What We Do

The European Network of Ombudsmen for Children (ENOC) links independent offices which have been established in European countries to promote the human rights of children. Cooperation among these offices is intended to facilitate the sharing of strategies and collective approaches to promoting children’s rights.

The aims of the Network are to improve the lives of all children in Europe in ways which include:

• encouraging the fullest possible implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child;
• supporting individual and collective lobbying for children=s rights and interests to Europe-wide and international bodies (eg the European Union, Council of Europe and its European Strategy for Children, Committee on the Rights of the Child);
• sharing information, approaches and strategies for the benefit of children, including comparative studies;
• providing a forum for individual offices to generate new ideas and gain support;
• promoting and supporting the development of effective offices able to advocate independently for children;