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Child Participation and Romania's Presidency of the Council of The Child Participation and Romania’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union UNICEF in Romania’s Journey @UNICEF/ Dinulescu Children, decision makers, experts and other special guests from more than 25 countries at the “Children's Participation in Decision-Making and Policy-Making at European Union level” International Conference celebrate the adoption of the “Bucharest EU Children’s Declaration”, on May 7th 2019, in Bucharest, Romania. December 2018 – June 2019 Table of Contents Executive Summary .......................................................................................... 3 1. Background ............................................................................................. 5 2. Overview of the process: milestones, key events & decisions ......................... 6 2.1. Bucharest EU Children’s Declaration (short version) .................................... 12 2.2. Partnerships Mapping ......................................................................... 13 2.3. Lessons learned ...................................................................................... 15 2.4. Next Steps ............................................................................................. 16 3. Advocacy & Communication ...................................................................... 17 3.1. Advocacy & Communication Materials ........................................................ 17 3.2. Media reach ....................................................................................... 24 3.3. Social Media Reach ............................................................................. 26 3.4. Photos .............................................................................................. 35 4. Annex ......................................................................................................... 38 4.1. Bucharest EU Children’s Declaration (Long version) .................................... 38 4.2. Experts’ Supporting document to the Bucharest EU Children’s Declaration ..... 42 4.3. Main conclusions from reflections from Romanian Children’s Board ............... 43 4.4. Letter from Children’s Board to heads of states .......................................... 46 4.5. Speeches held during the Romanian EU Presidency regarding child participation ................................................................................................................... 47 4.5.1. Speech by Tudor Panait (Junior Ambassador to the EU) during the Rights of the Child Forum ......................................................................................... 47 4.5.2. Speech by Rares Voicu (Junior Ambassador to the EU) on the Rights of the Child Forum ............................................................................................... 49 4.5.4. Speech by Ariana Ardelean (Junior Ambassador to the EU) on the Youth Council ...................................................................................................... 51 4.5.5 Speech by Rares Voicu (Junior Ambassador to the EU) on the Education Council of Ministers Meeting Date and place: 22nd May, 2019 – Brussels, Belgium ................................................................................................................ 54 4.6. Speech by Prime Minister Viorica Dăncilă at the stocktaking conference on the exercise of the Romanian EU Council Presidency ............................................... 55 Page 2 of 58 Executive Summary From January to June 2019 Romania held for the first time the Presidency of the European Union (EU) Council. Through an advocacy process that begun in 2017, UNICEF partnered with different stakeholders within the Romanian Government to promote children’s rights, particularly child participation, as a key priority of the EU Agenda. During those six months, UNICEF in Romania mainly worked with the Ministry of Labor and Social Justice through the National Authority for the Protection of Child Rights and Adoption - NAPCRA, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs through the Minister Delegate for EU Affairs, the Ministry of National Education, the Ministry of Youth and Sport, Eurochild, the Romanian Federation of Children NGOs (FONPC), along with other civil society organizations and children themselves, among other stakeholders including UNICEF offices from all 28 Member States. The overall goal was to strengthen inclusion and ownership of children and adolescents in relevant EU decision and policy making processes, by establishing a general rule and concrete structural mechanisms at the EU level that guarantee their continued engagement in debates, policy and decision making, and help shape a new future for the Union. A “Bucharest EU Children’s Declaration” was developed during the period of the EU Presidency by a diverse group of dedicated Romanian children and through a consultative process involving EU and child rights experts from different institutions and international organizations, and most importantly children and adolescents from all over Europe. It was handed over to EU leaders during the Informal EU Leader’s Summit in Sibiu. The Children’s Declaration is a call to action for the EU and its member states, to establish formal mechanisms that promote children’s participation in decision-making processes as per the EU Recommendation Investing in Children, the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, and in line with the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The process to develop the ‘Bucharest EU Children’s Declaration’ had two inter-connected tracks; a child-led one and an expert-led one. Both tracks came together during several milestones, but also had their independent and parallel processes. Numerous novelties were attained by UNICEF in Romania in partnership with the Romanian Government during the Presidency of the EU Council: • The Bucharest EU Children’s Declaration was the 1st ever international document that was drafted by children at the global level. • UNICEF and the Delegate Minister for European Affairs carried out the 1st ever public consultation done only with children in the preparation of a Presidency of the EU Council. • Romania was the 1st country to have a child-friendly webpage on the Romanian EU Presidency’s website. • Romania was the 1st country to appoint Junior Ambassadors to represent children and adolescents at the EU level. In addition to these advocacy achievements, UNICEF in Romania made significant efforts to communicate this process through different communication materials in the traditional and online media and reached more than 14.4 million people through both channels. Page 3 of 58 • Main media results: Number of Potential Channel materials Impressions [1] Online 164 166,783 TV 8 3,010,000 Print 9 267,330 Radio 10 6,714,000 Public Service 706 4,286,000 Announcement (PSA) TOTAL 897 14,444,113 • Main social media results (UNICEF in Romania’s accounts + partners’ accounts) Social Number of Share of Media posts Reach voice Facebook 126 1,879,790 61% Twitter 33 165,712 5% Instagram 34 169,239 34% Total 193 3,106,819 100% 1 Potential Impressions (gross) = Total of reach values for each media channel. Broadly defined, it represents any interaction between a piece of content and an audience member. It does not reflect the number of actual different persons exposed to the message (like Reach). Page 4 of 58 1. Background Thirty years have passed since the Convention on the Rights of the Child was adopted by all EU countries. Under Article 12, it stipulates the right of all children to be heard and have their views considered in accordance with their age and maturity. In addition, Article 24 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union recognizes the child’s right to be heard and the European Commission’s Recommendation on Investing in children asks for a mechanism that promotes child participation in decision-making that affects their lives to be put in place. Currently, 1 in 5 European citizens is a child. However, according to a survey conducted by Eurochild and UNICEF only 43% of them think that the EU is improving their lives and 8% believe that adults listen to their opinions when taking decisions in their communities. Moreover, the ‘Evaluation of legislation, policy and practice on child participation in the European Union’, published by the European Commission in 2015, concluded that “legislative arrangements relating to child participation vary considerably across the EU” and drew attention to “the gap that so often exists between legislation and practice”. Consequently, UNICEF in Romania took the opportunity of the Romanian Presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU), held in the first half of 2019, to set child participation on top of the EU agenda. This was achieved through a process of advocacy and communications that took more than six months, from the end of 2018 until June 2019, with the engagement of different stakeholders within the Romanian Government. It reached its highest point with the International conference on Children’s Participation in Decision-Making and Policy-Making at EU that took place on May 6 and 7th, 2019, when the “Bucharest EU Children’s Declaration” was adopted, urging European leaders to consult and involve them when making decisions that regard their future. The document was created through a complex consultation process that involved both children, and international experts and representatives of European Institutions in charge with children’s rights. Nevertheless, numerous milestones were attained
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