Over the five days of learning, connection, and innovation in Vilnius, we had the privilege of bringing together professionals from over 80 countries and across more than 15 disciplines — all united by one shared goal: advancing child protection and well-being around the world. ISPCAN continues to build a global community of collaboration and shared purpose, both online and in person. We hope that here in Vilnius, you discovered new colleagues, new perspectives, and new inspiration — and that you return home with fresh ideas to strengthen your work and your networks.
From all of us at ISPCAN and the Lithuanian local team at the Ombudsperson office and the University, we thank you for your presence, your passion, and your contributions. We extend our heartfelt appreciation to our keynote speakers, chairs, and session presenters for their thought-provoking insights and dedication. A special thank you to our partners, sponsors, and supporters, whose generosity and collaboration made this Congress possible.
To our Organizing Team and Lithuanian hosts — your months of planning, hospitality, and care made this week a true success. We are deeply grateful for your hard work behind the scenes. Our authors, practitioners, policy makers, governments and researchers have shared groundbreaking insights on practice, policy, public health, and research — all helping to raise the global standard for protecting children everywhere.
As we close, we look ahead — to our next ISPCAN Congress in Melbourne, our “Huddle” events, and many ISPCAN member opportunities that continue this spirit of learning and multidisciplinary exchange. Together, we will continue to #RiseUptoEndChildAbuse, united as a global community taking action that makes a difference.
Thank you once again for making the ISPCAN Congress 2025 in Vilnius such an inspiring success. Each of you is a leader that can take home a spark of inspiration and ideas to push your work forward in new ways. You are not alone in this mission — together, we can and will create safer futures for children everywhere.
With gratitude,
In Lithuania, 1165 children shared their deepest wish – to feel less anger, less anxiety, less sadness and less of the heavy thought that they are “not enough”
They try to cope through music, tears, silence, or by hiding what they truly feel.
Stay close. Give meaning. Empower through love.
Primary Pillar(s): Governance and multi-sectoral coordination , A National Action Plan, capacity building and scaled solutions
Primary Pillar(s): A National Action Plan, capacity building and scaled solutions
Primary Pillar(s): Child, survivor and community participation
Primary Pillar(s): Governance and multi-sectoral coordination , A National Action Plan, capacity building and scaled solutions
Primary Pillar(s): Data and evidence, A National Action Plan, capacity building and scaled solutions
Primary Pillar(s): Data and evidence, A National Action Plan, capacity building and scaled solutions
Primary Pillar(s): Governance and multi-sectoral coordination , A National Action Plan, capacity building and scaled solutions
Primary Pillar(s): A continuum of prevention and response services
Primary Pillar(s): Governance and multi-sectoral coordination
Primary Pillar(s): Data and evidence, A National Action Plan, capacity building and scaled solutions
Primary Pillar(s): A National Action Plan, capacity building and scaled solutions
Primary Pillar(s): Data and evidence
Primary Pillar(s): A National Action Plan, capacity building and scaled solutions, A continuum of prevention and response services
Primary Pillar(s): Governance and multi-sectoral coordination , Child, survivor and community participation
Primary Pillar(s): Governance and multi-sectoral coordination , A continuum of prevention and response services
Primary Pillar(s): Governance and multi-sectoral coordination , Child, survivor and community participation
Primary Pillar(s): Governance and multi-sectoral coordination , A National Action Plan, capacity building and scaled solutions
Primary Pillar(s): A National Action Plan, capacity building and scaled solutions, A continuum of prevention and response services
Primary Pillar(s): A continuum of prevention and response services, Child, survivor and community participation
Primary Pillar(s): Data and evidence, Child, survivor and community participation
Primary Pillar(s): Governance and multi-sectoral coordination , A National Action Plan, capacity building and scaled solutions
Primary Pillar(s): Policy and legislation, Governance and multi-sectoral coordination
We brought together experts from around the world to work together on a specific aspect of child abuse and neglect and achieve the goals set forth by the group. The groups included participants from across multiple disciplines who met together and shared their expertise, resources, data, reports, and are working to build new tools together to address a gap. Visit the Working Group pages below to learn more about the Vilnius Congress sessions.
The goal for this group is to identify and share the key methodological approaches and findings and to explore areas of difference and comparability. The group seeks to include participants from a range of countries in order to represent a broad diversity of cultures, approaches to service delivery, languages, methodologies, and comparative data.
ISPCAN NEXT is a supportive, global network of emerging child protection professionals. Equipping the next generation of global leaders in child protection with knowledge, connections, and tools to create a safer and more supportive world for children, now and in the future.
Our goal for this Working Group is to have a collective group of people collaborating, learning from one another and engaging to provide personal growth in your daily work. The Parenting Working Group will be moderated by Genevieve Haupt Ronnie and Saara Thakur from the Global Parenting Initiative
We are bringing together trauma-informed care and practices that would be beneficial to any community. The goal is to develop practical tools and resources that make providing mental health care attainable for children and families.
The Mission of this working group is to share ideas around collaborative practices, and best ways to expand collaboration across sectors, regions, and the world. Our goal is to have global responses to child abuse to benefit all children, regardless of geographic location and resources.
Child Death Review (CDR) is a systematic process aimed at examining child fatalities to identify causes and implement preventive measures to enhance child safety and health. This working group is a community of practice shared learning for members to connect and build lines of communication with one another, share ideas, skills, research, resources, multiple perspectives, and new information regarding this topic.
The aspiration is that the group will enable sharing of research and professional knowledge from different countries, provide a global picture of how education systems deal with the phenomenon of child maltreatment in order to advance practice and policy in this field
The Child Safeguarding Working Group is specifically focused on implementing preventative actions that ensure that all children and young people are protected from deliberate or unintentional acts that could lead to the risk of or actual harm. Thia group plays an important role in protecting children from harm, abuse, neglect, or exploitation
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August 24th - 27th, 2026
