Child Friendly Cities
A Child Friendly City is a local system of good governance
committed to fulfilling children's rights
Key documents
The CFC Secretariat has selected a set of relevant documents and publications as key references for the global Child Friendly Cities Initiative including:Select bibliography
An essential bibliography has been selected from the CFC Database as a tool for CFC builders. Search by title and/or author.141 record found
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A Brazil Fit for Children
Brazilian Society and the Millenium Development Goals for Children and Adolescents |
| Responsible Body: Abrinq Foundation - Fundação Abrinq ; UNICEF Brazil (Brasilia Office) |
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A World Fit for Children
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| Responsible Body: UNICEF NYHQ |
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Advisory Board Handbook
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| Corporate Author: Office of the Children's Rights Commissioner for London |
| Responsible Body: Office of the Children's Rights Commissioner for London |
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Bambini di città
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| Author: Pagliarini Carlo |
| Editor: Mattia Luisa |
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Building Better Cities with Children and Youth
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| Responsible Body: International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) |
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Building Child Friendly Cities: A Framework for Action
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| Responsible Body: UNICEF IRC. International Secretariat for Child Friendly Cities |
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Changing Places
Children's Participation in Environmental Planning |
| Author: Adams Eileen ; Ingham Sue |
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Child 21. A Legacy to the Filipino Children of the 21st Century, Philippines National Strategic Framework for Plan Development for Children, 2000-2025
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| Responsible Body: Council for the Welfare of Children (CWC) ; Government of the Philippines ; UNICEF Philippines |
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Child Friendly Cities brochures
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| Responsible Body: UNICEF IRC. International Secretariat for Child Friendly Cities |
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Child Friendly Cities: Good Governance in the Best Interests of the Child
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| Author: Riggio Chaudhuri Eliana |
| Responsible Body: International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) |
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Child friendly impact assessment and development procedures
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| Author: Enns Cherie |
| Responsible Body: Township of Langley |
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Child Impact Assessment
Swedish experience of child impact analyses as a tool for implementing the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| Author: Sylwander Louise |
| Responsible Body: Ministry for Foreign Affairs - Sweden ; Ministry of Health and Social Affairs, The Swedish Government |
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Child rights for urban poor children in child friendly Philippine cities: views from the community
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| Author: Aguirre Angela ; Racelis Mary |
| Responsible Body: International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) |
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Child-Friendly Cities Initiatives (CFCI) in Nigeria
Information brochure |
| Responsible Body: Federal Ministry of Works and Housing, Dpt. of Lands, Environment, Urban and Regional Development ; UNICEF Nigeria (Lagos) |
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Child-Friendly Cities: Cities for children in a globalising world
Brief report of the symposium |
| Responsible Body: UNICEF Thailand |
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Child-friendly Cities: working to fulfil the rights of children
Final report |
| Responsible Body: UNICEF NYHQ |
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Child-friendly national policies and legislation
A selection of national policies and issuances |
| Corporate Author: Local Policy & Institutional Development (LPID) Section - UNICEF Philippines |
| Responsible Body: UNICEF Philippines |
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Childhood's Domain
Play and place in child development |
| Author: Moore Robin |
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Children and the Environment
Actors on the international arena |
| Author: Andersson-Brolin Lillemor |
| Responsible Body: Save the Children Sweden - Rädda Barnen |
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Children and Youth in Cities
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| Responsible Body: The World Bank |
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Children as participants
Swedish experience of child participation in society's decision-making process |
| Author: Sylwander Louise |
| Responsible Body: Ministry for Foreign Affairs - Sweden ; Ministry of Health and Social Affairs, The Swedish Government |
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Children First
A Permanent European Child-Friendly Forum to be launched with the backing of the EESC (European Economic and Social Committee) |
| Responsible Body: European Economic and Social Committee |
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Children in Focus
A manual for participatory research with children |
| Editor: Boyden Jo ; Ennew Judith |
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Children in South Africa can make a difference
An assessment of 'Growing Up in Cities' in Johannesburg |
| Author: Chawla Louise ; Griesel R. Dev ; Swart-Kruger Jill |
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Children of the Cities
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| Author: Boyden Jo |
| Co-author: Holden Pat |
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Children's Environmental Rights
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| Author: Bartlett Sheridan ; Hart Roger A. |
| Responsible Body: Save the Children Sweden - Rädda Barnen |
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Children's Experience of Place
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| Author: Hart Roger A. |
