Pledging initiative – Submission form: Submission #2296

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Nombre del Estado o agente que presenta el compromiso (sírvase indicar el sitio web, si lo hay): The Mayors Mechanism submitting in the name of the City of Braga
Pledging entity: Cities, Municipalities, and Local Authority
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Nombres y apellidos: Pablo Mariani
Puesto que ocupa: KMO
País: Portugal (201)
Other country of implementation: Global (23641)
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Dirección de correo electrónico: pmariani@mayorsmechanism.org
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Título del compromiso: Local and Regional Governments’ Pledge for Children Displaced by the Conflict in Ukraine
Tipo de compromiso (sírvase seleccionar): Individual (un solo Estado Miembro/ una sola parte interesada)
Is this a mirror pledge (pledge is also relevant to the Global Compact on Refugees) ?: {Empty}

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Naturaleza del compromiso (sírvase seleccionar): Participación en los procesos (p. ej., organización de procesos plenamente consultivos para elaboración de informes nacionales para el Foro de Examen de la Migración Internacional); structured

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Sírvase indicar el (los) objetivo(s) del Pacto Mundial para la Migración que este compromiso pretende promover: 7. Abordar y reducir las vulnerabilidades en la migración; 15. Proporcionar a los migrantes acceso a servicios básicos; 16. Empoderar a los migrantes y las sociedades para lograr la plena inclusión y la cohesión social; 17. Eliminar todas las formas de discriminación y promover un discurso público con base empírica para modificar las percepciones de la migración; 23. Fortalecer la cooperación internacional y las alianzas mundiales para la migración segura, ordenada y regular

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Sírvase indicar qué principio(s) rector(es)1 es (son) particularmente pertinente(s) para este compromiso:
Centrada en las personas (738); Cooperación internacional (739); Soberanía nacional (742); Estado de derecho y garantías procesales (741); Desarrollo sostenible (740); Derechos humanos (259); Perspectiva de género (258); Perspectiva infantil (257); Enfoque pangubernamental (737); Enfoque pansocial (736)


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Sírvase describir el compromiso:
Through this pledge, Braga, amongst some other Local and Regional Governments (LRGs) in Europe, commits to “treat [migrant children] as our own because they are their own. A child is a child, and we want all children and youth to belong, to bring out their best, and to contribute to their communities”. 

Through its 8 objectives, this pledge, catalyzed in the face of the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, aims to support the EU Temporary Protection Directive. Through this pledge LRGs are stepping up to welcome refugee children and families into their homes, their schools and their communities. As families fleeing Ukraine have the right to protection and the chance to choose where they stay, LRGs in Europe have seen an estimated 2 million children arriving to their cities and towns.

The pledge aims to achieve the following 8 objectives: 1. Protect children who are fleeing the conflict (by pooling capacities with cities across Europe to deploy trained social workers to assist children point of arrival, at service point or in any reception facility housing them, and in host communities, ensuring child protection personnel are involved in all procedures involving children and including refugee children in our child protection systems); 2: Put children first and safeguard them and their families from any form of xenophobia or discrimination; 3: Meet children’s basic needs immediately – including health, access to psychosocial support, a home and family income; 4: Keep families together and do what it takes to reunite families (by strengthening cooperation between cities to expedite family tracing and reunification); 5:  Support children and their families through fast, efficient and child safe relocation schemes and tos hare responsibility (with other LRGs and partnerships with local transport companies and airlines); 6: Ensure children and young people have immediate access to education, training opportunities and support to rebuild their lives; 7: Mobilise public funding for children’s needs and 8: Engage young people, safely and ethically, as key actors and partners in shaping the response –and work with youth- and refugee-led organisations. 


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Sírvase señalar un plazo indicativo para el cumplimiento del compromiso: 31 Jul 2024

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