EU actions supporting, protecting and empowering children globally, including during crisis and conflictThe EU plays a leading role in supporting children globally, by strengthening access to quality, safe and inclusive education, basic services, health, humanitarian aid and in protecting them in violent conflict.EU Gender Action Plan for external action (2021-2025)EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy 2020-2024Council Decision (CFSP) 2020/1999 concerning restrictive measures against serious human rights violations and abusesCouncil Regulation (EU) 2020/1998 concerning restrictive measures against serious human rights violations and abusesGuidelines on the promotion and protection on the rights of the child, 2017EU Guidelines on children in armed conflict, 2008Under the new EU Strategy on the rights of the child, the Commission committed to:dedicate 10% of overall funding under the NDICI in Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia and the Pacific, and Americas and the Caribbean to education;continue allocating 10% of humanitarian aid funding to education in emergencies and protracted crises and promote the endorsement of the Safe Schools Declaration;work towards making supply chains of EU companies free of child labour, notably through a legislative initiative on sustainable corporate governance;promote and provide technical assistance to strengthen labour inspection systems for monitoring and enforcement of child labour laws;provide technical assistance as Team Europe to partner countries’ administrations through its programmes and facilities, such as SOCIEUX+, the Technical Assistance and Information Exchange instrument (TAIEX) and TWINNING programmes;prepare a Youth Action Plan by 2022 to promote youth empowerment and participation;designate Youth focal points and strengthen child protection capacities within the EU Delegations;
