Nine cities and municipalities in Belgium’s Flanders region can now officially call themselves ‘child-friendly’.
Benjamin Dalle, the Flemish Minister of Youth, visited towns in the successful provinces of Limburg and Antwerp, which are in the Dutch-speaking...Read more
COP26 is a chance to listen to our young people on climate change, but given recent trends, it may just mean empty words, according to one father and daughter.Read more
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A Beirut neighbourhood crying out for safer and accessible public spaces has been turned into a child-friendly area through an initiative by local residents and charities.
This example of partnership working has ensured that an unused...Read more
‘Experimenting’ with how children see and experience elements of city life will be the subject of an online workshop being held by the University of Amsterdam.Read more
The Dutch City Farm Federation vSKBN is working closely together with JOGG (Healthy Young People, Healthy Future) for a healthy food assortment on city farms.Read more
Ten primary schools in the Welsh capital, Cardiff, are being given ‘Edible Playgrounds’ through a partnership that could help the city achieve UNICEF child-friendly status.
Cardiff Council is working with Trees for Cities, the UK’s only...Read more
Researchers who explore children’s lives need to carefully design the research to ensure the children can articulate their opinions and experiences in a meaningful way.Read more
End Child Poverty, the UK-based movement which campaigns to ensure every child has the basic living necessities, is still looking for volunteer youth ambassadors – and there are just a few days left to put...Read more
Various issues involving children — learning and development, violence against children, and child labour to name a few — are increasingly discussed in public.Read more
A new student council set up by the Romanian city of Brasov is kick-starting the municipality’s child-friendly status with UNICEF.
The new council aims to ensure that young people can play an active role in the...Read more
A global children’s charity says the vast majority of young people it surveyed about climate change ‘know very little’ about what their own government is doing to combat the issue. Read more
Showcasing excellent practice of child-led participation, children & young people were the themes of the day, as Eurochild held its General Assembly and Members Day.Read more
The World Health Organization (WHO) is part of a new programme aimed at giving children and teenagers the skills and knowledge needed to support their friends during traumatic events.Read more
Generation Alpha – or the young generation – is inheriting pressing global challenges that will decide the future of cities.
Sustainability is top of young people’s agenda regarding urban development, and, in one striking example, Amsterdam...Read more
