The Santa Cruz de Tenerife City Council has renewed the seal of Child Friendly City, a distinction that grants UNICEF and recognizes the work of local entities in the protection and guarantee of the rights of children and adolescents.
This was confirmed yesterday to NOTICE DIARY the Councilor for Social Action, Education and Youth, Charín González, who indicated that “this recognition is a great satisfaction, since the Child Friendly City seal is not simply the renewal of a guarantor of quality, but it carries with it a series of objectives that we have met through actions carried out in favor of children.”
The capital presented its renewal candidacy on August 14, 2023, for which it carried out a diagnosis of the objectives already achieved and future, framed in the II Municipal Plan for Childhood and Adolescence, as reported by this newspaper.
On November 27, the Permanent Secretariat of the Child-Friendly Cities Initiative, made up of representatives of the Ministry of Youth and Children, the Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces (FEMP), the University Institute of Children’s Needs and Rights and Adolescence (Iunida) and Unicef Spain, agreed to renew the recognition of the Santa Cruz de Tenerife City Council as a Child-Friendly City within the framework of the 2023 call.
In this way, the capital of Tenerife revalidates a seal that already brings together 301 local entities and to which in this new edition eight new ones are added, along with the renewal of 148, which join the 145 that have the current recognition of Friendly Cities of childhood. The councilor pointed out that among the actions promoted by the Capital City Council in favor of minors, “the increase in day centers, the increase in personnel for child care, the increase in playgrounds and the creation of the Municipal Children’s Council stand out. and Adolescence, on November 20, coinciding with International Children’s Day.
In the letter sent by Unicef to the mayor of Santa Cruz, José Manuel Bermúdez, to communicate the renewal of said recognition, it is clear that the seal “values the work of local governments, in alliance with other actors, and in especially with its recipients, boys and girls, to protect and guarantee compliance with their rights and lead a continuous process of strategic implementation of measures, in any circumstance, that have a tangible impact on their well-being.”
The signing of the agreement that will regulate the commitments of the parties as a result of the renewal of recognition will take place in the near future. In addition, on December 14 there will be the institutional ceremony for the new entities that have joined this commitment, which will take place at the Ministry of Youth and Children.
