Deploying the construction and operation of the 'Children's Council' model
(Baonghean.vn) - On the morning of June 18, in Vinh city, the Central Council of Young Pioneers opened a training course for source trainers on instructions for building and operating the "Children's Council" model with the participation of 30 delegates representing 8 provinces and cities: Ha Nam, Nam Dinh, Ninh Binh, Thai Binh, Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa, Thua Thien Hue.
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| Attending the training program were comrades: Hoang Thi Hong Mai - Chief of Office of the Central Council of Young Pioneers; Le Van Luong - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Youth Union, Chairman of the Council of Young Pioneers of Nghe An province and 30 delegates representing 8 provinces and cities: Ha Nam, Nam Dinh, Ninh Binh, Thai Binh, Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa, Thua Thien Hue. Photo: Phu Nam |
The Prime Minister decided to assign the Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union to pilot the “Children’s Council” model from 2015. The model is a new form of organizing children’s activities directly run by children themselves, aiming to improve children’s capacity in exercising their right to participate in issues related to children as prescribed by law.
Through the operation of the Children's Council model, it helps agencies and organizations related to children to improve the process of law making, policy making and decision making on children. After nearly 3 years of implementation, the Children's Council model has initially affirmed its effectiveness in promoting children's participation rights at the grassroots level.
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| The training course for source trainers on guidelines for building and operating the “Children’s Council” model took place over 2 days, June 18-19, with 4 topics. Photo: Phu Nam |
To continue promoting the effectiveness of the model, the training course was implemented to improve the knowledge of source lecturers on 4 topics: Basic knowledge of the Children's Council - the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child; International and Vietnamese laws regulating children's rights and basic knowledge on gender; Knowledge of child protection and working skills to strengthen the role of the Children's Council; Training methods with children's participation.
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| A group of children in Tuong Duong (Nghe An) play clay. Photo courtesy of Dinh Tuan |
Along with 4 other training locations across the country, the training location in Nghe An is expected by the Central Council of the Young Pioneers to bring new awareness to the team of Youth Union and Young Pioneers who are directly involved in the work of managing the Ho Chi Minh Young Pioneers Team, protecting, caring for and educating teenagers and children in establishing, operating and developing the "Children's Council" model.