This resource section provides links to a variety of web resources of interest to researchers, policymakers, and practitioners working on issues related to children and families.

This list will be updated over time to include links to:

• Research centres working on child related issues in Ireland and Northern Ireland, as well as internationally
• Professional organizations
• Government, organisational and related policy organisations
• International organisations for children
• International networks and consortia on children’s research
• Funding sources for conducting research on children and families
• External training resources
• 'What works' databases
• Publically available data sources.

This list is exhaustive and will reflect the interests of Network members.

Unesco Centre - Multidisciplinary Centre for Reseach on Children and Youth

Trinity College Dublin

International

International Childhood Research Network

http://www.icyrnet.net/

International Society for Child Indicators (ISCI)

http://www.childindicators.org/

Children’s Research Network in Wales

http://www.link-wales.org.uk/

European Network of National Observatories on Childhood: ChildONEurope

http://www.childoneurope.org/

European Network of Experts in Youth Research

http://youth-partnership-eu.coe.int/youth-partnership/research/researchersnetwork.html

European Network on Early Childhood Interventions

http://www.eneci.org/joomla/

Institute for New Economic Thinking: Early Childhood Intervention Working Group

http://mfi.uchicago.edu/humcap/groups/eci/eci.shtml

Marie Curie International Network for Early Childhood Health Development

No website yet.

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European Children’s Network

http://www.europeanchildrensnetwork.org/

Northern Childhood Research Network (NCRN)

http://northchild.wordpress.com/about-us/

NZ Early Childhood Research Network

http://www.childforum.com/

Child Watch International Research Network

http://www.childwatch.uio.no/

Children’s Medicine Research Network.

http://www.mcrn.org.uk/

WHO Youth Friendly Health Policies and Services Network

More general networks

Social Research Association (SRA)

http://www.the-sra.org.uk/

American Evaluation Association

http://www.eval.org/

NIVEL, the Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research

http://www.nivel.nl

WISH network in Scotland (Wellbeing in Sexual Health)

http://www.healthscotland.com/resources/networks/wish.aspx

European Observatory on Healthcare Systems and Policies

http://www.euro.who.int/en/home/projects/observatory

Psychological Society of Ireland

http://www.psihq.ie/default.asp

CISM Network Ireland (cross-border body is primarily aimed at supporting the emergency services (including research, training, advocacy and knowledge transfer)

http://www.cismnetworkireland.ie/

Institute of Community Health Nurses, the voice of Public Health Nurses in Ireland

http://www.ichn.ie