The Children's Rights Knowledge Centre (in Dutch: Kenniscentrum Kinderrechten, abbreviated as KeKi) aims to collect and disseminate knowledge on children’s rights, generated by national and international scientific research.

KeKi is an interdisciplinary centre, supported by an interuniversity platform of researchers affiliated with the following institutions: Universiteit Antwerpen, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Universiteit Gent, Hogeschool Gent and KU Leuven.
 
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The final report of the International Training Programme "Human Rights for Development” (HR4DEV), which took place from 30 July until 24 August in Antwerp, is now available online. Part I provides some general information about the course and the main results of the course’s evaluation. Part II presents seven reflection papers written by participants.
 

In 2012, the Dutch consultancy office ECORYS started an inventory of data on missing children in all European member states. This study was commissioned by the European Commission (DG Justice); KeKi was asked to act as the ‘country expert’ for Belgium. In the first ‘mapping’ phase of the research, it was investigated, based on interviews with experts on this theme, which relevant data exist in Belgium. The second phase of the research, in which these data are actually gathered and brought together, takes place in January and February of 2013. The final report will be available as of July 2013.
 

In 1997, the Flemish Government (Belgium) established a ‘Child Impact Report’ (KER), which was extended to a ‘Child and Youth Impact Report’ (JoKER) in 2008. JoKER is an ex ante impact assessment carried out by the Flemish administration with respect to draft decrees that have a direct impact on the interests of persons under the age of 25. The Flemish Government requested the Children’s Rights Knowledge Centre (KeKi) to subject JoKER to an in-depth evaluation. Five different data collection techniques were used: a literature review, a document analysis, an electronic survey, discussions in focus groups and an expert consultation. A short overview of this research project, the methodology and the main results and recommendations, is presented in an executive summary.
 

More information about previous KeKi-events and publications can be found here.
 

The Flemish research database, an inventory of all ongoing and recently (since 2005) finished Flemish research projects, is now available online. This database aims to make all these projects on topics that include, or are related to, Children’s Rights, accessible for a broader public of researchers, policy makers and Children’s Rights practitioners. Make sure to check it out on www.kekidatabank.be! A manual, list of keywords and the selection criteria used to build this database, can be found on the information page about the children's rights database of this website. If you believe your research project qualifies for this database, it would be great if you would let us know. Here you can find out more about our criteria for qualification. An empty research outline that can be used to report your research to us, can be found here.