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| To guarantee the rights of children and adolescents in the municipality | The Mayor of Lorca, Diego José Mateos, reiterates "the commitment of this government team to give voice to the minors and adolescents of our municipality, that we cannot forget that they will be our future.
As well as covering their needs and priorities."The mayor of Lorca, Diego José Mateos has signed, this morning, a collaboration agreement with the UNICEF Foundation for the accession of the Consistory to the initiative of Child Friendly Cities.Diego José Mateos explained that "through this agreement, which lasts for two years, a commitment will be established between both parties so that the Lorca City Council complies with the requirements and criteria established to be recognized as an Allied Local Government "Mateos Molina has detailed that "the objective is to implement policies to improve the well-being of children, defend their rights, encourage their participation and make cities more livable environments.
This agreement includes that the City Council create a table or an internal commission with representatives of different councils in order to promote a local plan for childhood and adolescence.
In addition to a body for child and adolescent participation that has sufficient resources for its operation.
""As well as establishing a coordination mechanism with other public administrations, associations, universities, unions and preparing an analysis of the situation of children and adolescents living in our municipality with the participation of the different local actors, which will give rise to to the elaboration of the Local Plan for Childhood and Adolescence that will have a monitoring system with indicators, as well as an estimated duration of between 3 and 6 years, "the First mayor specified.The Mayor of Lorca has reiterated "the commitment of this government team to give voice to the minors and adolescents of our municipality, that we cannot forget that they will be our future.
As well as covering their needs and priorities."Mateos Molina recalled that "the Consistory provides assistance through the different municipal programs of care and attention to children to the minors in our municipality who need it most through the dining room scholarships, aid for the purchase of school supplies, responding thus to the demand that the different families pose to us in special situations, through the area of ??Social Services ".In addition to the programs launched by the City Council for the reconciliation of work and family life, as is the case of the "Summer Schools for Reconciliation and Coeducar", developed from the Department of Education from Monday to Friday, in Schedule from 7:45 a.m.
to 3:15 p.m., in the educational centers of San Fernando; Ana Caicedo Richard and Pasico-Campillo from July 6 until 21, with a total of 81 places distributed in three schools.It should be remembered that "also thanks to the signing of this agreement the Lorca City Council will have all those materials related to this issue prepared by the Spanish Committee and before the end of this collaboration a joint review will be carried out and the possibility will be assessed to renew the agreement.
"It should be remembered that since 2001 the Spanish Committee of Unicef ??has led the Child Friendly Cities initiative in Spain, together with its allies (Ministry of Health, Consumption and Social Welfare, the Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces and IUNDIA), in order support local governments in the fulfillment of children's rights at the local level, within the framework of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.Currently there are 277 Local Governments in Spain recognized as Child Friendly Cities.
In the Region, towns such as Murcia, Cartagena, San Javier, Bullas, Calasparra, Campos del Río or Alcantarilla already have this distinctive.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca
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