Events

Child in the City 2006
3rd European Conference, 16-18 October 2006, Stuttgart City Hall, Germany
16 October 2006 18 October 2006

The Child in the City Foundation organizes the third European conference on 16, 17 and 18 October 2006 at the City Hall of Stuttgart, Germany. The purpose of this international conference is to bring together social scientists, policy makers, planners and practitioners to share current thinking and disseminate good practice on one of the most pressing challenges facing urban governments. The conference will seek to identify guiding principles and practices for the realization of child friendly cities. The conference will focus on mobility from 5 viewpoints: 1) urban planning integrating children’s view on mobility; 2) the design of space of children to enable them to move in the living environment; 3) public transport; 4) children’s participation and mobility; 5) children’s mobility and health.
For more information on this conference contact: Child in the City Foundation, P.O. Box 822, 3700 AV Zeist, The Netherlands, Tel: +31 (0)30 6933 489, Fax: +31 (0)30 6917 394, E-mail: lwaterreus@europoint-bv.com . Web: http://www.europoint-bv.com/events/?child2006

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Child in the City Foundation
P.O. Box 822
Zeist 3700 AV, Netherlands
Telephone: +31 (0) 30 6933 489
Fax: +31 (0) 30 6917 394
Email: svanbeek@europoint-bv.com
Website: http://www.europoint-bv.com

Our Future: Sustainable Cities - Turning Ideas into Action
Third Session of the World Urban Forum (WUF III)
19 June 2006 23 June 2006

The World Urban Forum was established by the United Nations to examine one of the most pressing issues facing the world today: rapid urbanisation and its impact on communities, cities, economies and policies. The first World Urban Forum was held in Nairobi in 2002 and the second session in Barcelona in 2004. The Third session (WUF III) takes place in Vancouver, Canada from 19 to 23 June 2006 to find and implement solutions to the challenge of sustainable urban living. The theme of WUF III is supported by three sub-themes. These sub-themes feature in a series of six facilitated dialogues that bring together a wide range of people to exchange views on issues related to sustainable urbanization.
Sub-theme 1 - Social Inclusion and Cohesion. Achieving the Millennium Development Goals: Slum - Upgrading and Affordable Housing - Public Engagement: the Inclusive Approach
Sub-theme 2 - Partnership and Finance. Municipal Finance: Innovation and Collaboration - Urban Safety and Security: Taking Responsibility
Sub-theme 3 - Urban Growth and the Environment. The Shape of Cities: Urban Planning and Management - Energy: Local Action, Global Impact.
For more information on this conference visit UN-Habitat WUF III website.

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United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat)
P.O.Box 30030
Nairobi , Kenya
Telephone: (254 20) 7623120
Fax: (254 20) 7623477
Email: infohabitat@unhabitat.org
Website: http://www.unhabitat.org

Childstreet 2005
Summer Conference, 24-26 August 2005, Delft, The Netherlands.
24 August 2005 26 August 2005

The International Institute for the Urban Environment (IIUE), the City of Delft and the network of Child Friendly Cities in the Netherlands announce the summer conference Childstreet2005. A conference on the development, design and evaluation of a child-friendly public space, geared for playing, walking and cycling. The conference will be held from Wednesday August 24th to Friday August 26th, 2005 in Delft, The Netherlands.
For more information and/or to send contributions and suggestions (before December 1st 2004) contact Childstreet2005@urban.nl or visit Childstreet2005 website

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Delft City Council
Hippolytusbuurt 4
Delft 2611 HN, Netherlands
Website: http://www.delft.nl/

International Institute for the Urban Environment
Nickersteeg 5
Delft 2611 EK, Netherlands
Telephone: +31152623279
Fax: +31152624873
Email: iiue@urban.nl
Website: http://www.urban.nl/

Children's World Summit for the Environment
26 July 2005 29 July 2005

[UNEP, October 2004 - Source: Hecanet , October 2004]. Children's World Summit for the Environment. UNEP and the Aichi Prefectural Government of Japan host the first Children's World Summit for the Environment in Toyohashi and Toyota cities, Japan, from 26 to 29 July 2005. The Summit brings together up to 1,000 children, aged 10 to 14 years, and adult chaperones to review the implications of environmental problems to their livelihood. The Summit endeavours to increase children's understanding of environmental issues through the sharing of experiences and opinions and provides an opportunity for them to collectively voice their concerns for the environment. It also inspires them to initiate and implement community environmental projects and to remove ethnic barriers while creating new relationships that will last well beyond the Summit.
For more information visit Children's World Summit for the Environment website

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United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP)

