IFCO has listed some useful links for those interested in Foster Care in different parts of the world. These include some of our major partners and donors, some general Foster Care information and some of the fostering service providers we work with around the world.
| Major IFCO Partners | |
| Quality4Children work with IFCO to raise quality standards in Europe for children and young people in out of home care. | www.quality4children.info |
| SOS Children’s Villages takes part in the Quality4Children Project. | www.sos-childrensvillages.org/ |
| The DEFT Project is a partnership between IFCO and other organizations for the Development of European Fostering Trainings | www.deft-project.eu |
| FICE – The International Federation of Educative Communities, also part of Quality4Children. | www.fice-inter.org/ |
| Major IFCO Donors | |
| Fonds 1818 | www.fonds1818.nl |
| Haella Stichting | www.haella.nl |
| Stichting Kinderpostzegels | www.skn.nl |
| Cooperating Netherlands Foundations | www.cooperatingnetherlandsfoundations.nl |
| Oranjefonds | www.oranjefonds.nl |
| VSB Foundation | www.vsbfonds.nl |
| City Council of The Hague | www.denhaag.com |
| General information | |
| Children as Partners is a place for young people and adults for child participation can meet and share information. | www.iicrd.org/cap/ |
| Children's Defense Fund. | www.childrensdefense.org |
| EUROCHIPS is an European-wide network working on behalf of children separated from an imprisoned parent. | www.eurochips.org/ |
| European Convention on the Rights of the Child. | conventions.coe.int/treaty/en/Treaties/Html/160.htm |
| Famous foster children on this website, from Mandela to Marilyn… | www.dils.aber.ac.uk/dils/research/RFocus9/staf_rrf.htm |
| Information on the IFCO Conference 2005. | http://www.fostering.us/ |
| Information on the IFCO Conference 2007. | http://www.ifconz07.org.nz/ |
| Innocenti research Center is the UNICEF's Research Institute and Virtual Library. | http://www.unicef-icdc.org/ |
| ISPCAN is the International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect. | www.ispcan.org |
| Links to worldwide institutions carrying out research on childhood. | www.child-abuse.com/childhouse/research/index.html |
| The Child Rights Information Network. | www.crin.org |
| The Global Movement for Children is a global movement of organizations and people uniting efforts to build a world fit for children. | www.gmfc.org/ |
| The New Website of the Better Care Network. | www.bettercarenetwork.org |
| The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. | www.unicef.org/crc/crc.htm |
| The website of the Better Care Network – facilitating global exchange around children without adequate family care. | www.bettercarenetwork.org |
| UNICEF's Worldwide website with links to every country. | www.unicef.org |
| Website for the European Network of Children and Youth Mentoring Organizations. | www.enymo.org |
| Website of the European Network of National Observatories on Childhood. | www.childoneurope.org |
| IFCO networks | |
| Red Latino Americana para el Acogimiento Familiar (RELAF). A Latin American network for IFCO members. | http://relaf.ifco.info/ |