1. “A small step for man – a giant leap for children” …the Council of Europe Child friendly marathon

2. A Child friendly Europe Three initial dimensions:   Justice   Health   Social Services Common denominator   UN Convention on the Rights of the Child   The European Convention on Human Rights   Best interest of the child in all settings

3. Child friendly justice The preparatory phase ► ► Information gathering through a number of high level conferences ► ► 4 expert reports ► ► Multidisciplinary group of 15 specialists ► ► Defined the scope of the work

4. Child friendly justice   In all spheres of justice civil, administrative, criminal   At all stages of procedure before, during, after   In all types of procedure judicial and extra-judicial   In whichever capacity directly, indirectly, as object or subject, a party, victim, withenss, perpetrator

5. Partnership Support from and co-operation with ► ► international organisations ► ► international and national NGOs ► ► professional associations, national and European

6. Consultation with children ► ► A European questionnaire ► ► Consultation at national level with partners ► ► 4000 replies ► ► Children in different settings, from different backgrounds, different countries ► ► Evaluated by a consultant

7. ► ► Child friendly health services ► ► Child friendly social services ► ► Will take inspiration from the method of the justice guidelines

8. www.coe.int/children children@coe.int Illustrations: E.Puybaret, © Council of Europe