Play: Learning for Life
18 July 2005 22 July 2005

IPA was founded in 1961 and has members in about 40 countries around the world. Its target is to implement and to realize the “Child’s Right to Play”, which was officially approved by the United Nations in the UN Convention on the Rights for the Child (UNCRC) in 1989. Like many other NGOs IPA is an international interdisciplinary network (see also: www.ipaworld.org ). Play has to be seen as one of the elementary forms of children for learning and acting. In this respect, playing has got much more impact on the development of children as it has been seen up to now. Play is being realized in a lot of different forms and at many different places. Play is the “culture” of the children, play educates and generates knowledge and skills directed by the children themselves.
Experts from around the world will meet in Berlin to exchange and to discuss experiences, visions and new cognitions about play. Particularly, it will be essential to get to know a lot of different possibilities of play promotion from play environments, and play research to concrete play projects in kindergarten, schools, and day care centres. Other projects include play and the environment, leisure time of children and families, intercultural activities, within the different generations, and also “between the senses and cyberspace”. How children and young people participate in all these things will be another important topic.
For more information visit www.ipa2005.de or contact: IPA Deutschland / Recht auf Spiel e. V., Kölnische Straße 113, 34119 Kassel, Germany, Tel.: +49 561 7394423/25; Fax: +49 561 7394424, e-mail: ipa.vfsj@t-online.de

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International Association for the Childs Right to Play (IPA)
C/0 Playground Management Ltd, Kingston Lisle Business Centre
Kingston Lisle, Wantage Oxfordshire OX129QX, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Email: David.yearley@rospaplaysafety.co.uk
Website: http://www.ipaworld.org

Childhoods 2005 - Oslo
Children and Youth in Emerging and Transforming Societies. International Conference June 29 - July 3
29 June 2005 03 July 2005

A group of Norwegian researchers of the University of Oslo (UiO), the Norwegian Social Research (NOVA) and the Childwatch International Research Network (CWI) organize a global conference addressing modern childhood and youth. The title of the conference refers to a world where new ethnic encounters, social change and globalization creates new childhoods and new lives for young people. The purpose of such an event is to see modern childhood and youth in a global perspective and provide an opportunity to present and learn from child research in various countries and regions. The international focus is crucial in a world where local and global issues are intertwined. This conference represents a continuation of Norway's long involvement and engagement in international research on children and youth. For the University of Oslo the conference is also an official contribution to the centennial anniversary of Norwegian independence 1905-2005.
The arrangement takes place at The University of Oslo from June 29 to July 3, 2005, and the conference is intended to hold approximately 1000 participants. The conference has the traditional outline of a scientific conference including plenary assemblies, sessions and workshops, where individual participants, papers and posters are welcome. All plenary sessions and presentations are related to the conference theme: “Children and Youth in Emerging and Transforming Societies”. Most of the thematic sessions and workshops are strongly related to international groups and networks which have been working together from fall 2003 developing analysis on a variety of different themes. Besides active participation at the event and being co-organizers of conference sessions, the work of the various groups can be directed towards research projects, research publications as well as basic research. In this way the conference strengthens and increases the international scientific co-operation between researchers within different disciplines.
For more information visit the Childhoods 2005 website.

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Faculty of Education, University of Oslo
P.O.Box 1161
Oslo 0318, Norway
Telephone: 47 22 85 82 78
Fax: 47 22 85 82 41
Email: childhoods@uv.uio.no
Website: http://childhoods2005.uio.no/index..htm

African Development Forum V devoted to youth issues
UNCC, Addis Ababa, 15-19 June 2005
15 June 2005 19 June 2005

The UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) brings together stakeholders in Africa's development - including heads of state, ministers, heads of international organizations, civil society leaders, research institutes and Nobel Laureates - to debate and discuss policy alternatives and emerging strategic issues for Africa's development. In order to put the issue of youth on the African development agenda, the fifth African Development Forum will be devoted to youth development issues. For more information, please contact: Kwabia Boateng, Office of Policy and Programme Coordination, UN ECA, kboateng@uneca.org

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UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)

Urban Children and Youth in the MENA Region: Addressing Priorities in Education
International Conference, Dubai, 16-18 May 2005
16 May 2005 18 May 2005

An international conference “Urban Children and Youth in the MENA Region: Addressing Priorities in Education" is organized by the Arab Urban Development Institute (AUDI), Dubai Municipality and the World Bank, in collaboration with the MENA Child Protection Initiative (CPI), UNICEF and other partners. The conference will be held in Dubai during 16-18 May 2005. The MENA region is predominantly a young region with more than half of its population below 24 years. About 60% of the population lives in urban areas which experience rapid growth fuelled by immigration and natural growth. Many urban areas in the region are beset by social, political, economic and environmental problems. Children and youth are most vulnerable to these problems and are often at risk of becoming disadvantaged. Although most municipalities in the MENA region are responsible mainly for conventional municipal services such as roads, sanitation, licensing, solid waste collection and disposal.. etc, many are increasingly getting involved in critical social issues such as unemployment and caring for the vulnerable categories of their residents (i.e. children, elders and women). Mayors, and senior local government official, are in a privileged position to assume greater roles in tackling such critical issues, as they are closer to their citizens, have better knowledge about their needs and priorities, can implement innovative policies for coordination, and provide incentives for the private sector to play a greater role in providing some services for the welfare of children and youth. This conference is intended to raise the awareness of mayors and senior officials in concerned agencies about children and youth problems in urban areas, and the role of municipalities in addressing them. It is also intended to highlight key education sector issues and to assess urban planning guidelines for the development of educational facilities, and to share knowledge and best practices among relevant institutions in addressing the needs of children in urban areas. The conference is the third in a series of conferences on urban children and youth issues in the MENA region. Firstly, AUDI, the World Bank and the Municipality of Greater Amman organized in December 2002 the “Children and the City” conference. Secondly, AUDI and the WB participated with Genoa City, the Gaslini Foundation and Lynkeus, in the organization of the international conference "Children and the Mediterranean" which was held in Genoa in January 2004. Several recommendations and initiatives that aim at the improvement of children’s status in the MENA region, resulted from those conferences and are being followed-up. For more information, please visit the conference website: www.araburban.org/childyouth .

