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Eighth Newsletter
👉 Eighth Newsletter
Strategic planning in municipality of Veles
The needs of children are the foundation of local planning in Veles. On December 12, in the municipality of Veles, the third local strategic planning panel for children was held, focusing on the development of the Children's Rights Strategy and Action Plan....
Strategic planning in the municipality Vinica
Common steps for children's rights in the municipality of Vinica On December 12, the Municipality of Vinica hosted the third working meeting with representatives from the local municipal panel, which included the municipality, the education sector, civil society,...
Strategic planning in the municipalities of Debar and Gostivar
Municipalities demonstrate strong commitment to developing children's rights strategies! On December 10, the third meetings of the municipal panels for strategic planning were held in Debar and Gostivar. These panels provided an excellent opportunity to assess the...
Taking forward the lessons learnt
European experiences as a guide for child-friendly municipalities. In the process of developing strategic plans, let us remember the importance of incorporating European best practices and experiences from Greece, Austria, and Germany in shaping strategies for...
Strategic planning in municipality of Kisela Voda
The local panel for strategic planning for children in the municipality of Kisela Voda, held its third working meeting! At yesterday's meeting (December 2, 2024), specific activities were defined to become part of the Action Plan for the Strategy to Advance Children's...
Fourth Project Steering Committee meeting
On 28.11.2024, we held the fourth meeting of the working group for the project "Place to grow – Child-friendly municipalities." At this meeting, alongside representatives from the First Children's Embassy Megjashi and KMOP Skopje, participants from the municipalities...
Seventh Newsletter
We are releasing the 7th newsletter from the Place to Grow project. In it, you will find more information about the consultations with children and local panels, their goals and participants, which were held over the past two months. The activities were carried out in...
Consultation with children in municipality of Kisela Voda
On October 25, 2024, a consultative meeting was held in the Municipality of Kisela Voda as part of the project "Place to Grow: Child-friendly municipalities." The meeting was attended by 30 students from primary and secondary schools, and the youngest representatives,...
Consultations with children in Gostivar
Children in Gostivar Involved in creating the strategic and action Plan for children's rights. Consultations with children were held in Gostivar as part of the initiative "Place to Grow: Child-Friendly municipalities." The goal of these activities was to encourage...
Local panel and consultations in the municipality of Gostivar
On October 22, consultations with children and a meeting of the municipal panel were held in Gostivar, both events aimed at creating a strategic and action plan. These consultations are part of the initiative "Place to Grow: Child-Friendly Municipalities". One of the...
Overview of the previous meetings
A little reminder and encouragement: Well done to the Municipality of Vinica and all the children and adults who participated in the consultation meetings and the municipal panel! Well done also to the municipalities of Veles and Debar, who have gone through the same...
Local Panel In Vinica
MUNICIPALITY VINICA TOGETHER WITH CHILDREN, STUDENTS, TEACHERS, PROFESSIONAL STAFF IN SCHOOLS, REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE SOCIAL WORK CENTER, POLICE, HEALTH CENTER, AND CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS... showed that they want and can create added value to everything they have as...
Local panel and consultations in the municipality of Vinica
15.10.2024, Vinica The consultations with over 100 children from Vinica and the meeting with 22 members of the municipal panel have just concluded! The consultations with children and meetings with members of the municipal panels contribute to the creation of...
Consultations with children form municipality of Vinica
On 15 October, students from the school OOU Kocho Racin-Blatec, municipality of Vinica and the team for consultations with children from the school actively participated in a session for presenting the results of the consultations with children in the Municipality of...
Consultations in Debar
On October 9, 2024, a consultative meeting was held within the framework of the project " Place to Grow: Child friendly municipalities". 30 students from primary and secondary schools in the municipality of Debar participated in this meeting. The consultative meeting...
Consultations with children and local panel in the municipality of Debar
Today in Debar, consultations and a municipal panel were held as part of the initiative to create Child-Friendly Municipalities. A child-friendly municipality is a community that places the interests of children at the forefront of its municipal policies, creating...
Consultation meetings with children in Veles
The children had the main word, and the attendees listened attentively! On 7th October 2024, about thirty children from primary and secondary schools in Veles openly expressed their views and needs during the consultative meeting for the strategic plan. In an...
Consultation with children in the municipality of Veles
On October 7th, a consultative meeting was held at the European House in Veles, attended by about thirty children from primary and secondary schools in the municipality, as well as the municipal panel with representatives from the municipality and educational...
Key International Conference conclusions
In October of last year, we marked a significant moment for the project by exchanging ideas and good practices with UNICEF and municipalities from several European countries implementing the "Child-friendly cities" initiative. The "Create your place for growth"...
Coordination meeting
On September 17th, the project team of "Place for Growth" in collaboration with the local facilitators of the five municipalities involved in the project, held a coordination meeting. The focus of the meeting was on reviewing the methodology for consultations,...
The visions boards of the children
Let’s remember the importance of asking children for their ideas on how their municipality can become a better and safer place for them to grow. Young minds from Veles, Kisela Voda, Debar, Gostivar, and Vinica channelled their creativity and energy into creating...
