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Celebrating World Youth Skills Day

We are participating on World Youth Skills Day and focus on Skills for a Shared Future.

Collaboration with Roma Youth

We have started a collaboration with the Roma Youth Association in Turkey.

Discovering the Citiverse

We have become a formal supporter of the ITU Global Initiative on AI and Virtual Worlds.

New Digital Development Goals

We support ITU and United for Smart Sustainable Cities with a (child-friendly) DDG-framework.

Start collaboration in Mali

We started a Connection Desk Child Rights Play train-the-trainer program in Mali.

Joint Statement on AI

We are calling on Governments to turn commitments into action on AI children’s rights.

Exploring AI for Good

We participated at the AI For Good Global Summit in Geneva with a focus on youth.

Member World Internet Conference

We are a new Non-Profit Institution member of the World Internet Conference in China.

Launch AI Literacy Framework

We celebrated the launch of the AI Literacy Framework for Education with the EU in Brussels.

Collaboration with African Libraries

We started to collaborate with the African Library & Information Associations & Institutions.

Children’s rights in the Citiverse

We raised awareness on children rights in the Citiverse at the Future Festival in Rotterdam.

Digital Rights & Inclusion Forum

We participated at the Digital Rights & Inclusion Forum in Abidjan.

New Digital Citizenship Roadmap

We worked with education experts on a Digital Citizenship Roadmap at the EU in Strasbourg.

New Child Rights Monitor Africa

We presented the status of Digital Child Rights to African representatives in Ivory Coast.

New ambassadors in Cape Town

We trained new ambassadors in a Township in Cape Town and started a Connection Desk.

Working in a Social AI Lab

We give young people a voice to develop a Social Responsible AI Code for the City of Rotterdam.

Child Rights PLAY in Uganda

We organized with local partners our first Child Rights PLAY activity in Uganda.

New “Scam Me” card game for youth

We launched a new card game”Scam Me if You can”  to increase the resilience of young people. 

First activities in South Africa

We started collaboration in Cape Town and celebrated Human Rights Festival in Johannesburg.

International Day of Education

Together with the UN Youth Office and UNESCO in Paris we focus on youth participation

Training new ambassadors in Izmir

We trained new Turkish Digital Child Rights ambassadors at the University in Izmir.

New Child Rights Monitor

We report the status of Digital Child Rights based on the UN Concluding Observations.

Working with UNICEF Turkey

We trained Turkish NGO’s on digital children’s rights and youth empowerment.

Testing a new Monitor in London

We successfully tested our Digital Child Rights Monitor at the London School of Economics.

Connection Festival The Hague

We celebrated Human Rights Day with local organizations and young people.

UNICEF Child-friendly cities

Together with UNICEF we presented our digital citizenship program to Dutch municipalities.

Youth Empowerment Session

Together with Paradigm Initiative we organized a Talk with African and European youth (YES!)

Working with youth on Aruba

Together with different local organizations we trained new youth-ambassadors.

Launching our new platform

We share our knowledge and tools on a new platform in more than 100 languages.

Digital children’s rights on AI

Based on our ten digital rights themes we developed AI Literacy activities.

Start new Network Zambia

We started a Digital Child Rights Network in Zambia with local partners.

Introduction in France

Invited by Eurocities in Bordeaux to present our Digital Citizenship program.

Digital Child Rights campaign

We launched our Child Rights PLAY campaign on International Youth Day in Amsterdam.

Online Social Work Curacao

We trained youth workers on digital citizenship together with the Dutch Cities of Learning.

IGF in Saudi Arabia

Discussing children’s right in the Metaverse at the Internet Governance Forum in Riyad.

Digital Citizenship in Poland

We participated in Warsaw the Digital Citizenship squad of the European Digital Education Hub.

Celebrating World Skills Day

Together with UNESCO we focus on youth empowerment through AI and digital skills.

New Desk Congolese refugees

We started a new Connection Desk program for and with young Congolese refugees.

First activity in Belgium

We started a new Child Rights PLAY activity with young children in a primary school in Belgium.

Guideline healthy screen use

We have become a member of the Dutch Advisory Committee regarding healthy screen use.

Digital well-being in Sweden

Together with European experts we developed in Stockholm a digital well-being program.

First pilot activities in Gambia

We organized Child Rights PLAY sessions with our new youth ambassador on a secondary school.

Digital literacy lessons in Greece

We started new Child Rights digital literacy activities with children on a primary school in Greece.

Invited by Giga in Barcelona

We explore collaboration with Giga (ITU/UNICEF). When a school is connected we want to be there.

Presenting the first Panel Report

Giving children a voice and presenting their viewpoints to the Dutch government and UNICEF.

Digital Agenda in New York

We support and embrace the launch of the new SDG Digital Agenda at the UN General Assembly.

Pilot Child Rights Panel Spain

We started our first Digital Child Rights Panel with young people on a secondary school in Barcelona.

New Network in Malawi

Together with local partners and young people we started our first Digital Child Rights Network.

Membership ITU in Geneva

We did our pledge to the Partner2Connect, Digital Coalition of the International Telecom Union

Child Rights PLAY in the UK

We tested our card game Child Rights PLAY, with ten digital rights themes, with young people in London.

Child Rights Talk in Jordan

We tested our Talk with children and young refugees about their digital lives, their problems and wishes.

Started in The Netherlands

Our new Digital Child Rights Foundation started as an international youth organization.

UN digital children’s rights

The signing of the General Comment 25 gave us the drive to support digital children’s rights.

Touched by Makani Centers

A visit to a Makani Center in Z’ataari confirmed our goal to create child-friendly digital spaces.