The Conference will provide a space for the discussion of major benefits and challenges of the integration of Human Rights and Human Development frameworks and their usefulness for designing better policies, programs and projects directed to children and youth. In particular, the debate will focus on children’s and youth participation and agency, examining their relation with inequity reduction.
The conference objectives are thus:
- To gain a better understanding of the conceptual relation between Human Development and the Human Rights paradigm as applied to children and youth, with a focus on the concepts of participation, agency and equity.
- To integrate both paradigms in order to produce better analyses of children wellbeing and translate it in more effective public policies, programs and projects for children and youth.
- To encourage a common space for inter-agency exchange of experiences and knowledge, favoring inter-agency cooperation.