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Arab Urban Development Institute
P.O. box 6892
Riyadh 11452, Saudi Arabia
Telephone: (966) 1 4802555
Fax: (966) 1 480 2666
Email: info@araburban.org
Website: http://www.araburban.org/

Municipality of Dubai
P.O. Box 67
Dubai , United Arab Emirates
Telephone: (971) 4 2215555
Fax: (971) 4 334 1122
Email: info@dm.go.ae
Website: http://www.childrencity.ae/CHCITY

The World Bank
1818 H Street, NW
Washington 20433, United States of America
Telephone: (202) 473 7829
Fax: (202) 522 2125
Email: tcampbell@worldbank.org
Website: http://www.worldbank.org

CHILD RIGHTS: Participation, Protagonism and Governance [workshop]
18 April 2005 28 April 2005

[Location: Bangalore, INDIA. Date: 18-28 April 2005 – CHILD RIGHTS: Participation, Protagonism and Governance (workshop) - Source: CRINMAIL 655].
DHRUVA, the training and consultancy wing of The Concerned for Working Children (CWC), is conducting a 10-day Workshop for Frontline Workers and Children on "Children's Rights, Participation, Protagonism and Governance". DHRUVA was set up precisely to meet the challenge facing society in the translation of these principles into action that is integrated into every aspect of a project and intervention that involve or impact upon children. It is committed to children's participation and the realisation of their rights and enables organisations and persons concerned with children's participation, protagonism, governance and related issues to perform their roles in a child friendly manner through training and consultancy in those areas of expertise.
The objectives of the course are to enable participants to: - Acquire a better understanding of children's rights, participation, protagonism and governance by children; - Develop a sound knowledge base on issues related to these concepts including the Convention on the Rights of the Child and Children's Development; - Enhance their skills to enable children to realise their rights through their participation, protagonism and governance; - Develop programmes that further Children's Rights through their participation, protagonism and governance; - Design and implements systems for monitoring and evaluating children's participation; - Develop mechanisms and systems that enable the participation of children within adult organisations; - Conduct training workshops on children's rights and participation for children and adults.
The course content covers the attitudes and perceptions of adults and children towards children's rights, their participation and development. The course also deals with an understanding of socio-political and economic structures and institutions in order to design/use these to further children's participation. It includes skills, tools and methodology for furthering children's empowerment and participation. It deals with issues related to the partnership between adults and children and children's participation in governance.
Application deadline: 15 March 2005

For more information, contact: The Programme Co-ordinator, DHRUVA, The Concerned for Working Children, 303/2, L.B. Shastri Nagar, Vimanapura Post Bangalore 560 072, India, Tel: + 91 80 25234270; Fax: + 91 80 25235034, e-mail cwc@pobox.com or visit www.workingchild.org website

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Child Rights Information Network (CRIN)
c/o Save the Children, 1 St. John's Lane
London EC1M 4AR, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Telephone: (+44) 20 70126865
Fax: (+44) 20 70126952
Email: info@crin.org
Website: http://www.crin.org

Il bullismo a scuola e nei luoghi di aggregazione: progettare e gestire interventi per promuovere il benessere
Secondo corso di formazione
03 March 2005 09 June 2005

A training course on the phenomenon of bullism in schools was organized by the Italian Cooperativa sociale AB Città in collaboration with the Province of Milan from 8/10/2004 to 25/01/05. This course was so successfully that a second course needs to be organized. The second course begins on 3 March 2005 until 9 June 2005 and is composed of 7 sessions taking place on the following days: 3 March, 17 March, 31 March, 14 April, 28 April, 12 May and 9 June 2005. The course is addressed to educators, social assistants, psychologists, teachers that operate in the social service sector for children and adolescents (see programme and registration form attached).
For more information visit the ABCittà website.

