Celebrate 2025 - The National Year of the Child with UNICEF!
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What is the National Year of the Child
The year 2025 has been declared the National Year of the Child by law adopted by Parliament! This means that the authorities - central and local, as well as public institutions under their subordination or coordination will organize and support events and activities dedicated to the social, educational, cultural and civic development of children. Also, the Government and local public administration authorities will prioritize, within the limits of the approved budget allocations, the necessary investments for the development of infrastructure and projects whose final beneficiaries are children, in order to create a better and safer environment in which children can grow, learn and develop harmoniously.
In 2025, give kids the power!
Empower children by giving them a voice and getting them more involved in decisions that affect them!
In 2024, the Parliament adopted a unique bill regulating children's participation in the formulation of legislation and public policies at national, county and local levels. The law stipulates that from 2025 onwards, the Parliament, the Presidential Administration, the Government, local public administration authorities, as well as public institutions under their subordination or coordination, undertake to organize at least one consultation session with children every year, encouraging their participation in discussions on topics of interest to them. Learn more
In 1989, world leaders made a historic commitment to the world's children by adopting the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
The Convention has become the most ratified human rights treaty in history and has helped transform the lives of children around the world.
This treaty contains a fundamental idea: children are not objects that belong to their parents and for whom decisions are made, or just adults in the making. They are human beings and individuals in their own right. According to the Convention, childhood is separate from adulthood and lasts until the age of 18; it is a special, protected time when children must be allowed to grow, learn, play, develop and thrive with dignity.
Download the full version of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
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Mental health and emotional balance
Emotional well-being is essential to our ability to think, feel, learn and work, to build meaningful relationships and to contribute to society. This is not just the absence of emotional disorders.
Throughout life, children and young people experience different levels of positive emotional health and well-being. One in ten children also experience an emotional distress. Unfortunately, very many never receive the care they need.
European Child Guarantee
35 years after the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the most ratified human rights treaty in history, the implementation of the National Action Plan of the European Children's Guarantee is the opportunity of today's generation to radically change the lives of 500,000 children in Romania who are at risk of poverty or social exclusion.