Children benefit from European cities’ urban mobility awards
Four European cities have been recognised as ‘powerful examples’ of how cities can be made safer for pedestrians and cyclists, including several innovations designed specifically for children. (more…)Read more
Europe’s cities offer refuge to child migrants
Ten cities in Europe have added their weight to growing calls for more countries to take in unaccompanied migrant children from Greece’s islands and Turkish border. (more…)Read more
EU millions for schools’ healthy eating schemes
Ireland will receive almost €3.27 million Euros from the EU’s school fruit, vegetables and milk scheme over the coming year, irrespective of enforced school closures across the continent because of the coronavirus pandemic. The scheme, which...Read more
Germany urges EU colleagues to accept more migrants from Greece
Germany says it will shortly be taking in hundreds more unaccompanied minors from Greek migrant camps over the coming weeks, and has urged fellow EU countries to follow its example. Announced Germany’s intentions, Foreign Minister Heiko...Read more
EU health accolade rewards Amsterdam’s commitment to healthy children
Amsterdam’s efforts to create a healthier city for children and young people have earned it the European Health Award for 2019. Working on the year’s theme of prevention and reduction of obesity in children and adolescents,...Read moreEuropean leaders hold summit with child rights NGOs
The new leadership of the European Union has met with a group of child rights organisations as they look to develop and consolidate child protection and participation policies. A total of six child rights non-governmental organisations...Read moreEurope’s new captains: Will they bring children closer to Europe?
A new European Commission is up and running. The UK’s departure from the EU now is cast in stone. As 2019 draws to a close, Eurochild, the child advocacy network, reflects on where the European...Read more30 years of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
‘The protection of children must be at the heart of the work of the new European Commission’. Those were the words of David Sassoli, President of the European Parliament, as he opened a special ceremony marking...Read more
Eurochild: Countries not ‘motivated enough’ to tackle child poverty
The countries of Europe are not being ‘motivated’ enough to properly tackle child poverty which remains ‘persistently high’, according to children’s advocacy network Eurochild, A new report by Eurochild says the 2019 European Semester – the...Read more
Europe marks 30 years of children’s rights convention
The European Parliament will mark 30 years since the introduction of landmark child rights legislation with a special international conference. Belgium’s Queen Mathilde, the honorary president of UNICEF Belgium, will welcome a host of dignitaries for...Read more
Children’s Commissioner ‘an EU job worth fighting for’ – Eurochild
Did you know there is a European Commissioner for fish but not for children? That’s the bizarre reality laid bare by child rights body Eurochild as it calls for a dedicated EU Children’s Commissoner to ‘prioritise...Read more
Road safety is an essential component in sustainable urban mobility
In European cities, pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists make up 70% of road deaths. This is according to the European Transport Safety Council, who are authors of a new report. The report also states tackling urban...Read more
Cities pledge €4.3 billion to fight poverty and social exclusion
‘Inclusive cities for all: social rights in my city’ is a new political initiative launched by EUROCITIES today at the European Parliament. This coincides with the publication of a new report that finds inequality is rapidly...Read more
Conceptualising privacy online: what do, and what should, children understand?
Post-Cambridge-Analytica, and post-GDPR, children are becoming increasingly aware of how their data is being used online but there are still limits to their digital literacy. In this post, Sonia Livingstone, Mariya Stoilova and Rishita Nandagiri...Read more