Children and Youth

Children are adults in construction and they deserve special attention. Childhood is a crucial moment and all stakeholders have to ensure that the fundamental rights enclosed in the Convention on the Rights of the Child are fulfilled for all children in the world. These rights range from the simple recognition of their existence through birth registration to their education and protection.

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Child labour - Child soldiers - Children rights - Youth employment - Youth engagement

EU Guidelines for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of the Child 2017

Margherita Sofia Zambelli posted Information | 4 May 2017

The purpose of these “ EU Guidelines for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of the Child ” , is to recall international standards on the rights of the child and to provide practical guidance to officials of EU institutions and EU Member States in order to (i) strengthen their role in...

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Group: Public Group on Gender
2017 EU Guidelines on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of the Child

Maxence Daublain updated the Document | 4 May 2017

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The EU Foreign Ministers have adopted the revised EU Guidelines on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of the Child - Leave no Child Behind. Children have the potential to be the greatest agents of change and sustainable development in their communities and in their countries. They are the...

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Group: Public Group on Children
Fighting undernutrition and stunting

Sarah Cummings created a new WIKI page | 12 April 2017

Fighting undernutrition and stunting refers to the promotion of more nutritious food, investing more on animal proteins, such as from fisheries , aquaculture and livestock , and on agricultural diversification to ensure diet diversification, notably for women and children . In this specific area,...

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Group: Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA
Studies show benefits of child support grants funded by EU

Sarah Cummings updated the Information | 17 March 2017

Published on 17 March 2017, the Capacity4Dev article Studies show benefits of child support grants demonstrates that in-cash social transfers made to families with young children in South Africa have had significant long-term positive impacts on the lives of those children and the future economic...

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Group: Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA
The new EU Guidelines for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of the Child are out!

Ahmad Baihaki updated the Information | 15 March 2017

The new EU Guidelines for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of the Child – Leave no Child Behind were adopted 6 March 2017 by the EU Foreign Ministers. A Launch Event was organized in Geneva the same day by the EU Delegation, UNICEF and Plan International to mark their adoption (picture)...

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Group: Public Group on Children
The new EU Guidelines for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of the Child are out!

Diane KELECOM updated the Information | 15 March 2017

The new EU Guidelines for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of the Child – Leave no Child Behind were adopted 6 March 2017 by the EU Foreign Ministers. A Launch Event was organized in Geneva the same day by the EU Delegation, UNICEF and Plan International to mark their adoption (picture)...

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Group: Public Group on Children
The new EU Guidelines for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of the Child are out!

Maxence Daublain posted Information | 13 March 2017

The new EU Guidelines for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of the Child – Leave no Child Behind were adopted 6 March 2017 by the EU Foreign Ministers. A Launch Event was organized in Geneva the same day by the EU Delegation, UNICEF and Plan International to mark their adoption (picture)...

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Group: Public Group on Children
Happening in Lebanon : workshop on the Child Rights toolkit organized by the EU Delegation and UNICEF – 22-23 February 2017

Maxence Daublain posted Information | 13 March 2017

Participating to the dissemination and operationalization of the Child Rights Toolkit the Delegation of the European Union in Lebanon (EU) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Beirut office organised in February 2017 a joint workshop "Integrating Child Rights in Development Cooperation...

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Group: Public Group on Children
Fishing communities netting their future and protecting natural habitats in Nicaragua

Sarah Cummings posted Information | 9 March 2017

Recently published on the Europa website, the new story reviews the EcoPesca project in in Nicaragua, Honduras and El Salvador. The project works to preserve the Gulf of Fonseca's marine biodiversity and improve living conditions of 46 coastal marine communities. It has created a strategy for the...

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Group: Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA
Brussels Briefing 48: Strengthening rural livelihoods in the face of rapid urbanisation in Africa

Lebo Mofolo created a new event | 8 March 2017

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From 20 March 2017
in Brussels (Belgium)

Organised by CTA, BMZ/GIZ, the ACP Secretariat, the European Commission (DG DEVCO) and Concord

The next Brussels Development Briefing no. 48 on “*Strengthening rural livelihoods in the face of rapid urbanisation in Africa*” will take place on20th March 2017from 14:00 to 18:00, at the ACP Secretariat in Brussels, Belgium. This Briefing will be co-organised by CTA, BMZ/GIZ, the ACP Secretariat...

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Group: Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA

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