Initiatives

The Danish Committee for UNICEF piloted the Child-Friendly Cities Initiative (CFCI) in Denmark from 2018 to 2023. The overall aim of CFCI is to support Danish municipalities in becoming better at realizing the rights of all children. The initiative will help put children at the centre of decision making and will rethink the way municipalities…, List of child friendly cities in Denmark, 2 recognized cities, Billund Aalborg, 1 candidate city, Gladsaxe

The Lapsiystävällinen kunta (Child Friendly Municipality) initiative in Finland has been active since 2012 and is led by the Finnish National Committee for UNICEF. As of beginning of 2023, 53 Finnish municipalities are participating in the initiative. Currently, 14 municipalities are recognized as child friendly. The initiative reaches 53 per cent…, List of child friendly cities in Finland, 14 recognized child friendly cities, Forssa Hämeenlinna Jyväskylä Kirkkonummi Kokkola Lappeenranta Lohja Nokia Oulu Pori Puumala Rovaniemi Tammela Turku, 39 candidate cities, Eurajoki Hamina Hattula Helsinki Imatra Isokyrö Janakkala Joensuu Kangasala Kauhajoki Kemiönsaari Kempele Keuruu Kotka Kuopio Kurikka Kärkölä Lapinjärvi Lempäälä Leppävirta Liminka Liperi Loppi Loviisa Maalahti Outokumpu Pedersöre Ranua Riihimäki Salo Seinäjoki Sotkamo Tampere Tuusula Vaasa Vantaa Vesilahti Vihti Vöyri

The origins, The Child Friendly Cities (CFC) initiative was launched in 2002 in partnership with the Association of French Mayors. The aim was to raise local leaders’s awareness of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and how it could improve the lives of children at the local level. The initiative started with 12 cities and the adaptation of the initial…, The 2020/2026 municipal mandate, Based on the new international Child Friendly Cities Initiative model, the Child Friendly City approach has been redesigned for the 2020/2026 municipal mandate. Between 2020 and 2021, more than 400 municipalities or inter-municipalities have expressed their willingness to improve their child and youth policy in order to advance the effectiveness…, Support from UNICEF France, UNICEF France provides support for the implementation of all the recommendations chosen by the cities throughout the mandate through specific working groups, expert documents and methodology. The achievement of the objectives is measured during and at the end of the mandate in order to guarantee sustainable results at the territorial level. Child-…, List of child friendly cities in France, 299 recognized cities, You can discover the entire French CFCI Network here . Agde (34) Agen (47) Aix-en-Provence (13) Aix-les-Bains (73) Albertville (73) Albi (81) Alès (30) Alès Agglomération (30) Alfortville (94) Amboise (37) Amilly (45) Andrésy (78) Angoulême (16) Annecy (74) Antibes (06) Arques (62) Arras (62) Aubagne (13) Aubergenville (78) Auch (32) Audincourt (…

The Child Friendly Cities Initiative encourages local governments in Georgia to pay greater attention to meeting the rights of their youngest citizens, In October 2019, a delegation from Georgia participated in the Child Friendly Cities' Summit in Cologne, Germany, which coincided with the 30th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Subsequently, the mayors of the three largest cities of Georgia, Tbilisi (the capital), Kutaisi, and Batumi signed a declaration, demonstrating…

The Child Friendly City Initiative (CFCI) in Germany was created in 2012 and is run by the “Kinderfreundliche Kommunen e.V.” association, a coordinating body set up by the German National Committee for UNICEF in partnership with the non-governmental organization Deutsches Kinderhilfswerk e.V. The initiative aims to do two things: 1) raise…, List of child friendly cities in Germany, 52 recognized cities, Algermissen Bad Pyrmont Bargteheide Beeskow Berlin Marzahn-Hellersdorf Berlin Pankow Bernau Bonn Brühl Burgdorf Dormagen Ebersberg Eltville Euskirchen Flensburg Garmisch-Partenkirchen Germering Haan Hanau Harsum Hemmoor Hohenhameln Kitzingen Köln Krefeld Lampertheim Lamspringe Landshut Ludwigsfelde Maintal Mannheim Nauen Neuwied Nordhausen…

