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UNICEF has valued very positively the participation of children in the Municipal Council of Citizen Participation and in the elaboration of the Children's Plan and the innovative project of 'Networking' to serve the most disadvantaged children

The municipality of Lorquí has ​​become UNICEF's Children's City after the recognition of the Spanish Committee for the work that has been carried out during the last years in the City of Lorquí, in collaboration with other agencies and institutions, for the defense of rights , Interests and needs of the minors of the municipality.

Thus, after collecting the Seal last week in Santander, the mayor, Joaquín Hernández, presented this morning the assessments of UNICEF to the project and the policies of children of Lorquí.

The event, chaired by UNICEF Murcia president, Amparo Marzal, has also attended the mayors of the three municipalities that have received Seal with Lorquí: José Ballesta, mayor of Murcia, Pascual Lucas, mayor of Cieza and José Miguel Luengo, mayor Of San Javier.

Likewise, the mayor of Archena, Patricia Fernández, has collected a mention for good practices.

In the case of Lorquí, the unanimous support of the Town Hall Plenary has been very positively valued to the Municipal Childhood Plan, through which the firm commitment to the smaller ones is manifested and materialized.

Also the active dynamic work that is done thanks to the Sectoral Council of Children and Adolescents and the creation of an Interconcejalías Organ for the design and the execution in collaboration of the strategies that define and define the policies of infancy and adolescence.

"But not everything is tangible and quantifiable, our spirit is not only reflected in what we do but also in how we do it, fostering collaborative, intersectoral and transversal work, betting on transparency and encouraging participation in decision making through Creation of the Municipal Council for Child and Youth Participation, an organ that gives voice to the minors of the municipality, and incorporating their presence and collaboration in the Municipal Council for Citizen Participation and in the development of the Childhood Plan, "as Hernández emphasized.

Likewise, the network work carried out in the municipality for the care of the most disadvantaged children has been highlighted as an important strength, an innovative project that has earned it the recognition at national and international level and which is a model of good practices for others Municipalities, agencies and institutions.

"We understood that the social reality seriously affects children and adolescents and that this generation needed innovative responses with a vocation of reform. Today, this Seal of the Childhood City and the recognition of this model by UNICEF show that our thinking Was right and we were on the right path, which will continue to travel in our town, today, if possible, more motivated than ever, "said the mayor.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorquí