9. Domestic cooperation For protecting and promoting the rights of children, advisers to the Ombudsman for Children also cooperated with several non-profit associations and organisations in addition to state and local government bodies during the reporting year: youth association Eesti 4H, University of Tartu Centre for Ethics, the Estonian Children’s Literature Centre, Eduard Vilde Museum, Family Centre You and I, the Estonian Association of School Psychologists, the Estonian School Student Councils’ Union, Just Film, the Estonian Union for Child Welfare, NGO SEB Charity Fund, the Foundation Against Bullying, the Estonian Association of Substitute Home Workers, NGO the Estonian Association of Large Families, NGO Oma Pere, the Foundation Dharma, NGO youth association TORE, and others. 10. International cooperation In spring 2014, the second meeting of the ombudsmen for children of Baltic countries was held in Vilnius. The Polish ombudsman for children was also invited to the meeting, and he was interested in cooperation with Baltic ombudsmen for children and expressed the wish to attend the annual meetings also in the future. The two-day meeting organised by the Lithuanian ombudsman for children was used to share best practice and exchange experiences, to discuss common problems and future cooperation opportunities. It was agreed that in 2015 the colleagues would be hosted by the Polish ombudsman for children. The tradition of organising annual meetings began in 2012 on the initiative of the Estonian Ombudsman for Children. The Deputy Chancellor of Justice Nele Parrest and head of the Children’s Rights Department of the Chancellor’s Office Andres Aru attended the General Assembly and Annual Conference of the European Network of Ombudspersons for Children (ENOC) in Edinburgh in October 2014. In 2014 the main topic of ENOC annual conference was The Impact of Austerity on the Realization of Children`s Rights. At the annual conference, ENOC members adopted a position statement, emphasising the particular vulnerability of children and the need to analyse the impact of austerity measures on children and to prevent children from falling into poverty. The statement, inter alia, calls on all European countries to adopt national plans of action to combat child poverty and social exclusion and to collect regular data on the situation of children and on the financial resources allocated for children in the national budgets. 11. Participation in the activities of other institutions In 2014, staff of the Children’s Rights Department also participated in the activities of other institutions. Margit Sarv participated in the work of the hobby grant committee of the NGO SEB Charity Fund, in the jury of the creative competition Miks ma vajan perekonda [Why I need a family] of the Child Advocacy Chamber, and in the selection committee of the merit award of the Estonian Association of Substitute Home Workers. Kristi Paron participated in the work of the movement „Bullying-free Education“. 12. Homepage and Facebook profile To inform about the rights of children and explain the institution and activities of the Ombudsman for Children, the Facebook profile of the Ombudsman has been created, and in 65