Explore the original indicators developed for UNICEF’s global child friendly cities initiative. Led by the Children’s Environments Research Group and co-designed with child rights researchers, UNICEF Country Offices and National Committees around the world with support from the UNICEF Office of Research.

Child Friendly Cities Indicators
Children 8-12 years
Adolescents 13-18 years
Pre-school Parents
Primary School Parents
Secondary School Parents
Service Providers

Explore an adapted and expanded list of indicators for assessing community and school conditions for children’s rights, based upon lessons from the global evaluation and with support from the Bernard van Leer Foundation and partners in Brazil and India.

Child Friendly Communities
English
Hindi
Brazilian Portuguese

Child Friendly Schools
English
Hindi
Brazilian Portuguese

Explore indicators for assessing schools and transitional learning spaces in emergency contexts, as adapted by UNICEF’s Global Education Section, and co-developed with UNICEF Country Offices, children, youth, teachers and NGOs in Haiti and the Philippines.

Education in Emergencies Indicators
English
Haitian Kreyol

Resources
Assessment Guidebook (Kreyol)
Children’s Assessment Tool (Kreyol)

Explore gender-sensitive and inclusive indicators to assess perceptions of community safety, as adapted by Plan International for adolescent girls and boys, and community members.

Safe and Inclusive Cities Indicators
English

Learning Modules
English (zip file)
French (zip file)

Explore select indicators for UNICEF USA’s Child Friendly Cities Initiative in the United States through the publication below.

CFCI USA Indicators
Benefits of Child Friendly Cities

Explore indicators to assess the social emotional learning (SEL) of children ages 5 to 8 years. Children ages 3 to 5 can use these indicators if scored through play-based approaches.

Young Children SEL Indicators
Hello Insight Early Elementary SEL Tool