Rome, July 1 (askanews) – The second in-person session of the National Council of Girls and Boys (CNRR), the body established by the Authority for the Rights of Children and Adolescents (AGIA) and facilitated by Defence for Children International to give a real voice to the youngest generations in Italy, will start from July 2 to 4.
Fifty boys and girls aged 13 to 17 from almost all the regions of the Peninsula will meet in Pavona (Rome), with a final conference in the capital, to launch their recommendations after the first four-month period of work. School reform, school infrastructure, reception and diversity are the first three themes chosen by the boys and girls on which the Council discussed and formulated a series of recommendations that will be officially delivered on Thursday 4 July to the Guarantor Authority at its institutional headquarters and then shared with other competent institutions.
“It has been 4 months of work and intense discussion – explains Pippo Costella, director of Defence for Children – as will be clear from the recommendations developed, the members of the Council have identified fundamental issues that are often ignored by decision makers and adult politics. Even if we are only at the beginning, we believe that the recommendations formulated on the various themes can represent an important contribution and guidance for the institutions of our country”.
The CNRR was born from the desire of the Guarantor Authority to involve and make minors protagonists and has entrusted Defence For Children Italia, an association active in the protection of minors in the world, with the task of facilitating the establishment and development of the Council. The CNRR was established as part of the “Voice Now” project, active from 2023 to 2025 and coordinated by Defence for Children. The CNRR is intended as a space organized and protected by AGIA so that boys and girls from different social and territorial realities can freely discuss and express their point of view and their opinion in relation to issues that concern them in line and compliance with the rules and principles of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Adolescent.
The CNRR is made up of around fifty boys and girls between the ages of 13 and 17, who work in thematic commissions on four-monthly cycles.
