The recommendations were delivered in person by coalition leaders to Krisztina Bodis.

The more than 100-page document addresses shortfalls in the child protection, education, healthcare, social welfare and justice systems, and presses for an integrated approach to solving linked problems.

The coalition also urges the participation of children in shaping policies beyond the "formality of consultation".

The Hungarian Child Rights Coalition is the largest professional group of its kind in Hungary, with over 90 member organisations and experts.

Govt to establish forum for youth to weigh in on policy

Judit Lannert, the minister of education and children's affairs, announced the establishment of a forum to involve youth in policy making that affects them.

"I don't think that decisions can be taken affecting children and young people without hearing their voice. Not only do they have opinions on these issues, but valuable experience, knowledge and often new perspectives, too," Lannert said in a post on Facebook on Sunday, Children's Day.

Talks with students on establishing the Children's and Youth Participation Group are underway, and work will continue in the coming months with the involvement of professional organisations, she added.

The new body will not be a "matter of formality" but a "community with real weight where young people can really air their opinions", Lannert said.

Meanwhile, Children's Day celebration hosted at Carmelite Monastery, Ministry of Social and Family Affairs

A Children's Day programme for five hundred children and their chaperones is being hosted at the Carmelite Monastery and neighbouring Ministry of Social and Family Affairs in Budapest's Castle District, Prime Minister Peter Magyar said in a video message on Facebook on Sunday.

The children, including ones from children's homes, from disadvantaged families and from the Hungarian minority in Transcarpathia, as well as ones living with disabilities, are being welcomed with a musical, theatrical and creative programme, and lunch, Magyar said.

Photo: Palace of Arts

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