DEFENCE FOR CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL (DCI) - Belgium | Practical Guide I. ACTIVITIES ON REINTEGRATION / PREPARATION FOR RELEASE Do children benefit from adequate arrangements designed to assist them in returning into society, family life, education or employment after release? ASK: Children | Staff | Director CHECK: ʺʺ Activities on reintegration (objectives, means, schedules, inside the facility and/or outside in the community, etc.) ʺʺ Ratio of activities in the overall individual programme ʺʺ Links between services provided within the facility and corresponding services in the community see whether they are closely related (formal agreement, visits in the facility – permission to leave – conditional release) ʺʺ Provision of services preparing to release (suitable residence, employment, clothing, sufficient means to maintain his/herself) ʺʺ Perception of these activities by the child him/herself see whether it is meaningful for him/her and whether it is likely to prepare him/her to returning into society, family life, for further studies and/or employment Specific group: Foreign national children CHECK: ʺʺ Specific activities on reintegration in their country of origin, see whether there is any cooperation with the juvenile welfare and justice agencies in order to guarantee the necessary assistance immediately upon arrival in their country of origin CRC 40(1) | RPJDL 8, 38, 40, 42, 45, 59, 67, 79, 80 | CRC – GC No 10 §23, 29, 77, 89 | RTWP 29, 40, 43, 45-47 | SMR 4, 25, 59,87 | EPR 6, 26.3, 28.7, 33, 35.3, 42.3.j, 103.2, 103.4.d, 107 | ERJO 50.1, 51, 77, 78.5, 79.1 – 79.4, 100.1 – 103, 104.3, 110 | GCFJ 21.c 134