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Children's Experience of the Physical Environment in Poor Urban Settlements and the Implications for Policy, Planning and Practice
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| Author: Bartlett Sheridan |
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Children's health and environment: a review of evidence
A joint report from the European Environment Agency and the WHO Regional Office for Europe |
| Editor: Bertollini Roberto ; Tamburlini Giorgio ; von Ehrensteing Ondine S. |
| Responsible Body: European Environment Agency ; World Health Organization (WHO) - European Centre for Environment and Health |
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Children's Participation
The Theory and Practice of Involving Young Citizens in Community Development and Environmental Care |
| Author: Hart Roger A. |
| Co-author: Espinosa Maria Fernanda ; Iltus Selim ; Lorenzo Raymond |
| Responsible Body: UNICEF |
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Children's Participation
From Tokenism to Citizenship |
| Author: Hart Roger A. |
| Responsible Body: UNICEF ICDC (International Child Development Centre) |
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Children's Participation - Evaluating Effectiveness
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| Responsible Body: International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) |
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Children's participation in local urban planning networks. Exploring the literature on international experiences
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| Author: Degreef Anne ; Vanderstede Wouter |
| Responsible Body: Kind & Samenleving - Research Centre Childhood and Society |
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Children's Participatory Rights
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| Responsible Body: Interights |
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Children's right to a good physical environment
Central concepts and problem definition |
| Author: Andersson-Brolin Lillemor |
| Responsible Body: Save the Children Sweden - Rädda Barnen |
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Children's Rights and Good Governance
International meeting |
| Responsible Body: UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre (IRC) |
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Children's Rights and Habitat
Housing, Neighbourhood and Settlement |
| Responsible Body: UNICEF NYHQ |
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Children's rights and the physical environment
A review of current knowledge |
| Author: Bartlett Sheridan |
| Responsible Body: Save the Children Sweden - Rädda Barnen |
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Children's rights from an environmental perspective
Implication for action |
| Author: Andersson-Brolin Lillemor |
| Responsible Body: Save the Children Sweden - Rädda Barnen |
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Children's Rights and Habitat
Working towards Child-Friendly Cities |
| Responsible Body: UNICEF NYHQ |
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Children, Childhood and Political Participation
Case Studies of Young People's Councils |
| Author: Wyness Michael |
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Children, Youth and Environments
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| Editor: Arias Ernesto ; van Vliet Willem |
| Responsible Body: University of Colorado |
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Cities for Children
Children's Rights, Poverty and Urban Management |
| Author: Bartlett Sheridan ; De La Barra Ximena ; Hart Roger A. ; Missair Alfredo ; Satterthwaite David |
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Cities with Children
Child Friendly Cities in Italy |
| Responsible Body: UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre (IRC) |
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Citizenship knows no age: children's participation in the governance and municipal budget of Barra Mansa, Brazil
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| Author: Guerra Eliana |
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Cittadinanza dei bambini e costruzione sociale dell'infanzia
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| Editor: Baraldi Claudio ; Maggioni Guido |
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Ciudades para la niñez
Los derechos de la infancia, la pobreza y la administración urbana |
| Author: Bartlett Sheridan ; De La Barra Ximena ; Hart Roger A. ; Missair Alfredo ; Satterthwaite David |
| Responsible Body: UNICEF TACRO Regional Office for Latin America and The Caribbean |
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Community empowerment, people's organizations, and the urban poor
Struggling for shelter, infrastructure, services, and dignity in the Philippines |
| Author: Racelis Mary |
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Construyendo Ciudades Amigas de la Infancia. Un Marco para la Acción
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| Responsible Body: UNICEF IRC. International Secretariat for Child Friendly Cities ; UNICEF Spain |
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Containing children: some lessons on planning for play from New York City
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| Author: Hart Roger A. |
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Cooperation entre l'UNICEF et les administrations municipales
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| Editor: Iskander Michel |
| Responsible Body: UNICEF NYHQ |
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Costruire città amiche delle bambine e dei bambini: Nove passi per l'azione
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| Responsible Body: UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre (IRC) ; UNICEF Italy |
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Creating Better Cities with Children and Youth
A Manual for Participation |
| Author: Driskell David |
| Responsible Body: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) |
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Creating Child-Friendly Environments
Case Studies on Children's Participation in three European Countries |
| Author: Horelli Liisa |
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Cremona dei bambini
Idee, percorsi e prospettive per l'infanzia |
| Editor: Arrigoni Nicola |
| Responsible Body: Comune di Cremona (Cremona City Council) |
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Crescere in Emilia-Romagna
Primo rapporto sui servizi e sulla condizione dell'infanzia e dell'adolescenza |
| Editor: Campioni Lorenzo ; Finelli Alessandro ; Tagliaventi Maria Teresa |
| Responsible Body: Regione Emilia-Romagna |
