Child in the City

29 September - 1 October 2014  The 7th Child in the City Conference will take place in Odense (Denmark) at the University of Southern Denmark

Participation, inclusion and cooperation What are the effective models form including and engaging diverse children and young people, especially those in most need of support? How can we build bridges between children, parents and professionals to create more integrated responses from services, and better children’s communities within in the urban landscape? Child wellbeing and the impacts of recession What are the impacts of economic recession on children’s rights, health and life chances? How can we demonstrate the economic  sense of investing in services and spaces for children? How do we sustain services through times of constrained public funding? What is the role of child-impact assessments in making difficult decisions on public spending? Play, mobility and children’s culture How can we best respond to the UN’s General Comment about play, recreation and children’s cultural lives? How can local governments combat the insidious commercialization and over-institutionalization of children’s lives; promote their greater mobility; and create opportunities for their playful physical activity and access to the natural world? http://www.childinthecity.com/Conference/Conference/Themes/page/9791/