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ICDI is a dynamic organization in a dynamic world. Constantly there are new developments, new projects, new initiatives for and by children and youth growing up in difficult circumstances.

Every week you will find here new updates about the things we care about: research, projects, current developments, and training concerning children and youth.

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Visit to Enschede Play Hub and The Power of Play

June 1, 2023

On May 24, part of the ICDI team visited the Play Hub in Enschede (Netherlands). The goal of this visit was to view the new location of the Enschede Play Hub and to facilitate a short training about the Power of Play and its impac...

The third and final Study Visit within the Places to Grow Programme - Ghent and Leiden

April 20, 2023

In March 2023, ICDI organized the third and final study visit within the Places to Grow Programme. Participants traveled to Ghent, in Belgium, and to Leiden, in the Netherlands, for a week of activities.The main objective of the P...

The first steps towards expanding the TOY for Inclusion approach in Poland

April 18, 2023

The first week of April, ICDI’s Giulia Cortellesi and Asia Koerten spent 3 days in Warsaw, Poland, where they presented the TOY for Inclusion approach to new potential partners. The TOY for Inclusion approach is gaining recognitio...

Interlandelijke adoptie idealiter terug naar nul, zegt minister

March 30, 2023

Tijdens het commissiedebat dat afgelopen week in de Tweede Kamer plaatsvond, zei minister voor Rechtsbescherming Franc Weerwind het aantal interlandelijke adopties ‘idealiter terug te willen brengen naar nul’. Ook hield hij, ondan...