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Rights > 2006 UNCROC Forum
2006 UNCROC Forum: taking Stock of progress
On 15 August 2006 the Ministry of Youth Development brought together 13 government agencies, 30 senior officials, 65 NGO representatives and 17 young people to share in a forum on UNCROC.
The forum was a unique opportunity for those who work in the
child/youth sector, or on issues relevant to children’s rights, to find
out about Government initiatives, programmes and services aimed at
improving the health, education and wellbeing of our children and young
people.
One of the day's objectives was to provide a “health check” of the
UNCROC work programme, to enable the Ministry of Youth Development to
provide better quality information about UNCROC-related government
activity in our annual reports to Cabinet and the 2008 periodic report
to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child.
Keynote addresses were given by Dr Cindy Kiro, Children’s Commissioner,
Alison Blaiklock of Action for Children and Youth Aotearoa and the Hon
Ruth Dyson.
Presentations
There were three presentations by government officials on specific UNCROC-related work areas:
- the Ministry of Health on Child and Youth Mental Health
- the Ministry of Education on Addressing Educational Disparities
- the Ministry of Social Development on a new Differential Response Model for responding to care and protection reports.
Themes
Key themes included, the importance of:
- non-government organisations and the Government working together
- diverse youth perspectives informing the policy process
- reducing disparities in child wellbeing
- using a "whole whanau" and "whole person" approach in child/youth policymaking.
See related documents at the bottom of the page to view the discussion
document that informed the forum and key speeches/speaking points from the day and the final
summary report.
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