| Major group affiliation: |
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| Involvement in UN Partnerships: |
Yes |
| If yes, explain in detail: |
In 2020 a partnership between United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and Alana Institute was formed to increase the reach and impact of the socio-environmental agenda promoted by the United Nations through communication, awareness and engagement actions focused on the general public and, specifically, on children and youth, their families and educators. The specific goals are: a) engage children and youth, their families and educators on the conservation of the environment, through communication products, workshops and events, and sustainable production and consumption practices; b) promote and disseminate knowledge on the World Environment Day and on the UN Decade on
Ecosystem Restoration; c) Leverage synergic campaign activities on plastic pollution. Also, the partnership forecast to provide technical and communication support on air quality and its impacts on children, to propose joint activities and events
within the scope of key themes for the year, flagged by UNEP, to propose joint activities and events within the scope of the Clean Seas and the World Environment Day Campaigns. |
| Affiliation with other organizations: |
On the sustainable development and climate change themes, we act in network with some coalitions as: Coalizão Brasil Clima, Florestas e Agricultura, Interamerican Association for Environmental Defense (AIDA), Coalizão Respirar, Observatório do Clima and Famílias pelo Clima (local organization linked to Parents for Future) |
| Publications: |
Unwalling Childhood School as a place to encounter nature. 2018. 1 ed. (https://criancaenatureza.org.br/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Unwalling_Childhood.pdf)
If you’re not paying you’re the product. CHILD AND CONSUMERISM PROGRAM. Children’s Global Media Summit - Manchester. 2017. Available in: https://criancaeconsumo.org.br/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Isabella_Manchester-1.pdf.
What to do to protect our children from consumerism. 2007. CHILD AND CONSUMERISM PROGRAM. Available in: https://criancaeconsumo.org.br/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Comsum_ingl_miolo_dupla.pdf.
Plasticized childhood - The impact of plastic toy advertising to children on their health and the environment. Commissioned by Instituto Alana and Child and Consumerism Program. GREEN CHEMISTRY, SUSTAINABILITY; and EDUCATION RESEARCH GROUP (GPQV). June, 2020. Available in:
https://bit.ly/plasticized-report |
| Affiliation with other organizations: |
Alana Institute is part of the Rede Nacional Primeira Infância (National Network for Early Childhood) and integrate the Global Partnership to End Violence against Children, among others. |
| Publications: |
Pela liberdade: a história do habeas corpus coletivo para mães e crianças. 2019. 1 ed. ABSOLUTE PRIORITY PROGRAM; ALANA INSTITUTE; and HUMAN RIGHTS LAW COLLECTIVE. São Paulo. May, 2019. Available in: https://prioridadeabsoluta.org.br/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/pela_liberdade.pdf.
Primeira infância no sistema de garantia de direitos de crianças e adolescentes - Uma experiência a ser replicada. June, 2019. ABSOLUTE PRIORITY PROGRAM; and ALANA INSTITUTE. Available in: https://prioridadeabsoluta.org.br/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/primeira_infancia_no_sistema_de_garantia_de_direitos_de_criancas_adolescentes.pdf.
Why advertising is bad for children. 3rd Edition. 2009. CHILD AND CONSUMERISM PROGRAM. Available in: https://criancaeconsumo.org.br/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/why-advertising-is-bad-for-children.pdf. |
| Purpose of the organization: |
Alana Institute is Brazilian a social and environmental impact organization that promotes children's rights and their integral development. The Alana Institute is a non-profit civil society organisation that works for the promotion and protection of the children's rights, seeking to safeguard the necessary conditions for the integral experience of childhood through its programs. Founded in 1994 and supported by an endowment fund since 2013, the Alana Institute’s mission is to “honor children”. |
| A list of members of the governing body of the organization, and their countries of nationality: |
Board of Directors
President: Ana Lucia de Mattos Barretto Villela (Brazil)
Vice-President: Alfredo Egydio Arruda Villela Filho (Brazil)
Vice-President: Marcos Bessa Nisti (Brazil)
Treasure: Daniel Vieira da Costa (Brazil) |
| Description of the membership of the organization, indicating the total number of members: |
The organization do not work with membership and have 81 employees and 13 interns in Brazil, South America. |
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