Submission form: Submission #2296

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Submission Number: 2296

Submission ID: 8026

Submission UUID: ce8c7711-3be1-4a5a-b4f7-0ca67df77aa5

Submission URI: /submit-pledges

Created: Sun, 07/31/2022 - 22:38

Completed: Sun, 07/31/2022 - 22:38

Changed: Tue, 10/10/2023 - 07:33

Remote IP address: 2.22.245.54

Submitted by: Pablo Sebastian Mariani

Language: English

Is draft: No

Webform: Pledging initiatives – Submission form

Submitted to: Submission form

Flagged: Yes

Name of entity submitting the pledge	The Mayors Mechanism submitting in the name of the City of Braga
Pledging entity	Cities, Municipalities, and Local Authority
Is the country of the pledging entity a GCM Champion country?
Full name	Pablo Mariani
Position	KMO
Country of implementation	Portugal
Other country of implementation	Global
Region of implementation
Email Address	pmariani@mayorsmechanism.org
Secondary contact person
Secondary email
Name of the pledge	Local and Regional Governments’ Pledge for Children Displaced by the Conflict in Ukraine
Type of pledge (please select)	Individual (by one state/actor)
Is this a mirror pledge (pledge is also relevant to the Global Compact on Refugees) ?
Participating States and Actors
Name of the matched pledge
ID of the matched pledge
Nature of the pledge	Process oriented (e.g. convening fully consultative processes in preparing national reports for the IMRF); structured
Please select the main three GCM objectives the pledge is/are meant to support	7. Address and reduce vulnerabilities in migration; 15. Provide access to basic services for migrants; 16. Empower migrants and societies to realize full inclusion and social cohesion; 17. Eliminate all forms of discrimination and promote evidence-based public discourse to shape perceptions of migration; 23. Strengthen international cooperation and global partnerships for safe, orderly and regular migration
Please indicate which GCM Guiding Principle is/are particularly relevant for the pledge	People-centred; International cooperation; National sovereignty; Rule of law and due process; Sustainable development; Human rights; Gender-responsive; Child-sensitive; Whole-of-government approach; Whole-of-society approach
Please provide a description of the pledge	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.
Please indicate the tentative deadline within which this pledge is expected to be realised	31 Jul 2024
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