Meeting of S. Rossore

On 19 July UNICEF will join hands with the Tuscany Region of at the San Rossore meeting dedicated to ‘Children and Women: Fulfilling their human rights, developing their talents, advancing the Millennium Agenda’. As in previous years, San Rossore 2007 is expected to be a high-level policy and advocacy meeting, bringing together government representatives and decision-makers from across Italy, Europe and the developing world, with the goal of placing children at the centre of the policy and public agenda.

The San Rossore meeting provides a unique opportunity to think globally and act locally, to consider the opportunities and challenges to making a world and each locality fit for children.

Guided by the agenda agreed on at the UN General Assembly Special Session on Children in 2002, the meeting will give particular attention to child poverty and social exclusion, including among migrant children, and will consider the role of regional and municipal authorities in the promotion of local good governance for children’s rights. Placing children at the centre of the political debate, and organized around high-level expert round tables, the meeting is expected to adopt a Declaration reaffirming a strong commitment to children in Europe and beyond, and to advance the process of follow-up to the Special Session on Children.

Agenda
The first day of the meeting, 19 July 2007, will be organized into plenary and expert round-table sessions. Expert roundtables will be held around three themes:

• addressing child poverty and deprivation
• preventing social exclusion, including among migrant children
• local good governance for children’s rights