Presentation

The Catalan Interdisciplinary network of researchers on children's rights and children's quality of life -which acronym in Catalan is XCIII-, is formed by 16 research groups at 7 Catalan universities and consists of 149 researchers.

From its beginnings the network has been interdisciplinary and is composed or researchers in the fields of psychology, pedagogy, mass-media and social education.

This network began with Catalan research collaboration and is now linked with other countries, mainly European ones, related to social perspectives of studying childhood as a group of the major population.

The main principle that guides our work is the Declaration of Children's Rights as set out in the UN convention and the promotion of children's quality of life.

 

Other purposes that guide our network activities include:

· To facilitate our network members technical information and support to connect with other international networks.

· The dissemination and publicity of all training, excange and reserch activities that the Catalan teams are involved in.

· The adoption of scientific initiatives and the coordination of new training activities in this field in Catalonia.

 

Objectives

· To deepen the direction of our present work and possibles futures lines of collaboration and research in order to consolidate a common project for the network members.

· To promote the exchange of information, research results and research techniques with other organizations and networks, at the national and international levels.

· To promote and participate in international research projects.

· To contribute to the improvement of quality training for professionals, researchers and students interested in children's rights.

· To collaborate with national and international activities related to the defense of children's rights and the promotion of their quality of life.

 

Goals

· To elaborate a Catalan data base of all the research activities on children's rights and their quality of life.

· To disseminate different kinds of information of interest among the members of the network.

· To organize meetings between the members in order to exchange points of view on common issues.

· To participate in and organize conferences and meeting with other organizations.

· To participate in co-ordinated research projects.

· To disseminate the research results of the teams of our network.

 

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Last update : 24.09.2002