Good governance is essential for children’s well-being. It is about a government being responsible to its citizens in terms of delivering services, being open and transparent about decision-making processes, making information accessible and having established independent mechanisms that can hold it accountable for its actions and inaction.
The seven case studies presented in this booklet are not an exhaustive overview of the efforts being carried out all over the world to include children in CRC reporting. There are many more excellent examples of good practice from Save the Children and others, but in order to keep the volume of It’s all about children down the aim has been to cover countries with very different historical and socio economic conditions where Save the Children either has supported networks and child rights coalitions in their reporting processes, or directly helped children share their thoughts, experiences and concerns.
Last but not least, It’s all about children contains ten steps to meaningful children’s participation in reporting to the Committee on the Rights of the Child, that have been comprised based on the reports included in this booklet, other related documents listed in the bibliography and valuable advice given during telephone conversations, e-mail exchanges and questionnaires filled in by helpful colleagues and children around the world.
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