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Dear friends,

The annual Autumn School on Children’s Rights of the National Network for Children (NNC) took place between the 10th and 16th of September. The event gives start of the new group of eight organizations – eight adult professionals and 16 children – to take part in the so called “Megaphone” Programme. The intensive training during the Autumn School lays the foundations for a comprehensive understanding of children’s rights and the right to opinion, while in the same time children become part of the Megaphone Youth Network, which works closely with the NNC as an integral part of its structure and key annual advocacy and other activities.

Through a series of interactive exercises the young participants gained in-depth knowledge of their rights, and understanding of what NNC is and how it works in their preparation for the future challenges they will face within the Programme. In the meantime the adult professionals examined various child rights based approaches to their professional and organizational programming and daily work.

This year the new organizations in the “Megaphone” Programme are the Health and Social Development Foundation, Concordia Social Project Foundation – Bulgaria, PULSE Foundation, the School Guardianship of “Hristo Botev” Primary School – Byala Slatina, Gavroche Association, Association “Youth Tolerance”, Association “Petlite”, and Association “Initiative for Development Kardzhali Decides”.

Their next meeting will be connected with the Voice it forum in Sofia, which will be held on the 20th of November on the occasion of the anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.