The Smile of the Child

-Member of the Board of Directors of the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children (ICMEC)
-Member of CHI (Child Helpline International) (and member of the Supervisory Board)
-Member of the Global Missing Children’s Network (GMCN)
-Member of Missing Children Europe (MCE) (and member of the Board of Directors)
-Member of Eurochild
-Founding member of European Antibullying Network (EAN)
-Country partner of the International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (ISPCAN)
-Member of WeProtect Global Alliance to end child sexual exploitation online
-Local Code Representative (ECPAT- The Code for the Protection of Children from Sexual Exploitation in Travel and Tourism)
-Member of Migration Committee of INGO Conference of the Council of Europe
-Member of SupportCY

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Does not represent commercial interests

Jan 2020 - Dec 2020

Since 20 September 2021 self-declared 'non-commercial organisations' are no longer required to provide a lobby budget. See above timeline for this registrant's historical lobby budget.

10,185,824€

Public financing, Donations, Other, EU funding, Member's contribution, Grants

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-Ιn April 2021 Facebook launched “Get Digital” in Greece, a project that helps parents,educators & young people develop the skills needed to navigate the digital world more safely
-On 25 May 2021 TSOTC organized an event to commemorate International Missing Children Day & present its new initiatives & collaborations for missing children & vulnerable high-risk adults
-In July 2021 TSOTC held a Press Conference in Athens during which it informed the public of worrisome trends in issues affecting supported children & families in the first half of 2021. TSOTC warned of pandemic’s impact on the lives of children/families, pointing out the major increase in calls from children who expressed suicidal ideation, children who got abused & teenagers who ran away from home
-On 12 August 2021 TSOTC honored International Youth Day 2021 by participating with its two Youth Representatives serving on the UN DGC Youth Representatives Committee to the UN global effort
-In September 2021 TSOTC organized 2-day Educational Seminars on "The search for missing minors and adults. What can Police authorities & the co-competent actors do", under the RADAR project
-In October 2021 TSOTC organized a Training Seminar: "Good Practices for Managing Adolescent Runaway Incidents, in the framework of the RADAR project
-In October 2021 TSOTC announced new health initiatives in collaboration with the Ministry of Health on the occasion of World Mental Health Day:the operation of a new Daycare Home, as well as a mobile Psychosocial & Medical Support Unit and tele-counseling
-On 9 November TSOTC celebrated 25 years of service to children and families in need in the presence of Η.Ε. Τhe President of the Hellenic Republic at the “Megaron” Concert Hall' in Athens
-In November 202, on the occasion of 18/11 European Day for the protection of Children Against Sexual Exploitation and 19/11 World Day Against Child Abuse, TSOTC issued a PR on its statistics and actions related to child abuse and sexual abuse
-In November 2021 TSOTC renewed its cooperation with the Ministry of Health with an updated Cooperation Agreement
-On 25 November 2021 on the occasion of World Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, TSOTC issued a PR noting its actions to support women victims of domestic violence, including an MoU with the General
Secretariat for Family Policy and Gender Equality and the European Network Against Violence, offering shelter, sustenance, material and psychological support to every abused woman along with her children, and its participation in the #MeeToo movement of the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs
-On 30 November 2021 TSOTC hosted the Board and General Assembly meetings of the European Antibullying Network in Athens
-In January 2022 TSOTC signed an MoU with the Ministry of Climate Change and Civil Protection
-On 1 February 2022 TSOTC presented a Review of its actions for 2021 announcing the total number of children & families it supported through all its specialized and holistic actions for children victims of violence, missing children, children with serious health problems and children and families living in poverty
-On 18 February 2022 TSOTC announced the Greece Country Report it prepared on the Implementation of the European Child Guarantee in Greece, as member of the Eurochild European CG Taskforce
-On 2 March 2022 TSOTC announced the launch of operation of the Social Digital Academy Cisco NetAcad, of TSOTC’s Smile Academy of Education and Training and Cisco Greece
-On 9 March 2022 TSOTC announced the initiation of the nationwide campaign entitled "Speak Now” during an online Event held on the occasion of March 6th,National Day against School Violence and Bullying

ONGOING PROJECTS

-“Direct and Holistic Medical and Psychosocial Intervention for Refugee and Migrant Children in Danger in Greece” (ECHO/-EU/BUD/2018/011007) funded by the Directorate General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations of the European Union (DG ECHO) [2018-2021].
-“Homes for children in danger”, within the framework of the action "Funding of Organizations for the Operation of existing Unaccompanied Minors’ Shelters" funded by the NATIONAL PROGRAM OF THE ASYLUM, MIGRATION AND INTEGRATION FUND. (2018-2021)
-Hellenic Integration Support for Beneficiaries of International Protection – HELIOS/ “Medical and psychological support to migrant children facing health and protection risks””, which is coordinated by the International Organization for Migration Office in Greece and funded by AMIF (2020-2021)
-In the framework of the European Territorial Cooperation Programme “Interreg V-A Greece Bulgaria” 2014-2020, the Organization “The Smile of the Child”, in the role of Lead partner, is implementing the project entitled “Integrated Territorial Synergies for Children Health and Protection ΙΙ - INTERSYC II”.
-Virtual reality as a tool for countering bullying amongst youth –VR NOT BULLIES (2018-2021), funded by ERASMUS+
- "AMINA - Safeguarding Migrant Children Across Europe", coordinated by the European Federation for missing and sexually abused children “Missing Children Europe (MCE)”. It is funded by the “H&M Foundation”. (2017-2021)
-“Building knowledge from local practices: a solution for better care and support of unaccompanied minors in Europe”, which is funded by the European Program ERASMUS+. (2018-2021)
- “Leaving with Care, Living with Care” (CARE) funded by REC (2020-2022)
-“Project A12” funded by Erasmus + (2020-2021)
-“Running Aways: Drivers, Awareness, Responses” (RADAR), coordinated by the European Federation for missing and sexually abused children “Missing Children Europe (MCE)”. The project is funded by REC (2020-2022)
-DAB, Dance Against Bullying (2019-2021) which is coordinated by ESSEVESSE and funded by Erasmus +
-HEBE (Help, Empowerment, Bridge, Engagement) –Empowering vulnerable families and children (i.e. migrants, asylum seekers, people with serious socioeconomic / health problems etc.) in Northern, Central Greece and Crete to adjust to the new circumstances following the COVID-19 outbreak (2021). It is funded by the German Organization KINDERNOTHILFE.
-“Support and Social Inclusion of Vulnerable and Special Population Groups - The Child's Smile”, funded by ROP Program of C. Macedonia NSRF 2014-2020.
-“YCreate: Voices for respect, celebrating difference and tackling hate”, 2021-2023, funded by Erasmus+

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• Date	12 Mar 2020	Location	Athens
  Subject	Discussion on the current situation in Greece
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Ylva Johansson
  Portfolio	Home Affairs
  Attending	Alexandra Cupsan-Catalin (Cabinet member) Brian Synnott (Cabinet member) Ylva Johansson (Commissioner)
  Other Lobbyists	Médecins du monde Belgique Médecins Sans Frontières International Danish Refugee Council Brussels GREEK FORUM OF REFUGEES

• Date	21 Nov 2017	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Children - Humanitarian Aid
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Christos Stylianides
  Portfolio	Humanitarian Aid & Crisis Management
  Attending	Christos Stylianides (Commissioner)

• Date	24 Feb 2015	Location	Brussels Belgium
  Subject	Actions on issues of unaccompanied children and abused children
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos
  Portfolio	Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship
  Attending	Dimitris Avramopoulos (Commissioner)