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Cooperativa sociale ABCittà
Sede centrale 9, via Pinamonte da Vimercate
Milano 20121, Italy
Telephone: (+39) (0) 2 29061816
Fax: (+39) (0) 2 89071397
Email: abcitta@abcitta.org
Website: http://www.abcitta.org/

Provincia di Milano (Province of Milan)
Milan , Italy
Telephone: (39) 02 77403108
Email: m.gallina@provincia.milano.it
Website: http://www.provincia.milano.it/serv_soc/infanzia_adolescenza/bambino_ambiente/

Città sane per l'infanzia e l'adolescenza: Povertà, rischio ambientale e salute
03 March 2005 04 March 2005

The national conference “Città sane per l'infanzia e l'adolescenza: Povertà, rischio ambientale e salute” (Healthy Cities for Children and Adolescents: Poverty, Environmental risk and Health) held in Arezzo (Italy) on 3-4 March 2005 has been promoted by the Italian Ministry of Labour, the Centro Nazionale di Documentazione e Analisi per l'Infanzia e l'Adolescenza (National Documentation and Analysis Center for Children and Adolescents), the Associazione Rete Italiana Città Sane/OMS (Italian Association Healthy Cities Network /WHO), the Arezzo City Council, the Francesco Redi Center e l'International Society of Doctors for the Environment. The conference aims to prepare the operative plan for children’s health in urban areas according to the report on poverty and environmental risk. The conference is addressed to representatives of local authorities, governmental national and regional agencies, NGOs and professionals. Its objective is to transfer the conference’s conclusions and recommendations to local authorities and policy-makers in order to make them as political instruments for planning and management.

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Centro Francesco Redi - ISDE
Via della Fioraia, 17/19
Arezzo 52100, Italy
Telephone: (+39) 0575-22256
Fax: (+39) 0575-28676
Email: isde@ats.it

Children and Youth’s Councils: experiences of children and youth’s participation in the community life
Training course, Province of Milan, Italy - 16 February 2005
16 February 2005

A training course on the Children’s and Youth’s Councils (Consigli Comunali dei Ragazzi - CCR) has been organized by the Province of Milan in collaboration with Italian Cooperativa sociale AB Città. This training course aims to offer a formative path to educators and to promote a workshop of ideas among different stakeholders that have undertaken experiences of CCR in the province of Milan, Italy. The courses begins on 16 February 2005 until 4 May 2005 and is composed of 7 sessions taking place on the following days: 16 February 2005, 2 March 2005, 16 March 2005, 23 March 2005, 6 April 2005, 20 April 2005, 4 May 2005. The course is addressed to educators, social assistants, psychologists, teachers that operate in the social service sector for children and adolescents (see programme and registration form in Italian language attached).

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Cooperativa sociale ABCittà
Sede centrale 9, via Pinamonte da Vimercate
Milano 20121, Italy
Telephone: (+39) (0) 2 29061816
Fax: (+39) (0) 2 89071397
Email: abcitta@abcitta.org
Website: http://www.abcitta.org/

Provincia di Milano (Province of Milan)
Milan , Italy
Telephone: (39) 02 77403108
Email: m.gallina@provincia.milano.it
Website: http://www.provincia.milano.it/serv_soc/infanzia_adolescenza/bambino_ambiente/

Segundo Encuentro Centroamericano de Municipios Amigos de la Niñez y Juventud
02 December 2004 03 December 2004

The meeting is organized by the municipality of Tegucigalpa in collaboration with the Secretaría de Gobernación y Justicia (Secretary of Governance and Justice), the Instituto Hondureño de la Niñez y Familia (Honduras Children and Family Institute), COIPRODENH, CIPRODEH, UNICEF, Save the Children, Honduras Save the Children UK, Plan Internacional, Visión Mundial and the Asociación de Municipios de Honduras AHMON (Honduras Municipal Association). The objectives of this meeting are the following: 1) to learn about the experiences of children and adolescents at a local level with special attention to budgeting and investment aspects; 2) to identify and analyze practices and policies that prioritize national investments in programmes in favour of children and youth in their communities and municipalities; 3) to promote the participation of children in the national and local investment agendas; 4) to strenghten capacity-building to develop programmes, plans and policies aimed at creating a world fit for children and youth.; 5) to open communication channels among different institutions such as civil society, central and local government, banks and international financing institutions and private sector to generate a central American movement that supports children and adolescents as active members at a local level.

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Municipalidad de Tegucigalpa
Tegucigalpa , Honduras

VIII International Congress of Educating Cities
Another city is possible. The future of the city as a collective project
17 November 2004 20 November 2004

In May 1998, the Governments of the European Union designated Genoa "European Capital of Culture" for 2004, an important recognition for our city that is proudly and actively involved in rediscovering its own history and identity. The presence of a strong local movement tied to the application of the Charter for Educating Cities and the importance of the values supported by the International Association of Educating Cities persuaded the Genoa 2004 Committee (in which all the local institutions participate and which is responsible for the programming of all events and cultural affairs for 2004) to recognize the VIII International Congress of Educating Cities as the central event of the autumn program of the celebrations for "Genoa European Capital of Culture". The Congress is part of the events dedicated to the 'Contemporary City,' that is, the city as a place where culture is worked on, a laboratory for relationships and social processes. The primary goal to achieve with the Congress in November 2004 is that of offering all the cities a chance to compare and exchange experiences. It is an opportunity to discuss how education can perform the task of being a transversal lever of transformation, capable of conditioning politics and city planning even with respect to areas that are not explicitly, traditionally part of education. The second part of the Congress is especially dedicated to understanding how local governments can reorganize their functional and organizational set-ups, by constructing "new possible educating cities". Thus, they can facilitate collective participation and stimulate citizens to experiment, define, and practice new forms of direct democracy together with local public administration.
For further information on this conference visit the VIII International Congress of Educating Cities website.

