November 27th | Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation

08:30

Participant Registration

Host: Fátima Lopes

09:15

Opening Session

  1. Isabel Soares, President of the Executive Board of ProChild CoLAB and Full Professor at the School of Psychology, University of Minho
  2. Presentation of the Video “A Pact for Children in Children’s voices”

09:40

Inaugural Conference

Ásmundur Einar Daðason, Iceland’s Minister of Education and Children

PANEL 1

Promoting Social Inclusion and Fighting Child Poverty

10:15 Bo Viktor Nylund, Director of UNICEF Innocenti – Global Office of Research and Foresight

10:45 Roundtable debate

  1. Sandra Araújo, Coordinator of the National Strategy Against Poverty
  2. Sónia Almeida, National Coordinator for Child Guarantee
  3. Moderator: Raquel Corval, Researcher at ProChild CoLAB

11:30

Pause

PANEL 2

Prevention and Protection against all forms of Discrimination and Violence against Children

11:50 Carme Tello Casany, President of the Catalan Association for Abused Children (ACIM) and the Federation of Associations for the Prevention of Child Abuse (FAPMI)

12:20 Roundtable debate

  1. Rosário Farmhouse, President of the National Commission for the Promotion of Children and Youth Rights (CNPDPCJ)
  2. Álvaro Laborinho Lúcio, Retired Judge, Writer, Professor, and Member of the Board of Directors of ProChild CoLAB
  3. Moderator: Judite Peixoto, Researcher at ProChild CoLAB

13:00

Lunch Break

PANEL 3

Promoting Children’s Participation in Advocating for their Rights

14:30 George Moschos, Jurist, former Children’s Ombudsman of Greece, founding member of the Initiative for Article 12 UNCRC and director and coordinator of Youth Engagement Scheme of  the Child and Adolescents Mental Health Initiative.

15:00 Roundtable debate

  1. Beatriz Imperatori, Executive Director of UNICEF Portugal and President of  the Superior Council of ProChild CoLAB
  2. Joana Marques Vidal, Former Deputy Prosecutor General and President of the General Council of the University of Minho
  3. Moderator: Gabriela Trevisan, Researcher at ProChild CoLAB

PANEL 4

Coordinating Childhood Policies at Various Levels of Governance

15:45 Jorge Cardona Llorens, Professor of Public International Law at the University of Valencia, Former Member of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child, and President of the Autonomous Committee of UNICEF in the Valencian Community

16:15 Roundtable debate

  1. Adelina Pinto, Vice-Mayor of Guimarães Municipal Council and Member of the Executive Board  of ProChild CoLAB
  2. Manuel Sarmento, Associate Professor at the Institute of Education, University of Minho, and Member of the Superior Council of ProChild CoLAB
  3. Moderator: Helena Grangeia, Researcher at ProChild CoLAB

17:00

Final Conference

Marta Santos Pais, Member of the International Commission against the Death Penalty, First Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General on Violence against Children, and Member of the Superior Council of ProChild CoLAB

17:30

Closing session

Presidente da Assembleia da República, Augusto Santos Silva

While putting children front and centre as a national priority, this event aims above all to generate a commitment for the adoption of active public policy measures and concrete actions oriented towards realizing the vision embodied in the Childhood Pact.

Admission is free and registration is open from September 7th to November 22nd. Join us!