The Consell d'Infància i Adolescència (CLIA) has transferred the topics of interest and the proposals that have worked during this school year to the Municipal Corporation.
The Consell d'Infància i Adolescència, a consultative and participative body made up of 26 students from the 5th and 6th grade of elementary school in 8 educational centers in Dénia, held the dismissal session of the exercise in the Torrecremada park, with the assistance of the Mayor, Vicent Grimalt, the councilor for Inclusive Policies, Cristina Morera, the Councilor for Education and Youth, Melani Ivars, and other members of the Municipal Corporation.
In this final CLIA session, the directors explained the activities that the Board commission has carried out in the monthly meetings held since its creation at the end of last year. Sessions that started being face-to-face and that later, with the confinement, became telematic. In these activities the participants have been able to see the topics that matter most to them and to which they want to pay attention, such as the nature and health of the planet; They have verified the importance of listening to all the voices in order to know a topic and they have realized that they can act and explain themselves in such a way that the elders can understand them and that, with a friendly language, they can correct uncivil behaviors.
During the confinement they have written a letter to the schools to let the teachers know what worries them and to tell them that it is very important for them to make excursions or end-of-year parties. They have also researched autonomy and gratitude electronically and have also spent time playing online games.
After the summary of this year's activity, the Council members have read aloud, and then delivered to the mayor, the commission's requests, asking the city council to take them into account when planning actions.
In a generic way, they ask each municipal department that the actions that affect them and / or that have a special impact on children, be explained in accessible language adapted to their age.
Environment
In environmental matters, the topics of interest to CLIA members are parks and natural spaces, animals, cleanliness, non-pollution and active involvement in the change towards non-polluting energy and habits. As concrete proposals in this section they list:
1. Take action in the Torrecremada market because “When there is a market, our school is filled with plastics. CP Vessanes ”
2. Greater connection with bike lanes
3. The reduction of plastics
4. Car reduction
5. Reusable glass containers
6. Promote and make electric cars cheaper
7. Facilitate recycling with special waste tanks and garbage separation on each scale.
8. Pick up small trash like cigarette tips
9. Awareness campaigns regarding not littering the street, recycling, reusing and dog excrement.
Infrastructure
1. A meeting point for teenagers
2. Bowling alley
3. Movies
4. Local pool
5. Parks that cover all age ranges
Youth, leisure and culture
1. A meeting point for teenagers with shops, bowling alleys and a disco where we could play hide-and-seek, see peles, ride simulators and do Tik-Tok. Smoking, alcohol, and other drugs are prohibited
2. Spaces to study and do school work
Citizen security and mobility
1. Improve public transportation
2. Freedom to be able to go down the street safely
Social
1. Equal opportunities.
2. Solidarity with people who have a difficult economic situation.
3. Attention to poverty, abandonment, and the rights to play and to have a job.
4. We would have to attend to and give priority to boys and girls who do not have a balcony or are very small.
Health
1. Space in the hospital where boys and girls can play.
2. Regarding medical care, they do not take so long to operate
3. Determine which professions are most at risk for COVID-19 and test as often as necessary and thus guarantee the health of professionals and users
Education
1. Attention to the good treatment between teachers and students and vice versa.
2. Promote friendship and collaboration between people.
3. Make sure that no one is marginalized, without friends.
Following these proposals, CLIA members acknowledge "There are still many pending issues, such as bullying, continuing with the diagnosis of the situation of children in the city and advancing in the preparation of the Local Plan for Children and Adolescents". Topics that will resume after the summer.
The basic idea of this Council is the recognition of the importance of girls and boys as citizens and to enable and guarantee their participation in the life and change decisions of the municipality, giving them a leading role in their transformation.
