Child in the City 2010 – FINAL CALL TO REGISTER

Child in the City celebrates its 5th birthday. You are invited to the party!

- Florence on 27-29 October 2010 -

Child in the City inspires

The Child in the City Foundation aims to inspire cities in Europe to create an increasingly child friendly environment and to reduce child poverty. It does so by organising a Child in the City conference every other year. This year marks the 5th anniversary of this event, with UNICEF as one of its supporters.

The 5th edition of the Child in the City Conference will be held on 27-29 October in the city of Florence.

Child in the City fights child poverty

Inspired by the fact that 2010 is the ‘European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion’ the conference will focus on the theme of child poverty. By doing so, the conference will provide increased coverage of the whole Convention on the Rights of the Child. Child poverty is a problem in many countries.

At all political levels, including the local level, authorities should be aware of this problem and take appropriate measures. Child in the City 2010 will seek for best practices and solutions.

Presenters highlighted

• Dora Giusti, Child Protection Specialist, UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre, Italy
  Assessing child friendly communities and cities: a participatory approach to strengthen local democratic governance (global overview)

• Caroline Boswell, Head of the Children and Young People’s Unit, Greater London Authority, UK
  Tackling child poverty in London

• Eleni Karasavvidou, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
  Children and poverty in/and Europe: Rocking the boat!

• Barry Percy-Smith, University of the West of England, UK
  Parent support as an anti poverty intervention for families experiencing difficulties

• Francesco Tonucci, National Research Centre “The City for Children” Italy
  The City of Children; an international project for a new philosophy of city governance
  

Interested to learn who the other speakers are?

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29 October

Who will you meet there?

• national, regional and local authorities

• youth policy makers

• consultants/advisors

• strategy planners

• urban designers, planners and developers

• universities and researchers

• designers and producers of playground equipment

• UN agencies

• NGOs
  

Sign up now

Make sure to register today at Child in the City 2010

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