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Curiosando nel tempo e nello spazio
Avventure e attività per conoscere il territorio e immaginare il futuro |
| Author: Lorenzo Raymond |
| Responsible Body: Provincia di Milano (Province of Milan) |
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Development Theory and Children's Participation in Community Organization
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| Author: Dauite C. ; Hart Roger A. ; Iltus Selim ; Kritt D. ; Rome M. ; Sabo Kim |
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Draft Guide to Preparing Play Strategies
Towards the provision of safe and attractive play spaces in London's neighbourhoods |
| Responsible Body: Greater London Authority |
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Economic Growth, Poverty and Children
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| Author: Delamonica Enrique ; Minujin Alberto ; Vandemoortele Jan |
| Responsible Body: International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) |
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Empowering Children and Young People
Training manual promoting involvement in decision-making |
| Editor: Treseder Phil |
| Responsible Body: Children's Rights Office, Institute of Education, University of London ; International Save the Children Alliance |
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Environmental Justice
Rights and Means to a Healthy Environment for All |
| Editor: Bullock Simon ; Stephens Carolyn |
| Responsible Body: ESRC Global Environmental Change Programme ; Friends of the Earth ; London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine ; SPRU (Science & Technology Policy Research), University of Sussex |
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Evaluating children’s participation: seeking areas of consensus
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| Author: Chawla Louise |
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Experiences of decision-making in middle childhood
The example of children looked after by local authorities |
| Author: Thomas N. |
| Co-author: O'Kane C. |
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Extracts from "The Children’s Clubs of Nepal: a democratic experiment"
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| Author: Hart Roger A. ; Khatiwada Chandrika ; Rajbhandary Jasmine |
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First call for children
Waitakere City Council |
| Responsible Body: Waitakere City Council |
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Giving Children a Voice
A study of participation by children and young people in Switzerland carried out by the Pedagogical Institute, University of Zurich |
| Responsible Body: UNICEF Switzerland |
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Growing Up in an Urbanising World
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| Editor: Chawla Louise |
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Growing Up in Cities
Studies of the Spatial Environment of Adolescence in Cracow, Melbourne, Mexico City, Salta, Toluca and Warszawa |
| Editor: Lynch Kevin |
| Responsible Body: MIT Press ; United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) |
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Guía de Buenas Prácticas sobre Planes y Consejos de Infancia en el Ámbito Municipal Español
Informe de Situación 2004 (Edición 2004) |
| Responsible Body: Centro de Psicología Aplicada, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid ; Ministerio de Trabajo y Asuntos Sociales ; UNICEF Spain |
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Guía de buenas prácticas sobre planes y consejos de infancia en el ámbito municipal español
Primer Informe de Situación-2004 (Edición 2005) |
| Responsible Body: Federación Española de Municipios y Provincias – FEMP ; Instituto Universitario de Necesidades y Derechos de la Infancia - IUNDIA ; Red Local a Favor de los Derechos de la Infancia y la Adolescencia ; UNICEF Spain |
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Guide to preparing Open Space Strategies
Best practice guidance of the London Plan |
| Responsible Body: Greater London Authority |
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Honduras experience: Child Friendly Municipalities
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| Responsible Body: Asociación de Municipios de Honduras (AMHON) ; UNICEF Honduras |
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How can organisations facilitate children’s participation
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| Author: Giertsen Annette |
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I bambini trasformano la città
Metodologie e buone prassi della progettazione partecipata con i bambini |
| Editor: Amodio Luigi ; Majorano Carla ; Riccio Chiara |
| Responsible Body: Istituto degli Innocenti ; Ministero dell'Ambiente (Ministry of Environment) |
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Ideas for Action - Making Urban Areas Child-Friendly
A Sourcebook for Community Initiatives in Malaysian Cities |
| Editor: Shameed Saira |
| Responsible Body: The Malaysian Council for Child Welfare (MCCW) ; The National Council of Women's Organisations Malaysia (NCWO) |
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Implementing children's rights in the capital
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| Author: Boswell Caroline |
| Responsible Body: Office of the Children's Rights Commissioner for London |
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In città ci abito anch'io
Guida ad una progettazione urbana attenta alle esigenze dei bambini fino a...80 anni |
| Author: Lorenzo Raymond |
| Responsible Body: Regione Umbria (CRIDEA) |
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Indicadores municipales de aplicación de la convención sobre los derechos del niño
Una herramienta para la elaboración de Informes de Situación de la Infancia en el ámbito local español (Edición 2005) |
| Responsible Body: Federación Española de Municipios y Provincias – FEMP ; Instituto Universitario de Necesidades y Derechos de la Infancia - IUNDIA ; Red Local a Favor de los Derechos de la Infancia y la Adolescencia ; UNICEF Spain |
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Insight, creativity and thoughts on the environment: integrating children and youth into human settlement development
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| Author: Chawla Louise |
| Responsible Body: International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) |
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International Workshop on Africa's Urban Poor Child
Towards African Child-Friendly Cities |
