Children and young people
The Nordic Council of Ministers’ strategy states that “the Nordic Region must be the best place in the world for children and young people”. This means that the Nordic Region must lead the way in efforts to promote the welfare of children and young people, to ensure that children and young people are aware of their rights and are able to exercise them, and to ensure the participation of children and young people in decisions that concern them. Children and young people are important right now, not just in the future.
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Children resolve to make the Nordic region the best place in the world to be young
Children and young people from all over the Nordic region have come together to draw up a resolution on children’s rights. Today, at the Nordic Children’s Forum in UN City Copenhagen, they will present the resolution to ministers, ombudsmen and others involved in work with young people....
Nordic minister: Together with young people, we will create the future of Nordic co-operation
This week the Danish Youth Council met with the Danish Minister for Nordic Co-operation, Mogens Jensen, to discuss Nordic co-operation. If it is up to the minister, it is young people who will be at the heart of the Danish presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers in 2020.
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The competencies of the future
The idea behind the agenda for the competencies of the future is to better prepare people of all ages for the society that lies ahead. We want everybody in the Nordic Region to have the knowledge and skills to cope with a more complex future. Perhaps just as importantly, we also want th...