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Comune di Genova (Genoa City Council)
Genova , Italy

International Association of Educating Cities
Ronda Sant Antoni, 49 pral.
Barcelona 08011, Spain
Telephone: (34) 93 2928272
Fax: (34) 93 4253955
Email: edcities@mail.bcn.es
Website: http://www.edcities.bcn.es/

Child in the City 2004
2nd European Conference from 20 to 22 October 2004, City Hall in London, UK
20 October 2004 22 October 2004

The Child in the City Foundation and the National Children’s Bureau organized the 2nd European Conference from 20 to 22 October 2004 at the City Hall in London, United Kingdom. The purpose of this two-and-a-half day international conference was to bring together social scientists, policy makers, planners and practitioners to share current thinking and disseminate good practice on one of the most pressing challenges facing urban governments: integrating the play and recreational needs of children within the planning, design and governance of the modern city. The conference focused the complex and multifaceted dimensions and interrelationships of children’s lives, play and the city. It looked at children’s social and environmental needs as young citizens and how they can be integrated more effectively into community and local governance practices. The conference sought to identify guiding principles and practice for building child friendly cities. One dimension may include issues concerning environmental and social safety such as environmental hazards, street violence, traffic dangers, community safety and crime. Another is the way children’s participation contributes to the quality of social life and urban planning.
To register for the Child in the City conference delegates from the United Kingdom can send their registration form to the NCB (National Children's Bureau), 8 Wakley Street, London EC1V 7QE, Tel: +44 (0)20 7843 6040 / 6041, Fax: +44 (0)20 7843 6039 / 6442. E-mail: childinthecityconference@ncb.org.uk
All other delegates can send their registration form to the Child in the City Foundation, P.O. Box 822, 3700 AV Zeist, The Netherlands, Tel: +31 (0)30 6933 489, Fax: +31 (0)30 6917 394, E-mail: svanbeek@europoint-bv.com. Web: http://www.europoint-bv.com/child2004. A Declaration of London 22 October 2004 agreed by the Co-ordinating Committee of the European Network for Child-Friendly Cities followed the second European Child in the City Conference in London. The Declaration of London marks the fifteenth anniversary of the adoption of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

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Child in the City Foundation
P.O. Box 822
Zeist 3700 AV, Netherlands
Telephone: +31 (0) 30 6933 489
Fax: +31 (0) 30 6917 394
Email: svanbeek@europoint-bv.com
Website: http://www.europoint-bv.com

National Children's Bureau
8 Wakley Street
London EC1V 7QE, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Telephone: 020 7843 6000
Fax: 020 7278 9512
Email: library@ncb.org.uk; membership@ncb.org.uk
Website: http://www.ncb.org.uk/Page.asp

Il bullismo a scuola e nei luoghi di aggregazione: progettare e gestire interventi per promuovere il benessere
Corso di formazione
08 October 2004 27 January 2005

A training course on the phenomenon of bullism in schools has been organized by the Italian Cooperativa sociale AB Città in collaboration with the Province of Milan. The course begins on 8 October 2004 until 27 January 2005 and is composed of 7 sessions taking place on the following days: 8 October, 21 October , 4 November, 18 November, 30 November, 16 December and 27 January 2005. The course is addressed to educators, social assistants, psychologists, teachers that operate in the social service sector for children and adolescents (see programme and registration form attached).
For more information visit the ABCittà website.

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Cooperativa sociale ABCittà
Sede centrale 9, via Pinamonte da Vimercate
Milano 20121, Italy
Telephone: (+39) (0) 2 29061816
Fax: (+39) (0) 2 89071397
Email: abcitta@abcitta.org
Website: http://www.abcitta.org/

Provincia di Milano (Province of Milan)
Milan , Italy
Telephone: (39) 02 77403108
Email: m.gallina@provincia.milano.it
Website: http://www.provincia.milano.it/serv_soc/infanzia_adolescenza/bambino_ambiente/

