The Child Friendly Cities Initiative (Municipalité Amie des Enfants, MAE) in Canada is active in the French-speaking province of Québec since 2009 and is led by the NGO Carrefour Action Municipale et Famille (CAMF). The aim of the initiative is to assess and recognize the work and achievements of municipalities…
The Child Friendly Cities Programme in Portugal (Programa Cidades Amigas das Crianças) was launched in 2015 by the Portuguese Committee for UNICEF. The programme aims to contribute to the realization of children’s rights in the country and is designed to encourage adoption of public policies that promote the well-being of all citizens…
The Child Friendly City Initiative (Barnvæn sveitarfélög) in Iceland is in its pilot phase. In 2016 the UNICEF National Committee, in partnership with National Government, local authorities and local youth council launched the Child Friendly city pilot with the municipality of Akureyri, the fourth biggest municipality in Iceland…
Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) is Viet Nam’s largest city and the commercial, political, cultural and technological centre of the country. The city is inhabited by 13 million people, and close to 45% are under 25 years of age. Together with neighboring provinces in the Southern Economic Region, the city currently accounts for nearly…
The Greater Amman Municipality (GAM) Child Friendly Cities initiative began in 2005 when, on the recommendation of the Mayor of Amman, the Executive Agency for a Child Friendly City (EACFC) was created to improve the quality of programs offered to children in greater Amman. That same year, a policy document…
The Sustainable and Child Friendly Municipalities Initiative (SCFM) is a collaboration between the Belize Mayors Association, the Ministry of Labour, Local Government and Rural Development, UNICEF and UNDP. The concept behind this initiative is to create awareness and promote activities at the subnational level aimed at…
The Child Friendly Communities (Territorios Amigos de la Niñez -TAN) initiative in Colombia is being established in the municipalities of Quibdó and Cartagena through a partnership between UNICEF and various national Colombian agencies. These include: The National System for Family Well-being (Sistema Nacional de…