1. Mia Lumio Children’s Ombudsman City of Tampere
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2. WE HAVE A VISION TO SHARE
"Tampere is a city for children and young people,
where childhood and adolescence are recognised
and appreciated as being significant phases in a
person's life.
In all its functions, the city respects
the rights of children and young people to have
access to versatile, high-quality services, to participate
and to have a say as well as their rights to access to
every form of well-being and protection.”
THE CHILD POLICY PROGRAMME OF THE CITY OF TAMPERE
We would like to share this vision with you.
We are testing this vision every day.

3. A FORERUNNER IN CHILD AND YOUTH POLICY IN FINLAND
A specific child and youth policy programme for promoting the well-being of children, young people and families since 1999 (revised in 2007)
The post of Finland´s first municipal Children´s Ombudsman was founded in 2003
provides information and monitors the development of well-being of children and young people
creates opportunities for children and young people to communicate their opinions and needs
co-ordinates child and youth work
promotes co-operation between all child and young people instances
The Children’s Parliament and the Open Youth Forum were made permanent in 2004
A Deputy Mayor to Support Growth of Children and Youth 2007

4. ACTIVE
The Week for the Convention on the Rights of the Child
2008 Unicef City of Finland

5. The XIIIth ISPCAN EUROPEAN REGIONAL CONFERENCE
ISPCAN = International Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect
An international community of professionals working to prevent child abuse and neglect worldwide
founded 1977
Conference will take place in Tampere, Finland in August 2011
The main theme of the conference is 'Challenging Social Responsibilities for Child Abuse and Neglect’ and the subthemes are
The state, the family, the communities: whose rights, whose responsibilities?
Children as citizens and clients in different settings
Focusing on trauma and therapeutical perspectives
Professionals:

6. CONFERENCE AS A FORUM FOR THE CFC CHILDREN AND YOUTH ?
Participating children and youth as professionals
A forum for children and youth of Cities for Children network to discuss for example bullying in any form
HOW TO INVOLVE CHILDREN AND YOUTH IN THE DISCUSSION ?
WHAT ARE THE METHODS OF PARTICIPATION ?
HOW ABOUT
via local / national children and youth parliaments?
participating the conference itself ?
prediscussion via internet ?

7. LET´S NETWORK

8. SAFE LIFE FOR CHILDREN – BEST PRACTICE
one of the best practices in tackling health inequalities in Europe (EuroHealthNet, 2006)
promotes the realisation of children´s rights,
develops multiprofessional cooperation in interventions in child abuse cases
the target group are children under school age, their families and professionals
NETWORK
Local workers in child protection servics, children´s day care services, family work and child welfare clinics, local parish of the church, police, prosecutor and court
OUTCOMES
HANDBOOK: the action model for different professionals
WORRY SCREENING - EDUCATION: on various methods of early observation and support
OUR KIDS – PUBLICATION: An action model to promote and support interaction between a child and his/her parents, a Supervisor´s Guide and a book ”My Story” for children
HAND IN HAND – SECURITY FOR CHILDREN -HANDBOOK: for people working with abused children
GROUPS: Father, Baby, Arm-in-Arm and Tot groups
When the National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health (STAKES) revised its recommendations on children's physical and sexual abuse, the City of Tampere appointed the Abused Child Working Group to clarify the working practices in issues concerning child abuse.

9. Tampere - Action Model in child abuse cases
First contact
Social worker
Police
Prosecutor
The Court
University hospital
Consultation/
Recieving the C.A.
announcement
Child abuse
is possible
Child protection acts
Clearing
Announcement of crime/
consultation
Criminal
investigation
Investigation
with
positive
results
Consideration of
the charge
Accusation/
Charge
Lawsuit
The verdict
Finding
the defendent
guilty
Check-up
and treatment
Becoming
worried
about the
child
child abuse
Psychiatric
of the child
about the child in
healthcare
units
Recommendation
for treatment
The statement
Suspicion of
Multiprofessional team

10. Finnish Host Organisations
University of Tampere
Department of Nursing Scince
- Concerned with caring for the health of the individual and the family and in everyday life with routine coping
Department of Social Policy and Social Work
- Concerned with face-to-face interaction in social work, child protection and family, and issues of substance abuse and marginalisation
Nordic Association for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (NASPCAN)
- Established in in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1998
- Members from Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Greenland and Iceland
- The goal is to afford members the opportunity to share experiences, update knowledge as well as stimulate the exchange of knowledge

