How can we build a case for improving the conditions in which children grow? How can we mobilize various actors on different levels of the system to get involved?

The Bernard van Leer Foundation (BvLF) has identified the critical need to focus on the child within the environments where they live and grow. This need sparked the development of the Urban95 strategy. Urban95 aims to work with urban planners, architects, engineers and city managers to incorporate a focus on early childhood development in the planning and management of cities. Similar innovative projects from Albania, Greece and Brazil are also spurring change.

This webinar will focus on the implementation of these different projects and the lessons that can be learned from them.

Questions addressed during this webinar:

• How can awareness around the problem of environments and its effect on young children be raised? 
• Who are the key stakeholders/players? Who are the best allies at different levels of the system and can they be mobilized?
• What are the main achievements and the main challenges in mobilizing and retaining representatives at different levels of the system?

Who is this webinar for? 
The webinar is primarily for representatives of civil society organizations, groups and networks of different profiles (early childhood, social protection, child rights, professionals which are not usually focused on young children and families e.g. urban planners, architects, designers, police etc.) It is also for academic institutions and funders around the world.

Moderator: 
Zorica Trikic, Senior Program Manager, ISSA [Bio]

Speakers:

Ardan Kockelkoren, Urban 95 coordinator, Bernard van Leer Foundation [Bio]

Simon Battisti, Director, Qendra Marrëdhënie (Relationship Center), neighborhood planning initiatives for infants, toddlers, and caregivers [Bio]

Rodrigo Rubido Alonso, Co-Founder and Executive Director, Instituto Elos [Bio]

Vivian Doumpa, Urban Planner & Geographer Placemaker and Trainer, Stipo [Bio]

You can register HERE.