This document, which has been ratified today in the plenary session of the San Pedro del Pinatar City Council, has had the contributions of nearly a thousand children, in addition to those made by the Council for Children and Adolescents.
The City of San Pedro del Pinatar has approved the I Municipal Plan for Children and Adolescents 2018-2022, which aims to provide the consistory with a unified tool to coordinate and direct the actions that are developed from different areas and also includes the voice of children and adolescents in the locality.
The Plan is based on the Convention on the Rights of the Child to ensure the protection, social promotion and care of children;
At the same time, the participatory and active role of children and adolescents in the municipality is deepened, through citizen participation processes and organizations such as the Council for Childhood and Adolescence, which has the representation of students from all the educational centers of the location.
"The fundamental objective is that they, the children and adolescents from Pinar del Rio, should point the way forward, understand and be involved in the municipal policies that affect them directly," said the local mayor, Visitación Martínez.
Thus, this plan includes around 40 actions in different areas such as Social Services, Youth, Sports, Culture, Education, Citizen Participation, Local Police and Social Services, aimed at promoting the participation of children and young people in the locality;
encourage healthy life habits;
the responsive use of new technologies;
reconcile work and family life;
prevent and act in situations of social risk;
facilitate access to culture, education and sports, or promote healthy leisure, among others.
Thus, the 2018 budget allocates 4.96 million euros, 19.58% of the total, to actions aimed mainly at the child or youth population.
"We hope that this document contributes to improving the quality of life of children and adolescents and also makes San Pedro del Pinatar a municipality even more adapted to their needs, able to offer them the ideal environment to grow and train, becoming responsible adults and civic, committed to the municipality in which they live ", concluded the mayor.
Source: Ayuntamiento de San Pedro del Pinatar