| Responsible Body: Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) ; UNICEF NYHQ ; United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) |
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Italy: too little Time and Space for Childhood
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| Author: Lorenzo Raymond |
| Responsible Body: UNICEF ICDC (International Child Development Centre) |
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L'infanzia urbana fra povertà ed esclusione sociale
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| Responsible Body: UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre (IRC) |
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L'iniziativa Città amiche dei bambini in Italia
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| Author: Corsi Marco |
| Responsible Body: UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre (IRC) |
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La città con i bambini
Città amiche dell'infanzia in Italia |
| Responsible Body: UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre (IRC) |
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La città dei bambini
Un modo nuovo di pensare la città |
| Author: Tonucci Francesco |
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La città dei bambini
Progetto internazionale Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie della Cognizione - CNR |
| Responsible Body: La Città dei Bambini, Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie della Cognizione del CNR (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche) |
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La ciudad de los niños
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| Author: Tonucci Francesco |
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La guida alle città sostenibili delle bambine e dei bambini
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| Editor: Lombardo Simonetta |
| Responsible Body: Ministero dell'Ambiente (Ministry of Environment) |
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Le bambine e i bambini trasformano le città
Progetti e buone pratiche per la sostenibilità ambientale nei comuni italiani |
| Responsible Body: Ministero dell'Ambiente (Ministry of Environment) |
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Les droits de l'enfant et l'habitat
Construisons des villes amies des l'enfants |
| Responsible Body: UNICEF NYHQ |
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Los derechos del niño y el hábitat
Construir la ciudad amiga de los niños |
| Responsible Body: UNICEF NYHQ |
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Making London better for all Children and Young People
The Mayor’s Children and Young People’s Strategy |
| Responsible Body: Greater London Authority |
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Making Philippine Cities Child Friendly
Voices of Children in Poor Communities |
| Responsible Body: UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre (IRC) |
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Making your Community more Child and Youth Friendly
Getting Started |
| Responsible Body: Society for Children and Youth of B.C. (SCY) |
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Making your Community more Child and Youth Friendly
Planning for Action |
| Responsible Body: Society for Children and Youth of B.C. (SCY) |
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Mayors as Defenders of Children
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| Responsible Body: UNICEF NYHQ |
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Mayors Defenders of Children in Latin America and the Caribbean
The Quito Commitment |
| Responsible Body: Quito Distrito Metropolitano ; UNICEF Ecuador ; UNICEF TACRO Regional Office for Latin America and The Caribbean |
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Motivating Municipal Action for Children
The Municipal Seal of Approval in Ceará, Brazil |
| Author: Fuentes Patricio ; Niimi Reiko |
| Responsible Body: International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) |
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Nove passi verso le città amiche delle bambine e dei bambini
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| Responsible Body: UNICEF Italy |
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Ombudswork for Children
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| Editor: Lansdown Gerison |
| Responsible Body: UNICEF ICDC (International Child Development Centre) |
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Participatory Budgeting in Brazilian cities
Limits and Possibilities in Building Democratic Institutions |
| Author: Souza Celina |
| Responsible Body: International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) |
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Participatory planning and design of recreational spaces with children
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| Author: Hart Roger A. ; Iltus Selim |
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Partnerships to Create Child-Friendly Cities
Programming for Child Rights with Local Authorities |
| Responsible Body: UNICEF NYHQ ; United Cities and Local Governments |
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Places for Play
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| Responsible Body: Free Play Network ; Playlink |
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Pobreza y exclusión entre niños urbanos
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| Responsible Body: UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre (IRC) |
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Poverty and Exclusion among Urban Children
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| Responsible Body: UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre (IRC) |
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Presupuesto participativo
La experiencia de Porto Alegre |
| Author: de Souza Ubiratan ; Genro Tarso |
| Responsible Body: Instituto de Estudios y Formación Central de los Trabajadores Argentinos - CTA ; Universidad de Buenos Aires |
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Promoting child-centred community development through participatory evaluation
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| Author: Iyer Lalitha |
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Promoting children's participation in democratic decision-making
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| Author: Lansdown Gerison |
| Responsible Body: UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre (IRC) |
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Rhetoric, Reality and Resilience: Overcoming Obstacles to Young People's Participation in Development
