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Child Participatory Budgeting - A review of global practice Plan International & Queen's University

Empowering Subnational Governments to Improve Budget and Financial Management Performance - Enabling Factors at the National Level SUBNATIONAL PUBLIC FINANCE PROGRAMME BRIEF

UNICEF’s Engagements in Influencing Domestic Public Finance for Children (PF4C) A Global Programme Framework

This guidance note explores the key considerations for UNICEF country office staff when supporting child participation in local governance, with the focus on participation in local government structures and processes. The purpose of this note is to support UNICEF country offices to incorporate meaningful child participation in local governance.…

The purpose of this document is to translate UNICEF’s Agenda for Action to the local level. The recommendations are just an illustration of concrete actions that local actors can take – and are already taking – to advance the rights of every refugee, migrant and IDP child living under their jurisdiction regardless of status, not only on their own…

This Handbook is a succinct summary of the practices, common challenges and lessons learned regarding the Child Friendly Cities Initiative (CFCI). It is a complement to the CFCI Guidance Note developed in 2022. April 2018

UNICEF Report Shows That Few Rich Countries Provide Healthy Environments for Children, Innocenti Report Card 17 Places and SpacesEnvironments and childrens well-being The Innocenti Report Card series is designed to monitor and compare the performance of economically advanced countries in securing the rights of their children. Innocenti Report Card 17 was written by Eszter Timar, Anna Gromada, Gwyther Rees and Alessandro Carraro with…

This document aims at providing guidelines to the local governments to: - Include migrant and displaced children in preparedness, response, and mitigation efforts for COVID-19. - Advocate proactively against xenophobia, stigma, and discrimination - Provide accessible, timely, culturally and linguistically appropriate, child-friendly and relevant…

The study Effective, representative, and inclusive child participation at the local level: A study on child and youth councils in UNICEF National Committee countries , builds on interviews with children, young people and supporting adults engaged in almost 30 different local-level participation structures in 11 countries. It makes recommendations…

Local governments who wish to establish or strengthen formal participatory mechanisms for children are the target audience for this study. The material may be useful for countries of all income contexts. However, the study builds on evidence gathered from interviews undertaken in 2021 in 11 high-income countries (Austria, Denmark, Finland, France…

Inspire Awards 2021 - logo The Child Friendly Cities and Local Governments Inspire Awards celebrate innovative and inspiring solutions or projects that foster child rights at the local level and improve the daily lives of children and young people in the cities and communities where they live., Watch the Awards Ceremony, This year, the awards were given in six categories. Check the icons below to learn more., icon - child participation CHILD PARTICIPATION, Ensuring that every child and young person has their voice, needs and priorities heard and considered in public laws, policies, budget and decisions SEE WINNER & ALL SUBMISSIONS - CHILD PARTICIPATION, icon - social services CHILD-FRIENDLY SOCIAL SERVICES, Providing access to quality social services to children, young people and their families, including physical and mental health care, education, nutrition support, early childhood development, child protection and family support, and developing and providing child- and adolescent-friendly social services SEE WINNER & ALL SUBMISSIONS - SOCIAL…, icon - child poverty CHILD POVERTY REDUCTION & SOCIAL PROTECTION, Redistributing & allocating public resources that benefit children & their families, especially the most disadvantaged children; assessment of child poverty in cities or local government settings; and social protection measures that support children in cities or local government settings SEE WINNER & ALL SUBMISSIONS - POVERTY REDUCTION, icon - environment SAFE, CLEAN, SUSTAINABLE AND CHILD-FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENTS, Safe and child-responsive urban design, mobility and freedom from pollution and waste, including action to mitigate the effects of climate change on children SEE WINNER & ALL SUBMISSIONS - ENVIRONMENTS, icon - play & leisure PLAY, LEISURE & FAMILY TIME, Opportunities to enjoy play, leisure & family life, including social, cultural and sports activities, and access to safe places to meet and play SEE WINNER & ALL SUBMISSIONS - PLAY, LEISURE & FAMILY TIME, icon - governance CHILD-FRIENDLY GOVERNANCE, Implementing an analysis to support the understanding of the situation of children and the major deprivations they face; collecting data and ensuring local programmes, plans and budgets include child priorities; strenghtening the transparency and accountability of use of public resources; and promoting children and young people people's…

Korean Mayors Promise Continuous Commitment for Every Child at 25th Anniversary Ceremony of Child Friendly Cities, The Korean Committee for UNICEF (KCU) organized a high-level event with mayors and local government representatives on 1 July to celebrate the efforts of Korean cities to promote child rights. The event was held together with the Association for the Promotion of the UNICEF Child Friendly Cities (APUCFC), an association of mayors to promote Child…