Child and Adolescent Participation in the Child Guarantee
Webinar - 13 January 2022, 13:00 - 15:00 CET
The Webinar is part of a series of thematic webinars that will be organized in the period January 2022 – March 2022 by UNICEF and the European Commission (DG EMPL: Directorate General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion), with the aim of sharing practices and experiences from the 7 pilot countries of the Phase III of the preparatory action for a Child Guarantee: Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Germany, Lithuania, Italy and Spain.
Objectives of the webinar
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Learning through exchange and sharing of experiences from pilot countries of Phase III of the preparatory action for a Child Guarantee on how child and adolescent participation is being integrated in the pilot projects at different levels.
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Discuss how child participation can be embedded into the processes related to the development, implementation and monitoring of the Child Guarantee national action plans.
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Participants are familiarized with the UNICEF ‘Guidance on Child and Adolescent Participation as part of Phase III of a preparatory action for a Child Guarantee’ – and discuss how this Guidance can support other non-pilot countries in implementing effective child participation processes as part of their national action plans.
Agenda
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Moderator: Aaron Greenberg, Regional Adviser Child Protection, UNICEF ECARO |
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13:00 – 13:10 |
Opening of Webinar |
Philippe Cori, Deputy Regional Director, UNICEF ECARO Jiri SVARC, Head of Unit, Social Policies, Child Guarantee, SPC (EMPL.D.1), DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion |
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13:10 – 13:40 |
Child Participation in the ECG national action planning process Italy: Youth advisory board: from the launch to the ECG national action plan in Italy |
Bella Dinkova, Child Participation Coordinator, National Network for Children and Maria Zlatareva, Social Policy Specialist, UNICEF Bulgaria Mariella Michailidou, Child Protection Specialist, UNICEF Greece
Sarah Martelli, Youth and Adolescent Development Specialist, UNICEF Italy |
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13:40 – 14:10 |
Child participation in service design and delivery Greece: Young people as actors of change on the employability ecosystem development |
Štefica Karačić, President of the Croatian Association of Social Workers
Myrsini Kazakou, Child Protection Officer, UNICEF Greece
Teta Karampini, Youth Employability Consultant |
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14:10 – 14:40 |
Empowering children to participate through UPSHIFT Croatia: Best practices for social inclusion through UPSHIFT |
Sarah Martelli, Youth and Adolescent Development Specialist, UNICEF Italy Tena Žganec, Croatian Office for Creativity and Innovation |
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13:40 – 13:50 |
UNICEF Guidance on integrating child participation in the European Child Guarantee (ECG) pilots |
Ina Verzivolli, Child Protection Specialist, UNICEF Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia |
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14:50 – 15:15 |
Discussion and conclusions |
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If you are interested in participating send us an email at iverzivolli@unicef.org.