Mobilità sostenibile per città amiche dei bambini
10 July 2004 10 September 2004

There is a wide range of experiences and projects aiming to make cities fit for children. Cities are generally unfriendly environments for young people and one of the greatest hazards is traffic. A meeting on "Mobilità sostenibile per città amiche dei bambini" (Sustainable mobility in child friendly cities) has been organized by the Italian Cooperativa sociale AB Città, promoted by Comune di Città di Castello, Regione Umbria, Provincia di Perugia, Camera di Commercio di Perugia, Comunità Montana Alto Tevere Umbro, in collaboration with APM – Azienda Perugina della Mobilità, ASSTRA, Consulta ANCI per la Mobilità Sostenibile e i Trasporti, Euromobility, FCU – Ferrovia Centrale Umbra, FIAB, Stefano Caserini, Politecnico di Milano. The meeting takes place on the inside of the Fiera delle Utopie Concrete, “La Mobilità cambia movimento - Vivibilità e sostenibilità dei centri urbani”, held in Città di Castello, Italy, 7-9 October 2004. The meeting "Mobilità sostenibile per città amiche dei bambini" is aimed at the people whose work is making cities more friendly for children and creating more sustainable mobility. The principle networks who act in this field have been invited to this meeting. It aims to: - exchange experiences and debate on whether and how create a network "Mobilità sostenibile per Città Amiche dei Bambini". Create a work group and a regional network based on an intersectoral and integrated approach. It is a two day meeting and participation is free of charge. An exhibition has been prepared to show the projects and initiatives of the organisations participating in the meeting.
For more information visit the Fiera delle Utopie Concrete website.

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Cooperativa sociale ABCittà
Sede centrale 9, via Pinamonte da Vimercate
Milano 20121, Italy
Telephone: (+39) (0) 2 29061816
Fax: (+39) (0) 2 89071397
Email: abcitta@abcitta.org
Website: http://www.abcitta.org/

Fourth European Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health, Budapest, 23-25 June 2004
23 June 2004 25 June 2004

Over 1000 ministerial delegates from 52 countries came together during the Fourth Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health, Budapest, June 23-25 2004, to adopt two non-binding documents, the Conference Declaration and the Children’s Action Plan. NGOs were very active throughout the Conference. In the Children’s Environment and Health Action Plan for Europe (CEHAPE) and the Conference declaration, adopted at the closing of the Fourth Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health in Budapest, Hungary, ministers agreed on a series of concrete measures to reduce the impact on children’s health of air pollution, water, chemicals and injuries, which account for one third of all deaths and diseases in the group aged 0-19 years. CEHAPE 4 priority goals: 1) Regional Priority I - Reduce the morbidity and mortality arising from gastrointestinal disorders and other health effects, by ensuring that adequate measures are taken to improve access to safe and affordable water and adequate sanitation for all children. 2) Regional Priority II - Prevent and substantially reduce health consequences from accidents and injuries and pursue a decrease in morbidity from lack of adequate physical activity, by promoting safe, secure and supportive human settlements for all children. 3) Regional Priority III - Prevent and reduce respiratory disease due to outdoor and indoor air pollution, thereby contributing to a reduction in the frequency of asthmatic attacks, in order to ensure tht children can live in an environment with clean air. 4) Regional Priority IV - Reduce the risk of disease and disability arising from exposure to hazardous chemicals (such as heavy metals), physical agents (e.g. excessive noise) and biological agents and to hazardous working environments during pregnancy, childhood and adolescence. Minister’s will implement the action plan through National children’s environment and health action plans with the help of a Table of child-specific actions on environment and health. During the conference a side event "ITS OUR WORLD, OUR FUTURE TOO" was organized at the Ministerial Conference in Budapest on Thursday, June 24. The event showcased some of the participatory approaches that have already allowed young peoples ideas and concerns to bring to the policy making agenda in Europe. It gave young people an opportunity to share with a wider audience their experiences and perspectives on involvement in policy making, and allowed a discussion of some of the challenges of creating an environment that is conducive to youth participation. It was hosted by the UK Department of Health and the EPHA Environment Network.
For more information visit the EPHA Environment Network website. During the conference HECA organized a side event entitled "Healthy Environments for Children: Connecting Experiences from around the World". Healthy Environments for Children Alliance (HECA) is a world-wide alliance to reduce environmental risks to children's health that arise from the settings where they live, learn, play, and sometimes work, by providing knowledge, increasing political will, mobilizing resources, and catalysing intense and urgent action. The panel highlighted initiatives in children's environmental health in various countries and regions of the world, and considered also the applicability of the European health and environment process to other regions of the world. An Atlas on Children's Health and the Environment was launched by WHO which brings together in visual form a range of facts about the effects of environmental risks to children's health. Extensively illustrated, the Atlas demonstrates the threats children face everywhere, and underscores the impact of poverty on children's health and the efforts needed to tackle environmental problems. To order a copy of the Atlas visit the World Health Organization website. Also launched was the first WHO global e-library on children's health and environment, compiled by the WHO's European Office. The "Budapest Collection" is made up of more than 100 documents concerning the effect on children's health of environmental risk factors (outdoor and indoor air pollution, water and sanitation, chemicals, injuries, food safety and nutrition, global climate change, socioeconomic determinants and tobacco); the documents were published by WHO Headquarters and its six Regional Offices between the Third Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health in London in 1999 and the Budapest Fourth Ministerial Conference. Copies of the "Budapest Collection" can be requested by writing to gcc@who.it

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PDF Action Plan for Europe 407, KB
PDF Final Report 30, KB

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EPHA Environment Network (EEN)
39-41 rue d’Arlon
Brussels B1000, Belgium
Telephone: +32 2 233 3875
Fax: +32 2 233 3880
Email: info@env-health.org
Website: http://www.env-health.org