UNICEF Greece Country Office launched the Child Friendly Cities Initiative (Πόλεις Φιλικές προς τα Παιδιά) in May 2021, with the capital city of Athens being the first municipality to join the CFCI network. As of March 2023, a total of 11 municipalities have signed Memoranda of Understanding committing to the implementation of the CFCI pilot for…, List of child friendly cities in Greece, 11 pilot municipalities, Athens Eastern Samos Limnos Ioannina Katerini Pyrgos Volvi Larisa Pilea-Chortiatis (Thessaloniki) Trikala Vari-Voula-Vouliagmeni (Attica) CFCI Greece Maria Bloutsou CFCI Greece Maria Bloutsou

The Child Friendly Cities Initiative, or Barnvæn sveitarfélög, has been active in Iceland since 2016 and is led by the Icelandic National Committee for UNICEF. As of February 2023, 21 Icelandic municipalities participate in the initiative and 2 municipalities have been recognized as child-friendly. The initiative reaches over 50 percent of…, List of child friendly cities in Iceland, 2 recognized cities, Akureyri Kópavogur, 21 candidate cities, Hafnarfjörður Borgarbyggð Reykjanesbær Svalbarðsstrandarhreppur Garðabær Sveitarfélagið Hornafjörður (Hornafjörður municipality) Sveitarfélagið Ölfus (Ölfus municipality) Sveitarfélagið Vogar (Vogar municipality) Akraneskaupstaður Hrnamannahreppur Mosfellsbær Seltjarnarnesbær Fjarðarbyggð Vopnafjarðarhreppur Rangárþing Eystra Múlaþing…

Child Friendly Cities is a relatively new concept in Iran, however, there is a long-standing tradition of child-friendly practices and initiatives. For instance, Tehran Municipality launched the School Mayor Initiative in 1993 which is still running today. After the devastating 2003 earthquake in Bam, UNICEF, in collaboration with the Government,…, List of child friendly cities in Iran, 1 candidate city, Isfahan

The Child Friendly Cities Initiative in Israel was launched as a joint pilot initiative between the municipality of Rishon LeZion and the Israeli Committee for UNICEF in 2014. The aim of the initiative is to bring a child rights perspective into the whole structure of the municipality, with an emphasis on child participation. The initiative is…, List of child friendly cities in Israel, 1 recognized city, Rishon LeZion

The Italian National Committee for UNICEF completely revised the CFCI Program in 2018 to make it compliant with UNICEF’s international guidelines. Municipalities must implement interventions based on a child-rights approach and on evidence-based policy making. Today, there are 16 cities, with 90,395 children, in the process of becoming Child…, List of child friendly cities in Italy, Recognized cities, UNDER CONSTRUCTION

The CFCI has begun to spread gradually in Japan. In Japan, preparatory work for the CFCI began in August 2016. After a two-year usefulness check of the CFCI in five municipalities (Niseko Town, Abira Town, Tomiya City, Machida City, and Nara City) starting in October 2018, the CFCI was officially launched in June 2021. As of the end of April 2023…, List of child friendly cities in Japan, 5 recognized cities, Niseko Abira Tomiya Machida Nara, 1 candidate city, Toyota city CFCI Japan 1 CFCI Japan 3 CFCI Japan 4

[Past initiative] The Greater Amman Municipality (GAM) Child Friendly Cities initiative began in 2005 when, on the recommendation of the Mayor of Amman, the Executive Agency for a Child Friendly City (EACFC) was created to improve the quality of programmes offered to children in greater Amman. That same year, a policy document entitled “Greater…, Jordan's child-friendly cities, 1 Recognised Municipality, • Greater Amman Municipality (GAM)