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In 2009

During 2009 the Child Advisory Board is following up the implementation of the measures of the government child and youth policy development programme and progress on the Child, Youth and Family Programme. The Advisory Board supports the work of the Advisory Council for Youth Affairs in its work on assessing the implementation of the development programme.

Maria Kaisa Aula is the chairperson of its working group on a Finland Fit For Children. The Advisory Boards working group on child information activated the gauging of development work on child welfare in the policy programme, and this collaborative work continues.

2009 is the 20th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and the policy programme is coordinating the campaign for the anniversary.

The implementation of the campaign is also part of the work of the Advisory Board this year.
The Advisory Board is making known the Council of Europe's new strategy on child rights, Building a Europe for and with Children - Towards a Strategy for 2009-2011. The Advisory Board has been designated as a Council of Europe Focal Point in Finland, and its representative is the secretary of the Advisory Board, Auli Paavola. The Advisory Board acts as a national link to the Council of Europe in its development of European action policy lines concerning the prevention of violence against children.

Expert testimonies

  • A children's perspective for the government report on traffic policy 2008; Ministerial Counsellor Anna-Liisa Tarvainen, Ministry of Transport and Communications. (Lapsinäkökulma valtioneuvoston liikennepoliittiseen selontekoon 2008 in Finnish on the website)
  • Visit of Ambassador Irma Ertman to the Advisory Board, 9 February 2009. (Interview in Finnish)

Position papers, statements

  • Assessment of the outlook reports of government ministries and a statement on the government programme (Arvio ministeriöiden tulevaisuuskatsauksista sekä kannanotto seuraavaan hallitusohjelmaan in Finnish)

Training courses, conferences

  • Working seminar on measures to reduce violence against children, organised by the Advisory Board in cooperation with the division on violence of the National Council for Crime Prevention on 10 May 2007.
  • The Advisory Board organised a conference on 11 September 2008 on the impact on child and youth services of the reform of the service structure.