Making Europe and Central Asia Fit for Children
Second Intergovernmental Conference on Making Europe And Central Asia, Fit for Children, Sarajevo, 13-15 May 2004
13 May 2004 15 May 2004

The Conference on Making Europe and Central Asia Fit for Children, held in Sarajevo from 13 to 15 May 2004, is the first follow-up conference to the Berlin Process, which was launched by the German Government in 2001. This event is likewise taking place under the joint aegis of the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany and UNICEF. It is designed to review the progress achieved since Berlin, to give the regions of Europe and Central Asia an opportunity to provide input to the study on violence against children currently being drawn up for the UN Secretary-General and to set a new focus on this subject. The opening ceremony includes speeches by Adnan Terzić, Prime Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kerstin Müller, Minister of State at the Federal Foreign Office, and Carol Bellamy, UNICEF Executive Director. The keynote address is given by UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Vanessa Redgrave. Children and young people from the participating states will take part in the negotiations as they did in Berlin. During the conference the following working groups meet: Investing in Children; Children Moving across Borders; Violence Against Children; Combating Discrimination and Social Exclusion: the Role of Education; Cities Fit for Children. The UNICEF International Secretariat for Child Friendly Cities participated at this conference and provided the background paper for the Cites Fit for Children work group.
For further information on this conference visit the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs website.

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PDF Background paper City fit for Children 126, KB
PDF Sarajevo Final Declaration 84, KB
PDF Background paper Investing in Children 108, KB
PDF Background paper Education 140, KB
PDF Background paper on Violence 138, KB
PDF Young message 98, KB
PDF Final Report 394, KB

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Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sarajevo , Bosnia and Herzegovina

Government of Germany

The Universal Forum of Cultures - Barcelona 2004
09 May 2004 26 September 2004

The Universal Forum of Cultures - Barcelona 2004 commenced on May 9 2004, coinciding with the Europe Day. This unprecedented event converted Barcelona into a meeting point for five million people from every continent, over the course of 141 days, ended on September 26, 2004. Thinkers, experts, artists and visitors of all kinds exchanged information, knowledge and experiences; they dialogued, reflected and celebrated the meeting centered on three core themes in the construction of a world based on respect and compliance with human rights: cultural diversity, sustainable development and the conditions for peace. Forum 2004 was promoted and co-organized by the Barcelona City Council, the Catalan Autonomous Government and the Spanish Government, with the backing of UNESCO, which ratified its support for the project at its 29th General Conference with the unanimous vote of its 186 member States. The whole Forum program was based on respect for freedom and linguistic, religious and cultural diversity. These values were reflected in the Statement of Principals and Values, prepared with the consensus and approval of the Board of Directors that represents the three organizing bodies. It is inspired by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and in the principals of the United Nations. The three core themes on which the program of activities has been structured have been chosen because they are issues of great social, political, economic and future concern. Cultural diversity, sustainable development and the conditions for peace articulated the event, giving it content and meaning.
For more information consult the conference website.

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Ajuntament de Barcelona (Barcelona City Council)
Pl Sant Jaume
Barcelona 08002, Spain
Email: bi@mail.bcn.es
Website: http://www.bcn.es/

Challenging Social Exclusion in the UK: Children's and Young People's Participation in Practice
05 May 2004

Children in Scotland is the national agency for voluntary, statutory and professional organisations and individuals working with children and their families in Scotland. On May 5, 2004, Children in Scotland organizes a conference in Edinburgh to share the latest thinking on participation and social inclusion titled “Challenging social inclusion in the UK - participation in practice”. This one day conference, chaired by Alan Prout, University of Stirling, and with an opening address from Kathleen Marshall, Children’s Commissioner, brings together speakers and projects from across the UK and beyond, to share the latest thinking on participation and social inclusion and debate an agenda for real change.
For further online information, visit the Children in Scotland website.

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Children in Scotland
Princes House, 5 Shandwick Place
Edinburgh EH2 4RG, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Telephone: (+44) 0131 228 8484
Fax: +44 0131 228 8585
Website: http://www.childreninscotland.org.uk/

Fourth Forum of the World Alliance of Cities Against Poverty
Rome, 31 March - 2 April 2004
31 March 2004 02 April 2004

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) organised the 4th Forum of the World Alliance of Cities Against Poverty, which was held in Rome from 31 March to 2 April 2004 on the theme of the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals at the local level. The Forum was jointly organised by the UNDP and the City of Rome with the support of the Italian Government. By 2015 all 189 United Nations Member States have pledged to: 1- Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger; 2- Achieve universal primary education; 3- Promote gender equality and empower women; 4- Reduce child mortality; 5- Improve the maternal health; 6- Combat HIV/Aids, malaria and other diseases; 7- Ensure environmental sustainability; 8- Develop global partnership for development. The municipalities from all continents, their associations and their local partners, both public and private, were called upon during this forum to discuss the ways and means of making their contribution to the achievement of these goals with the support of the international community, national governments and the institutions of the United Nations. For further information concerning the Forum, please contact Coordination of the Alliance mohand.cherifi@undp.org or Forum Secretariat at the Municipality of Rome, ECOMED ecomed@romacivica.net

