Children's Participation in Decision Making

Hope for Children—UNCRC Policy Centre, along with the NGO Support Centre, the Olive Branch Foundation and the Commissioner’s Office for Children’s Rights, is pleased to invite you to our conference:

“Children’s Participation in Decision Making”

at the Cyprus Community Media Centre (CCMC)

on September 25^th 2010

from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

The conference forms part of “The Children of Cyprus and Human Rights” project, supported by the EEA Grant. Speakers include representatives the Republic of Cyprus, the Separated Children in Europe Program (SCEP), Save the Children and Brunel University UK. The discussion will be followed by a workshop, which will include children, NGO workers, and teachers.

Through this conference, we aim to show how the participation of children in the decision-making process can be put into practice. It is addressed to everyone in roles of public leadership and service.

We will cover definitions and concepts of children’s participation and how this is stipulated in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child; the importance of children’s participation as well as when it is needed; how public leaders, such as legislators, administrators and the media, can play a tangible role in promoting children’s participation and improving it its efficacy.

We would be pleased and honored by your presence.

For further information and RSVP, please contact Hope for Children—UNCRC Policy Centre at on info@uncrcpc.org or call us at 22-103234.

If you could help us please let us know.

Kind regards

Joseph varughese

Workshop Programme

Saturday

8.15 Departure

9.30 Arrival at the hotel

10.30 – 11.45 Session 1: Introduction to “Globalization and developing countries”

11.45- 12.00 Break

1200 – 13.15 Session 2 : Abuses of human rights in people’s movement: the case of women’s rights

13.15 Lunch

15.00 - 18.00 Session 3: Film screening: “Sex traffic”

18.00 - 19.00 Working groups

19.00 Dinner

Sunday

8.00 Breakfast

9.30- 10.30 Session 4 – Children's rights in developing countries

10.30 – 10.45 Break

10.45 – 13.00 Working groups

13.00 Lunch

14.30 Departure

Workshop in Paphos

CONFIRMATION

With this confirmation I state that I, the undersigned allow _________________________________ student in Class________ to participate in the weekend workshop (20^th and 21^st March 2010) of the English School “Active Citizenship” Society at Cypria Bay Hotel, Paphos.

Name of Parent/Guardian: _________________________________

Student’s mobile phone number: ____________________

Home telephone number: ____________________

Is the student a member of the “Active Citizenship” Society?YES

NO

Date: ______________________________

__________________________

Signed: Father/Mother/Guardian

Cinema this Thursday

This Thursday our club is visiting the FESTIVAL OF CYPRIOT MOVIES against fanaticism and intolerance.
We are going to watch the movie "Παράλληλα ταξίδια" ("Parallel routes")

The screening will take place at cinema PANTHEON (in the centre of Nicosia) this Thursday at 8. There will be English subtitles.

Here is the description:

Τα «Παράλληλα Ταξίδια» σχεδιάστηκαν και γυρίστηκαν όταν δεν υπήρχε η δυνατότητα επαφής ανάμεσα στα δυο κομμάτια της Κύπρου πέραν της διαχωριστικής γραμμής. Ο Πανίκκος Χρυσάνθου και ο Dervis Zaim έκαμαν ξεχωριστά γυρίσματα με βάση ένα κοινό σχέδιο: Να καταγράψουν και να φέρουν μαζί μέσα στην ταινία ανθρώπους και από τα δυο κομμάτια του νησιού μας, που ο πόλεμος άφησε σημάδια στο κορμί και στη ψυχή τους. Τα «Παράλληλα Ταξίδια» χωρίζονται σε δύο μέρη. Στο πρώτο καταγράφεται η ιστορία δυο χωριών μέσα από την εμπειρία ανθρώπων που επέζησαν μιας σφαγής. Είναι το Παλαίκυθρο, όπου εχτελέστηκαν εν ψυχρώ δυο οικογένειες από Τουρκοκύπριους παραστρατιωτικούς. Και η Μαράθα-Αλόα-Σανταλάρης, όπου το σύνολο των γυναικοπαίδων σκοτώθηκαν από Ελληνοκύπριους παραστρατιωτικούς. Η ταινία είναι μια ανασύνθεση της μνήμης κι ένας στοχασμός πάνω στη βαρβαρότητα, το μίσος και τη συγχώρεση. Στο δεύτερο μέρος έχουμε δυο ζευγάρια θυμάτων του πολέμου: Δυο γυναίκες που έχασαν τα πιο αγαπημένα τους πρόσωπα, η μια τον πατέρα της κι η άλλη τον άντρα της. Και δυο άντρες, που ο πόλεμος ακρωτηρίασε το κορμί τους κι άλλαξε για πάντα τη ζωή τους. 2003. 125 λεπτά. Ελληνικοί και τούρκικοι διάλογοι με αγγλικούς υποτίτλους.

