Cities for Children

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Cities for Children is the name of in 2007 by more than fifty European founded cities network . The common local political goal is child-friendliness , i.e. improving the living conditions of children, young people and their parents and thus the families in the communities . For this purpose, in addition to the annual conferences for the exchange of opinions and experiences, concepts and projects are jointly developed in various working groups . For example, the concept for the Cities for Children network was drawn up jointly by all members.

The network is coordinated by the City of Stuttgart and funded by the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe (CLRAE), the Council of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe (CEMR), the United Nations Children's Fund UNICEF and the Robert Bosch Foundation .

History and description

The European City Network Cities for Children Founding Forum took place in Stuttgart in 2007 , followed by the conference of the same name in 2008.

At the beginning of the network work, representatives from the city of Hamm headed the education working group: The local government of Hamm also planned, designed and led the first international education workshop in the context of Cities for Children in their city.

Since 2009, the European Award of Excellence City for Children has been awarded for child-friendly projects in major European cities with more than 100,000 inhabitants.

In addition to the annual conferences, the members of the network meet regularly in seven thematic working groups on the main topics of education, living space and environment, health, work and family, generations, youth participation, traffic and safety.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Cities for Children on the website kommunalwiki.boell.de of the Heinrich Böll Foundation in the version of December 19, 2012, last accessed on March 20, 2017
  2. ↑ a b c d e Archive - Cities for Children on the hamm.de website from August 19, 2016, last accessed on March 20, 2017
  3. ↑ Compare the information from the German National Library (DNB)
  4. ↑ Compare the information from the DNB
  5. ↑ Compare the information from the DNB