RA 2006 abrinq.indd - Fundação Abrinq

Funding PartnersAll of this without letting our attention to all the other children and youngsters slip andalways in the unchanging aim of defending rights and seeking to take the successfulpractices used in our programs and projects to state schools. We dedicate special attentionto social-educational actions focused on the relationship of young people with the workuniverse, where we have started two important projects, as well as maintaining activeparticipation in the Conselho Nacional da Juventude (National Youth Council).For 2007 our expectation is to proceed firmly along this path, taking with us the trust andconstant participation of our partners, in the incessant quest to contribute to the buildingof a more just society.STIMULATION AND PRESSURE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PUBLIC ACTIONSThe Federal Constitution and the Children and Adolescents Act determine that it is the dutyof the State, the family and society to validate and practice the rights of Brazilian childrenand adolescents. However, the formal declaration of these rights has not proved to beenough for the effective practice of the same: objective conditions must be created so thatthey may be accessed and exercised.The State answers for more than 94% of all the costs and investments required for its socialpolicies. It is the correct destination of this huge volume of resources that guarantees theeffective attention to the needs of the population.Brazilian public policy in regard to social issues largely lack planning, presenting stop-gap, discontinuous,fragmented, incomplete and selective programs. These programs usually have dispersedactions that squander the generally waning efforts and resources offered by the State.Carlos Antonio TilkianPresident of the Board of DirectorsINTRODUCTIONThe results of the Abrinq Foundation in 2006 are presented separately in accordance withthe different lines of work defined in its planning:Stimulation and pressure for the implementation of public actions;Strengthening of governmental and non-governmental organizations for theprovision of services or the defense of rights;Stimulation for social responsibility regarding the rights of children ;Political and social articulation in the construction and defense of the rights ofchildren and adolescents;Awareness of Brazilian reality in relation the rights of children and adolescents;Sustainability.The actions, programs and projects of the Foundation are transversal in relation to itslines of work, nevertheless, their impacts are not distributed uniformly and are oftenconcentrated on specific lines.The Abrinq Foundation seeks to act in such a way that its actions, programs and projectshave an impact on the largest possible number of Brazilian children and adolescentsin order to fulfill its mission. With this in mind, the actions, programs and projects areplanned according to their potential capacity for systematization and for adoption by otherorganizations or as public policies.Reversal of this historical tendency requires the adoption of mechanisms for the rationalizationof management in public actions and social control over the use of resources. TheAbrinq Foundation seeks to bear an influence on the implementation of public policies viastimulation of social monitoring and control, and the capacitating of public administratorsand civilian social organization.2006 was a presidential election year in Brazil. The Projeto Presidente Amigo da Criança(Child Friendly President Project), which seeks to guarantee the commitment of theBrazilian president to policies aimed at children and adolescents, dedicated itself toanalyzing the administration of president Luis Inácio Lula da Silva (2003-2006) and begana new cycle of the project for the presidential administration from 2007 to 2010. Theproject has the support of the International Labour Organization (OIT), the Brazilian HotelOperators Forum (FOHB), the Save the Children UK and Unicef.In August of 2006 the “Termo de Compromisso Presidente Amigo da Criança – Gestão2007-2010” (Child Friendly President Vow of Commitment – 2007-2010 Administration)was launched. With the participation of civilian social organizations that form part of theRede de Monitoramento Amiga da Criança (Child Friendly Monitoring Network). The Vowconsiders the current stage of the fulfillment of the Goals for the Millennium and definesthe challenges for the next presidential administration, as well as making explicit thecommitments of the federal government to planning, social participation and implantationof the Orçamento Criança (Children’s Budget), a methodology aimed at providingtransparency to the investments made in the area of childhood via the public budget.The four most important candidates for the 2006 presidential elections, Luis Inácio Lulada Silva, Geraldo Alckmin, Cristovam Buarque and Heloísa Helena, signed the “Termode Compromisso Presidente Amigo da Criança – Gestão 2007-2010”, thereby publiclyassuming a commitment to Brazil’s children and adolescents and recognizing theimportance of dialogue with civilian society.In order to provide continuity to the 2003-2006 cycle of the Presidente Amigo da CriançaProgram, the federal government delivered the “Presidente Amigo da Criança Reports”relating to 2004 and 2005, in February and June of 2006 respectively. 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