PARTICIPATION: Council of Europe Call for expressions of interest

Summary: Call for Expressions of Interest: Presentation of successful children’s participation projects at the Seminar on “Meaningful and sustainable children’s participation” which will take place in Stockholm, Sweden, on 8 September 2008.

I. Background and Objectives

The Council of Europe Programme “Building a Europe for and with children” a transversal priority in the organisation, has been running since 2006. The Programme focuses on two closely linked strands: the promotion of children’s rights and the eradication of violence against children. In order to share and assess results achieved during this period and to identify future elements of the Programme, a high level conference, “Building a Europe for and with Children - Towards a strategy for 2009-2011” will be held in Stockholm, on September 8-10th 2008.

The Conference will begin with three simultaneously ran thematic Seminars on 8 September :

  • Seminar on Violence against children: supporting national strategies through international cooperation
  • Seminar on Meaningful and sustainable child participation 
  • Seminar on Child friendly justice

The High level plenary sessions will follow on the 9th and 10th which will include panels presenting the Seminar conclusions.

II. The Seminar on ”Meaningful and sustainable child participation”

The Seminar shall have the following objectives:

  • Share the results of successful and sustainable initiatives encouraging children’s participation at regional, national and local level.
  • Discuss the recent work of the Council of Europe in this area and identify ways in which it could promote child participation in all member states. 
  • Discuss the outline of a future Council of Europe-led pilot scheme on children and e-participation.

III. Call for Expressions of Interest

The organisers of the Conference are looking for successful and sustainable projects on child participation in two areas:

  • General child participation
  • Child participation through electronic resources: “e-participation”

4-6 projects will be selected from various European countries representing different settings. Chosen projects would be presented in an innovative, exciting and interesting way in English language on September 8th 2008. This opportunity is open to international organisations, national and regional institutions and networks, government agencies, children’s NGOs, local municipalities, institutes of research or other parties.

Children’s participation in the presentation would be welcomed.

 

DEADLINE: please send the attached Expression of interest by email to [email protected]  by 28 May.

Further information

 

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