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| Author: Bannerjee Kanchan ; Chawla Louise ; Driskell David |
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Se i bambini dicono: adesso basta
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| Author: Tonucci Francesco |
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Selo Prefeito Amigo da Criança
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| Responsible Body: Abrinq Foundation - Fundação Abrinq |
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Seven Realms of Children's Participation
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| Author: Francis Mark ; Lorenzo Raymond |
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Small is powerful
Discourses on 'children and participation' in Norway |
| Responsible Body: Norwegian Centre for Child Research |
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Special issue on Youth Political Participation
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| Editor: Flanagan C. ; Sherrod L.R. |
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Taking Part
Children's participation in decision making |
| Author: Lansdown Gerison |
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The benefits of participatory evaluation for children and youth
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| Author: Sabo Kim |
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The Child Friendly Cities Initiative in Italy
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| Author: Corsi Marco |
| Responsible Body: International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) |
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The Child in the City
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| Author: Ward Colin |
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The Environment for Children
Understanding and Acting on the Environmental Hazards that Threaten Children and their Parents |
| Author: Hart Roger A. ; Levy Caren ; Mitlin Diana ; Satterthwaite David ; Stephens Carolyn |
| Responsible Body: UNICEF NYHQ |
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The Image of the City
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| Author: Lynch Kevin |
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The International Secretariat for Child Friendly Cities
A Global Network for Urban Children |
| Author: Kilbane Theresa ; Riggio Chaudhuri Eliana |
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The Municipal Dimension of an Agenda for Children
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| Responsible Body: UNICEF NYHQ |
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The National Children's Strategy
Our children -Their lives |
| Corporate Author: Department of Health and Children |
| Responsible Body: Department of Health and Children |
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The rights of the child and the physical environment
The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and other relevant international agreements |
| Author: Andersson-Brolin Lillemor |
| Responsible Body: Save the Children Sweden - Rädda Barnen |
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The scale and nature of urban poverty in low and middle income nations
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| Author: Satterthwaite David |
| Responsible Body: International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) |
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The Spatial World of the Child
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| Author: Lynch Kevin |
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The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child reporting system and the physical environment
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| Author: Bartlett Sheridan |
| Responsible Body: Save the Children Sweden - Rädda Barnen |
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The Urban Child in the Third World
Urbanization Trends and some Principal Issues |
| Author: Hardoy Jorge E. |
| Responsible Body: UNICEF ICDC (International Child Development Centre) |
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Toward better cities for children and youth
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| Author: Chawla Louise |
| Responsible Body: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) |
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Toward making cities child-friendly: evolving UNICEF experience in the Philippines
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| Responsible Body: UNICEF Philippines |
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Towards a Child-Friendly London
The Mayor's draft children and young people's strategy |
| Responsible Body: Greater London Authority |
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Towards Child-Friendly Cities
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| Responsible Body: UNICEF NYHQ |
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Towards Cities Fit for Children. The Commitment of Italian Mayors Defenders of Children
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| Responsible Body: UNICEF Italy |
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Towns and Districts Friends of Children
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| Responsible Body: UNICEF Croatia ; Union of Societies "Nasa Djeca" |
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Una città con i bambini
Progetti ed esperienze del laboratorio di Fano |
| Editor: Baraldi Claudio ; Maggioni Guido |
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Urban Children in Distress
Global Predicaments and Innovative Strategies |
| Author: Szanton Blanc Cristina |
| Responsible Body: UNICEF ICDC (International Child Development Centre) |
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We know something someone doesn't know: children speak out on local conditions in Johannesburg
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| Author: Chawla Louise ; Swart-Kruger Jill |
| Responsible Body: International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) |
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What Barangay Officials can do to set up a Child-Friendly Locality
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| Corporate Author: Council for the Welfare of Children (CWC) |
| Responsible Body: Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) ; Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) ; League of Barangay Officials ; National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) ; UNICEF Philippines |
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Why do we need children's participation?
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| Author: Rissotto Antonella ; Tonucci Francesco |