Policies and guidelines

These binding policies and guidelines define how we work with children, families, communities and partners.

Regulation on prevention and protection against sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse

The regulation outlines our response mechanism to cases of suspected sexual misconduct towards any person, regardless of age, gender, sexuality, sexual orientation, disability, religion or ethnic origin.

Statutes of SOS Children's Villages International

Our statutes set the legal framework for our work for the global federation of SOS Children's Villages associations. English, French, German, Russian, Spanish

SOS Care Promise

The SOS Care Promise is a high-level policy articulating how we ensure the best care for children and young people. It confirms the core principles of our work and sets out nine commitments to ensuring quality care. English French Russian Spanish

Child Protection Policy

This policy outlines our standards and mechanisms for ensuring the safety, security and rights of every child we reach through our programmes. English Arabic French German Italian Portuguese Spanish

Programme Policy

This policy is the action framework that defines every aspect of how we, as co-workers and stakeholders, work to help children. English French German Spanish

Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children

This United Nations-accepted framework for the alternative care of children was developed with input from SOS Children's Villages and other child-focused NGOs. English French Spanish

Child safety is everybody's business

This policy support document outlines child safeguarding reporting and responding procedures in member associations. The policy support document is available in English.

User-friendly version of the 2019 UN Resolution on the Rights of the Child

In 2019, the annual UN Resolution on the Rights of the Child focused, for the first time, on children without parental care. This document summarizes the resolution (A/RES/74/133) in an easy-to-follow way. The resolution is available in English, French, Spanish and Vietnamese.

Child safeguarding investigations

This policy support document outlines procedures for child safeguarding investigations conducted by member associations and the GSC. The policy support document is available in English.

Working together to protect children

This polic support document outlines the roles and responsibilities of the GSC in the reporting and responding process. The policy support document is available in English.

Emergency Policy

This policy describes how we take action to bring children in emergency situations to safety, ensure their survival and support healthy childhood development. English French Russian Spanish

Gender Equality Policy

We believe in the need to engage both males and females in finding solutions to gender inequality. We practise zero tolerance of gender-based discrimination.

Education Policy

This policy describes our approach to ensuring that every child we help, whether through family-based care or family strengthening, has access to quality education. English French German Spanish

Inclusion Policy

This policy describes how we strive to enable children and young people with disabilities to fully access their rights and participate as resourceful and empowered members of society.

Quality4Children Standards

These standards were developed to provide tools to improve the care of hundreds of thousands of children and young people living in alternative care situations in Europe, and to ensure that their rights are fulfilled. Available in 27 languages.

Good Management and Accountability Quality Standards

This policy sets the quality standards in the area of management and transparency, the integrity of the organisation and the protection of assets. English French German Spanish

Anti-Fraud and Anti-Corruption Guideline

This guideline aims to support all SOS Children’s Villages member associations, board members and employees in preventing and handling potential issues of corruption. English French Spanish

Code of Conduct

This Code of Conduct aims to uphold and promote the highest standards of ethical and professional conduct among all co-workers and persons affiliated to the organisation. English Arabic French German Portuguese Spanish

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