The International Foster Care Organisation European
Conference IFCO 2002
8–11 August 2002 Tampere, Finland
Conference language
The language of he conference will be English. On
Saturday he plenaries will be translated into Finnish. The language of
abstracts and posters is English.
Conference venue
The conference will be held at Tampere Hall, which is
located in the city centre. The Internet address is www.tampere-talo.fi
Visa for entry into Finland
Please make sure of your visa requirements for
Finland.
Information will be available at Visa for Finland formin.finland.fi/doc/eng/services/visa/visafinl.html
Travel links to Finland and Tampere
Finnair and SAS have scheduled daily flights to
Tampere, Helsinki and Stockholm. Moreover, SAS has a daily direct flight
between Tampere and Copenhagen. Helsinki and Tampere are also connected by
fast coach and train services.
More information on the Internet: Finnair www.finnair.fi,
SAS www.sas.se (flight),
VR www.vr.fi (train), Paunu
www.paunu.fi (coach).
Host of the
Conference
IFCO Conference is hosted by the Finnish Federation
of Foster Care Associations, who warmly thanks its partners:
Association of Professional Foster Parents www.apkl.fi
Central Union of Child Welfare in Finland www.lskl.fi
Save the Children Finland www.pela.fi
Pesäpuu ry, Center of Expertise in Child Welfare www.pesapuu.fi
SOS Children’s Villages Association, Finland www.sos-lapsikyla.fi
City of Tampere www.tampere.fi
City of Helsinki www.hel.fi
International Foster Care Organization www.ifco.info
Information about Tampere and
Finland
For further information, please contact the
Conference Secretariat:
Further information:
IFCO 2002
Tampere Conference Service Ltd.
P.O.Box 630
FIN-33101 TAMPERE
FINLAND
tel. +358 3 3664400
fax +358 3 2226440
email ifco@tampereconference.fi
homepage www.tampereconference.fi
Hosted
by:
Perhehoitoliitto ry
Kauppakatu 26 A 2
FIN-40100 Jyväskylä
FINLAND
tel. +358 (0)14 3344900
fax +358 (0)14 3344910
email toimisto@perhehoitoliitto.fi
homepage www.perhehoitoliitto.fi/phengl.htm
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