11. Conference Organisation
The conference will be organised by the above-mentioned host organisations
The Local Organising Committee (LOC) will be formed of Finnish academics, policy makers and practitioners representing organisations in the field
The Local Scientific Committee (LSC) will be formed of the representatives of main research and professional organisations involved in child abuse and neglect prevention in Finland and the Nordic countries
 All arrangements will be accomplished in close co-operation with ISPCAN Head Office

12. TAMPERE IN BRIEF In 1779 Tampere received its city rights
The city is located between two lakes
Easily reached by car, bus, train and aeroplane
Inhabitants in Tampere nearly , in Tampere region
The third biggest city in Finland
The biggest inland city in the Nordic countries
Centre of education and information society
The City of Tampere has the best image comparing the largest cities in Finland (2004)
The most attractive city among Finns who plan on moving (2004)

13. CHILDREN AND YOUTH AS PART OF DEMOCRACY
Mia Lumio
Children’s Ombudsman
City of Tampere
Vaakunallinen PowerPoint–esityspohja
Etusivu:
Otsikko Arial 36, alaotsikko 32
Päiväys:
Päiväyksen käyttäjä lisää itse esityspohjaan. Suosittelemme pysyvän päiväyksen käyttöä.
Valitse Näytä–Ylä- ja alatunniste–Valitse Pysyvä ja kirjoita päiväys sille varattuun tilaan. Valitse Käytä kaikissa.
Päiväys toistuu automaattisesti joka dialla.
Etusivulla dian numero ei ole näkyvissä.

14. Why Youth Participation?
Children and young people are experts
Worry about participation of young people because of low voting rate
Young people are far from politics, they are not interested about it
Politicians think participation of children and young people is important
Appreciation – respect every child and youngster as a person
Democracy of citizens – Youth participation is part of it
Society is for everyone – it’s common!

15. Levels of Participation
Youth houses/ houses’ committees
Other Youths’ Groups to Act
UNIT
Schools/Students’ unions
AREA
Cooperative groups of areas/forums
The Children’s Parliament
The Youth Forum
Participating in Committees and Boards
CITY
REGION
The Forum for Young People’s Ideas in the Tampere Region & Region’s municipalities’ representatives of Youths’ opinion-maker groups

16. Students’ unions
already exist in secondary schools, upper secondary schools and vocational schools
action of students’ union in upper secondary schools is ordained in a law
all pupils of the school are members of students’ union
students’ union has a board and might have a representative body

17. Goals for Boardmembers of Students’ Union
1st and 2nd grades: member…
knows the students’ union and its’ board
learns to participate in to the meetings
knows his/her own task as a member of the board
3rd and 4th grades: member…
represents his/her own class in the meetings regularly
uses opportunities to speak actively
asks class’s opinion about things that are discussed and speaks on behalf of his/her class
takes responsibility for common things
participates to the planning of action

18. Goals for Boardmembers of Students’ Union
5th and 6th grades: member…
can defend and gives reasons for own class’s opinion
knows his own and class’s possibilities to influence
knows how decisions are made in school
participates to affairs in order to advance them
participates actively and can evaluate his/her own action and also board’s action
7th, 8th and 9th grades: member…
discusses about his/her class’s opinion and advances it by own action in board meetings
knows manners how the decisions are made in his/her school
acts initiatively and brings things to the debate enterprisingly
understands that evaluation has meaning in progress of students’ board’s action

19. Expansion of the Students’ Unions’ activity to Every School
a part of participation model in the City of Tampere
a students’ union and its’ board to every school (expanding to schools of 1-6 grades) in last year
reimbursements to teachers who guide students’ boards (local contract)
education for teachers, youth workers and students’ boards’ members regularly (twice a year)

20. The Children’s Parliament
started in the 2001 by The LOVE Project – from the beginning of the 2004 a part of Youths’ Services in the City of Tampere
to give an opportunity to participate and to influence on children’s own school, environment and city
a place where children can make suggestions
representatives from comprehensive school (4-6 grades)
two meetings in a council hall in a year
a board and three active committees

21. The Youth Forum influences on youths’ living and being happy
follows the decisionmaking concerning youths’ things
makes suggestions
representatives from schools (7th- former and older)
meetings in the council hall twice a year
a board and four committees

22. Central administration co-operation
Two members of The Forum for Young People are also members of three Committees and three Boards
Committee of Child and Youth Services
Committee of Services Promoting Culture and Quality of Life
Committee of Expertise and Economic Development
Board of Daycare and Basic Education
Board of Upper Secondary Education
Board of Cultural Services
Twice a year at the committee of Child and Youth Services
News of the Children´s Parliament
News of the Forum for Young People
Each local political party has a contact persons for the Children´s Parliament and the Forum for Young People

23. KIITOS