When:
Wednesday, November 11, 2026 | 19:00–21:00
Where:
ACG Plaka Building, Ipitou 17b, Plaka, Athens
Organized by:
The BRIDGE Project Team, Faculty members of The American College of Greece

About the event

The BRIDGE Project Team invites you to the fourth roundtable of BRIDGE (Building Responsible Institutional Dialogue for Governance and Empowerment), focused on child protection and vulnerable groups of minors. The discussion will address contemporary challenges related to the protection of children’s rights, the prevention of abuse and neglect, the social inclusion of vulnerable minors, and cooperation among the actors involved.

Protecting children and safeguarding their best interests are fundamental principles of human rights. Despite the progress made in recent years in legislation and public policy, many children continue to experience poverty, neglect, abuse, and social exclusion. The roundtable aims to foster meaningful dialogue on contemporary challenges facing the child protection system, highlighting good practices, field-based experience, and policy proposals.

The BRIDGE project aims to strengthen the meaningful participation of Civil Society Organizations in public policy-making processes. Through a dynamic digital platform of Open Educational Resources (OER), six thematic roundtables -focusing on migration and refugee issues, gender-based violence, sexual identity and equality, child protection, homelessness, and public space and democracy- and a series of podcasts, the project creates spaces for exchange and engagement among civil society, public institutions, and the academic community. The project’s outcomes will include concrete policy recommendations and a Best Practices Handbook aimed at strengthening collaboration and democratic participation.

Moderator

Dr Chryssa Zachou, Chair, Department of Social Sciences, Deree – The American College of Greece

We warmly invite you to participate actively in the discussion by sharing your experience and perspectives and by contributing to identifying challenges, sharing good practices, and developing proposals that can support more effective public policies.

Your presence would be a great honor and a valuable contribution to the dialogue.

BRIDGE Project Manager: Aristotelis Alexopoulos (Alba Graduate Business School)
BRIDGE Project Team members: Lilika Trikalinou, Chryssa Zachou, Nikos Lampas, Chara Chioni-Chotouman, Effie Fokas (Deree- Department of Social Sciences)

Το έργο BRIDGE / ΓΕΦΥΡΑ – ΦΟΡΟΥΜ ΘΕΣΜΙΚΟΥ ΔΙΑΛΟΓΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΣΥΜΜΕΤΟΧΙΚΗΣ ΔΙΑΚΥΒΕΡΝΗΣΗΣ υλοποιείται στο πλαίσιο του προγράμματος PLATO, με φορέα υλοποίησης το Alba Graduate Business School. Το PLATO συγχρηματοδοτείται από την Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση, μέσω του προγράμματος Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV), το Ίδρυμα Μποδοσάκη και το Κέντρο Στήριξης ΜΚΟ με συνολικό ποσό επιχορήγησης €3,1 εκ.

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