Coordination & partnerships
Presentation & best practices from the CFCI network
Cross-sectoral coordination and strategic partnerships to maximize the impact of child-friendly policies, laws and programmes.
Strong and sustainable cross-sectoral coordination and strategic partnerships are essential for building a child-friendly city.
The machinery of local government varies from country to country and from city to city. Very few of the intractable problems facing children can be solved by the action of one department alone. Because of this, cross-sectoral coordination between departments, and with and between regional or national departments or ministries as well as community or neighbourhood government is needed to build a child-friendly city.
Building a child-friendly city or community cannot be accomplished without strategic partnerships with stakeholders in civil society, the private sector, academia, media as well as children and youth themselves, all of which have a role to play in helping to keep the government accountable.
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