ISTR Sixth International Conference Toronto, Canada / July 11-14, 2004 Contesting Citizenship and Civil Society in a Divided World

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Government/Third Sector Partnerships in Development of Children's Policies in Canada
by
Mel Gill
Associate, Institute On Governance, Ottawa

This paper reports on a study that was part of a series of studies in Canada and Southeast Asia sponsored by CIDA under a component of the Canadian government’s Voluntary Sector Initiative, Sectoral Involvement in Development of Public Policy. The paper examines the role of Canadian voluntary organizations, particularly the National Children’s Alliance and Campaign 2000, in the development of public policy related to children. It also provides some comparison of the organizational structure between these two organizations and that of the National Health Charities. The central focus of the study examines the impact of the two primary organizations on the development of the National Child Benefit, the National Children’s Agenda and the Early Childhood Development Initiative. The study consisted of some forty interviews with key informants from the three organizations, federal and provincial government departments and parliamentarians along with a review of key documents related to the three organizations. The author of this study was a member of Campaign 2000 and the National Children’s Alliance from their inception until 1998. The analysis is built upon the framework for development of public policy developed by John Kingdon.

Date received: September 9, 2003

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