Academia

Academic institutions and individual researchers have an important role to play in building child-friendly cities. Among other things, they can:

Generate evidence-based research and develop methodologies that can be used to develop indicators and conduct situation analyses, as well as contribute to the monitoring and evaluation processes.
Develop courses and training that raise awareness about child rights and help build technical capacity in areas such as education, child health and development, and urban planning.
Participate in steering groups and advisory processes that feed into the process of building a child-friendly city.