One of the main activities in the project “Place to grow – child friendly municipalities” is the establishment of municipal panels for children’s rights in Kisela Voda, Veles, Vinica, Debar and Gostivar. These panels will be a permanent structure that will promote and practice the perspective of the child in local government.
The constitution of these bodies will ensure structured and focused work on children’s rights, development of local strategies and monitoring of their implementation. The panels will be key in providing mechanisms where the child’s voice and needs will be heard and respected.
The Handbook for constituting panels for children’s rights covers functions and responsibilities of the panels, constitution and selection of members, methods of work, establishing of working groups, duties of members and approaches for involving children in local decision-making.