Ethical Research and Consultations with children
Conducting research and consultations with children is crucial for gaining insight into their opinions. These activities enable the creation of municipalities that reflect the needs and visions of children. In this post, we focus on the key ethical aspects that must...
Explore our E-library
In our E-library, you will find numerous useful resources on children's rights, conducting consultations with children, and local planning. In this video, we show you how to access them in a few simple steps. Do you have additional resources that you would like to see...
The local conferences in numbers
We are pleased to present the results in numbers from the local conferences and panels held in all 5 municipalities. During May and June, five local conferences and five local panels were successfully organized in the municipalities of Debar, Kisela Voda, Gostivar,...
E-library!
Introducing the Place to Grow e-Library, which offers educational resources and materials designed for capacity building within the project, as well as relevant materials developed from other sources. Our e-library is intended for local authorities, educational staff...
Handbook for constituting municipal panels for children’s rights
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...
Sixth Newsletter
👉 Sixth Newsletter
Local Conference “Vinica – Child Friendly Municipality”
Local authorities, representatives of the educational staff, representatives from institutions, NGOs, youth organizations, students, youth and children from the municipality of Vinica were the main speakers at the local conference "VINICA - Child-friendly...
Local Conference “Veles – A Child Friendly Municipality”
On 25 of May within the framework of the project "Place To Grow: Child Friendly Municipality", a local conference on the topic "Veles – Child-friendly municipality" was held at Europe House Veles. At the conference, representatives of local self-government,...
Local Conference “Gostivar – A Child Friendly Municipality”
The conference aimed to promote an inclusive and supportive environment for children by sharing already existing positive practices for children's participation in the municipality of Gostivar. The Municipality of Debar as guest municipality, participated with its...
Local Conference “Kisela Voda – A Child Friendly Municipality”
The local conference in Kisela Voda is realized under the motto "I decide, therefore I exist", which clearly shows its purpose: to strengthen the capacities at the individual and institutional level in the context of the promotion of children's rights through the...
Local Conference “Debar – A Child Friendly Municipality”
Local authorities, representatives of the educational staff, youth and children from the municipality of Debar were the main speakers at the Local Conference "Debar – Child friendly municipality". This conference aimed to promote an inclusive and supportive...
Fifth Newsletter
👉 Fifth Newsletter
Fourth Newsletter
👉 Fourth Newsletter
Training for trainers
As a part of the project, a three-day training of trainers was conducted from January 22 to 24, 2024, intended for representatives of the local self-government and educational staff from schools and kindergartens in the municipalities of Veles, Debar, Gostivar,...
Training for representatives of local governments and ZELS
In the period from November 2023 to January 2024, a series of trainings were held aimed at strengthening the capacities of representatives from local governments in Veles, Gostivar, Debar, Vinica and Kisela Voda, in terms of children's rights and children's...
Trainings for ECEC and school staff
In the period from November 2023 to January 2024, a series of two-day trainings were held to strengthen the capacities of the educational staff from the municipalities of Veles, Gostivra, Vinica, Debar, Kisela Voda, focusing on children's rights and the realization of...
Third Newsletter
👉 Third Newsletter
Key Conference Conclusions from the conference “Create Your Place To Grow”
📣On October 25, the International Conference "Create your place to grow" was held 🎯Leading experts, policy makers and advocates from Europe who are dedicated to children and who have many years of experience in local planning for children together with local...
Press Release | International Conference “Create Your Place To Grow”
Leading experts, policy makers and advocates from Europe who are dedicated to children’s wellbeing and who have many years of experience in local planning for children together with local authorities, academics, civil society organizations, youth and children from the...
International Conference “Create Your Place To Grow”
👉 Agenda
Announcement of International Conference “Create Your Place To Grow”
🗓️October 25 I 📍 Hotel Holiday Inn, Skopje 📢It is with great pleasure that we announce the International Conference: Create your place to grow, organized within the framework of our project Place to grow: child friendly municipalities. 👥🗣Our primary goal is to...
Second Newsletter
👉 Second Newsletter
Second Project Steering Committee Meeting
The second meeting of the working group of the project “Place to grow: Child-friendly municipalities”, implemented by the First Children's Embassy Megjashi and KMOP Skopje was held on 03.07.2023, it included representatives from the municipalities of Vinica, Veles,...
Conference On Promoting The Rights Of The Child To Democratic Participation And Inclusion
On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the institution of the Ombudsman, the EU Delegation in cooperation with the First Children's Embassy MEGJASHI, the Family and Childcare Centre - KMOP Skopje and the Foundation for Educational and Cultural...
First Newsletter
👉 First Newsletter
Training Need Analysis Report
One of the main components of the project "Place to grow: child friendly municipalities" is strengthening the capacities of local self-government representatives, as well as educational staff from early school education and care, primary and secondary education in the...
Kick-off meeting
Children have the right to be heard and the right to influence issues of importance to them. They are directly affected by decisions made by local leaders in education, environment, child and social care and urban planning, but are often excluded from decision-making....