Plan asks European Commission about Universal Birth Registration

Plan Europe submitted a Parliamentary Question to the European Union's Commission on the inclusion of UBR in their policies. The purpose of the question was to force the Commission to consider what it is doing on UBR.

The Commission responded that a lot of action was being taken to ensure children's rights, but has not listed UBR as a specific goal of their development strategy as yet.

Specific financing for children's rights is being included in the European Initiative for democracy on human rights (EIDHR), which supports projects especially for children's rights. In the outline of the EIDHR 2005-2006 encouraging UBR as a method to develop human and children's rights can be supported.

This response has provided a launching pad for Plan's advocacy on how to move forward with UBR.