Third Summit mandate (2005) 1. Mainstreaming children

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• Third Summit mandate (2005)1. Mainstreaming
  childrens rights in all CoE policies2.
  Coordinate all CoE activities concerning
  children

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Council of Europe answer

• Launching of the programme Building a Europe
  for and with children
• promote childrens rights
• protect children from violence
• Establishment of a Coordination unit
• Establishment of a Task Force

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• Approach
• Better use and combine 5 CoE tools
• Standard setting
• Monitoring
• Policy development
• Awareness raising, education, training
• Bilateral co-operation and technical assistance

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• Approach
• Ensure involvement
• Internally
• Understand the needs, constrains and expectations
  of different partners/colleagues
• Build trust
• Achieve ownership (share objectives, decide
  together)
• Give visibility and recognition
• Propose joint activities
• Support financially (whenever possible)

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• Approach
• Ensure involvement
• Externally
• Communicate vision and objectives
• Understand the needs, constrains and expectations
  of different partners
• Involve in decision making
• Propose joint activities and partnerships
• Support financially (whenever possible)

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• Some Results
• Standards
• New Convention on the protection of children
  from sexual exploitation and sexual abuse
• Rules for institutions having minors in
  detention or subject to community sanctions
• Justice for ChildrenMinisters of Justice to
  discuss access of children to justice

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• Some Results
• Monitoring
• Monitoring mechanisms of the CoE examine
  childrens access to them and take better into
  account childrens interests and needs
• Commissioner for Human Rights increased
  reference to children in opinions and statements
• Policy development
• Education of Roma children
• Human Rights education for children
• Street children
• National policy reviews
• Children with disabilities

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• Some Results
• Awareness and training
• A website devoted to all CoE activities on
  children (www.coe.int/children)
• Training manual to teach human rights to
  children (Compasito)
• Training manual to reduce violence in schools
• Publications on positive parenting
• Publication on violence against children and CoE
  instruments

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• Some Results
• Awareness and training
• On line compendium of ECHR case law related to
  children
• On line game to show children how to use
  Internet safely
• Campaign against corporal punishment of children

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• Assessment
• Increased visibility at Programme and activity
  levels (internal and external)
• Effective coordination
• Mainstreaming of children rights in education,
  justice, social and family policies
• Improved co-operation with international
  organisations
• Increased support by governments,
  parliamentarians, NGOs and private sector
• Progress in implementation!!

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Three messages in conclusion 1. Childrens
rights call for a strategic approach 2.
Childrens rights concern us all 3. Childrens
rights make Europe grow! elda.moreno_at_coe.int