promote coordination
Address:
Av. Tissot 2bis
1006 Lausanne
Pro Familia Switzerland is the umbrella organisation for family organisations in Switzerland and a competence centre for family policy.
Address:
Pro Familia Suisse
Marktgasse 36
3011 Berne
Civil society as a key player
The Istanbul Convention gives NGOs, specialised services and other civil society players an important role in implementation and monitoring. In Switzerland, it is non-governmental and not-for-profit organisations that are responsible for a large part of the assistance provided and for the protection institutions for people affected by violence. Under the Convention, Switzerland is obliged to encourage these organisations and to develop cooperation with them. Given their experience in the field, NGOs and specialised services are the main partners of the body responsible for evaluation, GREVIO, insofar as it is to this body that they report on the situation in their respective countries.
The Conference for the Protection of Children and Adults (KOKES) is an intercantonal specialist and directors’ conference. It coordinates the cooperation between the cantons, with the federal government and with national organisations. It organises specialist conferences, collects statistics for the whole of Switzerland and makes professional recommendations.
The purpose of the KOKES is:
- to address and coordinate issues of civil child and adult protection and related matters;
- to promote cooperation among the cantons and with the federal government in the field of civil child and adult protection;
- to provide information and documentation to its members;
- to provide training and continuing education for people working in civil child and adult protection.
Address:
Werftestrasse 1
Case postale 2945
6002 Lucerne
The non-profit association ‘Netzwerk Kinderrechte Schweiz’ (Swiss Child Rights Network) is made up of Swiss non-governmental organisations that work to promote the recognition and implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in Switzerland. One of the network’s main tasks is to report to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, which regularly reviews the progress and obstacles to the realisation of children’s rights in Switzerland. As part of this process, the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child is monitored, commented on in periodic reports and discussed in dialogue with authorities and organisations.
Address:
Bureau Réseau suisse des droits de l’enfant
c/o polsan AG
Effingerstrasse 2
CH-3011 Bern
The Swiss Professional Association for Counselling against Violence (APSCV/FVGS) is the umbrella organisation for institutions and specialists working with people who use violence in the home.
Founded in 2010, its aim and that of its members is to enable families, couples and individuals affected by violence to (re)find a life of non-violence and security in their daily lives.
Address:
Case postale
3000 Berne