Contributing to Improvement Service action inquiry on Children’s Human Rights Budgeting Action Inquiry & Organising associated seminar

Description

In autumn/winter 2024, the Observatory of Children's Human Rights Scotland worked closely with the Improvement Service's UNCRC Implementation Project, to support an action inquiry on children's human rights budgeting.

High-level finance professions from several Scottish local authorities joined the action inquiry and met over the course of several months to understand children's rights budgeting and how it could practically be applied in their local context. The Observatory attended these meetings and contributed to the discussions.

On 6 November 2024, the Observatory and the Improvement Service hosted a seminar on public financing for children’s rights (also known as children's rights-based budgeting), which gathered senior level finance staff from local authorities, health boards and other public bodies, Scottish Government and other interested stakeholders.

The seminar was chaired by Prof Graeme Roy, Professor in Economics, Glasgow University. Speakers included:
-Prof Jo Ferrie, Professor of Sociology, Glasgow University.
-Alberto Musatti, Social Policy Specialist (Public Finance), UNICEF Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia
-Prof Neil Craig, Professor of Public Health Economics, Glasgow Caledonian University
-Rebecca Spillane, Project Manager – UNCRC Implementation, Improvement Service.
-Martin Booth, Executive Director of Financial Services, Glasgow City Council

Period	1 Sept 2024 → 31 Dec 2024
Event title	Seminar on Public Financing for Children's Rights
Event type	Seminar
Degree of Recognition	National