
For every child
Health, Education, Equality, Protection
ADVANCE HUMANITY
Activities
The CFC Secretariat focuses on the following activities:
Research, data collection and distilling lessons learned
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Collects and processes data, documents innovations and carries out field
research;
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Distils lessons learned and promotes good practices;
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Makes available information and tools to CFC Builders.
Information exchange
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Manages and shares data through the specialized web-run CFC Database;
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Maintains a CFC web site in three languages (English, Spanish, French);
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Exchanges experiences North-South and South-South;
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Produces and disseminates publications.
Networking
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Networks with municipalities, mayors, associations of mayors, communities,
experts and NGOs to strengthen capacity for the development of local
rights-based agendas for children;
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Networks with child/youth groups to empower young citizens to participate in
planning and decision-making processes for child friendly cities;
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Assists in field consultations and programme development;
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Organizes and contributes to international, regional and local meetings on CFC
issues.
The main objective of the CFC Secretariat
is to support and strengthen the capacity of cities committed
to developing a rights-based agenda for children.