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Comune di Roma (Rome City Council)
P.za del Campidoglio
Rome 00100, Italy
Telephone: 39 6 060606
Website: http://www.comune.roma.it

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
One United Nations Plaza
New York NY 10017, United States of America
Fax: (212) 906 5364
Website: http://www.undp.org/

Children and the Mediterranean
Health, Culture and Urban Settings
07 January 2004 09 January 2004

"Children and the Mediterranean" intended to raise the awareness of child issues among policy makers and relevant stakeholders. This international Conference opened the events of Genoa’s year as European capital of culture. It focused on child health, human development and urban settings, especially taking into account the child’s right to be considered as a person. The Conference was held in Genoa from 7-9 January 2004 , and was promoted by the Gaslini Foundation and the City of Genoa, in collaboration with the World Bank, the Arab Urban Development Institute and Lynkeus, as an ideal follow-up to the “Children and the City” conference, which took place in Amman (Jordan) from 11-13 December 2002. The main purpose of the "Children and the Mediterranean" Conference is to promote an in-depth understanding of the conditions of children across the Mediterranean and to facilitate the exchange of knowledge, innovative policies and best practices, which will provide new ways for preventing, mitigating, or coping with, children’s exposure to social risks. Medical and institutional health representatives from the whole Mediterranean, mayors from Southern Europe and the MENA region, local and national authorities, international organisations and development agencies, NGOs and child healthcare stakeholders, were involved in the plenary sessions and workshops, with the following three objectives: 1) To raise awareness of the importance of child issues; 2) To make use of this increased awareness to determine changes in public policy; 3) To facilitate the exchange of views on these matters between the policymakers and the people involved in street-level policy application from the various countries and ‘shores’ of the Mediterranean. The Conference was the occasion for the presentation of two key reports: 1) Lynkeus and CENSIS, in collaboration with major research centres from all over the Euro-Mediterranean region, presented the study “Charting the Mediterranean Child”. 2) The World Bank presented a study on disadvantaged children in the MENA region. The Conference also provided an opportunity for the official announcement of the launch of the Mediterranean Institute for Childhood in Genoa as a permanent body designed to promote childcare in a framework of Euro-Mediterranean co-operation and to foster increasingly unified development in this area across the Mediterranean.
For more information consult the conference's website.

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Comune di Genova (Genoa City Council)
Genova , Italy

Fondazione Gerolamo Gaslini
Genova , Italy

The Spanish Millenium Campaign launches the T8!
A MDG workshop for youth. March 2007 - From March to June 2007

The Spanish Millennium Campingn, in collaboration with Fundación “la Caixa”, is running the T8 initiative in Barcelona (Spain), a workshop on MDGs for children and youth. The T8! workshop seeks to raise awareness about MDGs and motivate young people to be active citizens and ask the Spanish government to fulfil its commitments to eradicate extreme poverty by 2015. The workshop has been structured in three different sets of activities. The first seeks to inspire children to think about poverty related issues and to make them aware of today’s world problems. In the second set of activities, children are invited to define poverty in their own words. The idea is that, through games and video installations, they realize the complexity of today’s poverty problems and devise their own list of goals based on the MDGs. The final part of the T8! workshop focuses on solutions and actions to be taken. Through the stimulation of discussions and debates, children will present a list of actions they can take to fight poverty and reach the MDGs. Beyond the schools programme, this project also works as a MDG exhibition. Place: Caixa Forum, Barcelona (Spain) Thursday to Friday, from the 12th of March to June 2007 For more information, please vist www.sinexcusas2015.org or contact through info@sinexcusas2015.org

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The Spanish Millenium Campaign
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Children and Young People Are Key Stakeholders
Conference from 23/07/2007 to 25/07/2007

This is an inaugural international conference that aims to attract upwards of 300 Australasian participants including children and young people from a wide range of life experience, practice, professional and research backgrounds. Such a significant professional development and stakeholder participation event will challenge, inform and influence delegates through a focus on cutting edge, innovative concepts and perspectives. Its purpose is to contribute significantly to our understanding of children, young people and their families in the community, and factors which impact on their wellbeing as stakeholders in policy, programmes and service delivery. It will also highlight issues and challenges facing vulnerable children and young people today and explore preventative and strengths-based strategies for improving positive outcomes for them at a local, national and international level. The conference will be a multi-faceted event showcasing latest research, practice and policy issues while at the same time providing activities and sessions that encourage children, young people and their families to participate and have meaningful input into the Conference and agendas which impact on them. For more information: PO Box 90 Palmyra WA 6957, Australia +61 8 9339 0039 Mobile: +61 417 789 162 or +61 402 222 540 Fax: +61 8 9339 5145

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Children and Young People Are Key Stakeholders
Palmiyra PO Box 90, Australia
Telephone: +61 8 9339 0039
Fax: +61 8 9339 5145

Children and Young People Are Key Stakeholders
Palmiyra PO Box 90, Australia
Telephone: +61 8 9339 0039
Fax: +61 8 9339 5145