The "parallel Tours" were filmed when no contact was possible between the two parts of Cyprus beyond the Green Line. Panicos Chrysanthou and Dervis Zaim have made separate shooting behind a common project: to capture and bring together people in the film and the two parts of our island, that the war left scars on their body and soul. The "parallel Tours" are divided into two parts. The first is the recorded history of the villages through the experience of people who survived a massacre. It is Palaikythro where two families were killed by Turkish Cypriot paramilitaries And the Marathi-Aloa-Santalaris where all the women and children were killed by Greek Cypriot paramilitaries. The film is a reconstruction of memory and a meditation on the brutality, hatred and forgiveness. In the second part we have two pairs of victims of war: Two women who lost more loved ones, one's father and the other is her husband. And two men, that the war mutilated their bodies and changed their lives forever.

Diversity Day Festival!

Dear Active Citizens,

Some of the activities sound very interesting (for example the “Live Library” and the performance by the group from Ghana).

I know that it is a short notice, but I believe that Active Citizenship could participate in many ways in the event. For example:

1. We could have our own stall there and distribute our material [our magazine, the article about multicultural education]. Saturday is a busy day in Makariou and I think it is a good opportunity to get to know more people and led people outside the school know what we are doing.

2. We could also write an article linking diversity with the last events in the old town (arrests of migrants by the police). Those of you, who are interested in writing a small article on that, please come into contact with Panos Achniotis (pa-nix@hotmail.com). In that case, we should have the article ready by Thursday, in order to send it by email to all of you and get feedback before we print it.

3. Any other ideas????

I suggest that we meet there at 14.00 and stay until 16.00.

Please send me your thoughts...

Whoever is interested to attend the event please inform me by mail.

See you soon

Evgenia Nikiforou

Diversity Day Festival

3^rd of October 2009

Programme

Venue: Archbishop Makarios Avenue 15, Hall of the National Bank of Greece

9.45: Press Conference with the E.U. Commissioner of Health Mrs Androula Vasileiou

11.00- 12.00: Workshop regarding the law on gender equality at work.

12.00 – 16.00: Live Library. A very progressive activity with people instead of books. People with diversity in age, psychical ability, religion, sexuality, health, family status, style etc. Every and each one of us is a book. Borrow a “live” book and ask him/her whatever you want in order to understand diversity.

11.00/13.50/15.30: Educational activities/games focusing on Human Rights for children between 7 and 13, parents, guardians and teachers by the Programme Compasito of the European Council.

Reading of the tale “To eftapodi” by famous actors/actresses of ANT1.

Screening of the documentaries

• ”A diverse society”

• “Utopia”

• “Bom dia Alegria"
  

Venue: Archbishop Makarios Avenue 18, Zena Canther - Parking Place

Informational stalls from various organisations

Graffiti

Ability park

11.00 – 14.00: Live Broadcast - Deejay Radio

14.30- 16.00: Performance by the group New Age Dancers from Ghana.