In Italy, the first CCRs were born with voluntary acts of the First Citizens, of small and big cities, who accepted UNICEF's invitation to become the first and important "Children's Ombudsman".
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The UNICEF proposal actually suggested to activate, also for boys and girls, the symbolic model of adults.
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In recent years, in Italy, the number of CCRs has strongly increased from a few dozen to a few thousand, and it is continuously growing thanks to the fact that many educational institutions are also undertaking the same choice made by civic administrations.
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What are CCRs?
Why are CCRs created? What value can be attributed to these methodological choices?
The CCRs are strategic choices of education to democratic and civic participation for all citizens, and they become opportunities for positive action because the living conditions of children represent the primary environmental indicators of the life of the entire community.
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We could summarize, in other words, that the CCRs give boys and girls and boys back their importance as citizens in their own right. As in fact we all are. To achieve this, children require the support of adults who are strongly mature and even more so responsible, who are willing to listen and analyze, that is, facilitators.