OUR APPROACH

The NGO Group is a registered network of 80 national and international NGOs committed to all children fully enjoying their rights as defined by the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Through the NGO Group, member organizations become a more powerful global voice for child rights.

MISSION

To promote, implement and monitor the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

OBJECTIVES

Through its Secretariat and its members, the NGO Group works:

• To advocate and raise public awareness of the importance of the Convention.
• To promote and facilitate the full implementation of the Convention, through specific programmes and actions.
• To promote the active and ethical participation of children in all aspects of implementation and monitoring of the Convention, and also in the activities of the NGO Group itself, in line with article 12 of the Convention.
• To facilitate the flow of information between the Committee on the Rights of the Child, relevant United Nations agencies and the NGO community.
• To facilitate cooperation and information-sharing globally within the NGO community on the application and monitoring of the implementation of the Convention.
• To draw up policies and strategies and undertake actions in fields covered by the Convention.
• To contribute to the monitoring of the implementation of the Convention by the Committee on the Rights of the Child.
• To facilitate the creation of and support the work of national coalitions for the Convention.