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Job Number: 520883 |  Vacancy Link Locations: Europe and Central Asia Region: Bulgaria Work Type: Consultancy   UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential. Across 190 countries and territories, we work for…

BRUSSELS - Children and young people aged 10 and above in over 20 European countries are most worried about not finding a job according to the findings of the ‘Europe Kids Want’ online survey released by UNICEF and Eurochild.  Children from Italy, Serbia, Spain, Ireland and Bulgaria fear the most about not finding a job.  Violence and climate…

UNICEF Bulgaria and the State Agency for Child Protection, in partnership with the Committee on Children, Youth and Sports Matters of the 44th National Assembly, celebrated the 29th anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. The event took place in the National Assembly with the participation of Mr.…

Voices of Children is a national representative survey carried out by Market LINKS Agency. The survey was commissioned by UNICEF Bulgaria. The objective is to study the attitudes of children and young people in Bulgaria to a wide range of topics: how happy they are, how they feel at school and at home, to what extent they are integrated in today’s…

Violence against children is not an isolated occurrence, it is everywhere: in every country, community and social group. It may take different forms: physical, psychological, sexual abuse, exploitation, neglect or mistreatment, verbal violence, bullying, or cyber-bullying. Violence is a problem of public health, a violation of human rights with…, The situation in Bulgaria, A study of the health and behaviour of school-age children conducted by the Institute for Population and Human Studies in cooperation with UNICEF has found that: Bulgarian schoolchildren are among the top ten, out of 43 countries surveyed, in terms of being affected by the problem of ‘school bullying’. The discomfort with and alienation from…, What is our solution?, To develop and implement in the next three years a comprehensive program for a secure school environment and prevention of bullying and violence jointly with the Ministry of Education and Science, and with the active participation of the schools, a program that would build upon the good practices and the existing experience in this country., What is our approach?, An all-school response: experience and surveys show that programs for addressing bullying and violence achieve utmost effectiveness if everyone at the school, from the pupils, their parents and teachers, to the school management and the support staff, would make persistent efforts to create a secure school environment and prevent violence. Active…, Program content:, 1.    Analysis of the situation at every school included in the program and drafting of a plan for building a secure school environment: Examining the actual situation at every school at the beginning and end of the academic year;  Presenting and discussing the results with pedagogical and support staff, the parents and the children; Based upon an…

The challenge, For every adolescent participation The right of the child to be heard, embodied in art. 12 of the UN Convention on the right of the child provides that every child shall be afforded the right to be heard in matters affecting her or him including in any judicial or administrative proceedings, and for those views to be given due weight. Child…, See the programme in action, Recommendations-results-conclusions-My-voice-matters-EN.pdf Child friendly report from the campaign "My Voice Matters" - conclusions and recommendations My_voice_matters-a-full-report-EN-2016.pdf Consultation with children in relation to the update of the National strategy for the child 2008-2018 General-Comment-12_EN.pdf Convention on the right…, The solution, UNICEF Bulgaria works in partnership with children and young people with the government, local authorities, schools and universities, civil society and private sector for ensuring the right to participation of all children and young people. Our activities aimed at: Raising public awareness and understanding of the importance of child participation…

Campaign on adolescence - the age of opportunities, Watch a record  of the Conference on adolescence that was livestreamed on Facebook:  First part  and  Second part .   Sofia, 20 September 2017: UNICEF Bulgaria launches a long-term initiative to direct public attention to children in adolescence – as this is an age of turbulent development associated with challenges, but also with exclusive…

The National Television Bulgaria ON AIR and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) launch a long-term campaign "My voice matters". Its aim is to promote the right of children to express voluntary, freely and safely their views on all matters that affect them directly or indirectly, and to set the agenda for ethical coverage of children in…