UNICEF has established a global Office of Research to provide leadership for its strategic research agenda around children

 

In 1988 the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) established in Florence, Italy, a research centre to support its advocacy for children worldwide and to identify and research current and future areas of UNICEF’s work. The prime objectives of the Office of Research are to improve international understanding of issues relating to children’s rights, and to help facilitate full implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child supporting advocacy worldwide. The Office aims to set out a comprehensive framework for research and knowledge within the organization in support of its global programmes and policies. 

Through strengthening research partnerships with leading academic institutions and development networks in both the North and South, the Office of Research seeks to leverage additional resources and influence in support of efforts towards policy reform in favour of children. 

Publications produced by the Office are contributions to a global debate on children and child rights issues and include a wide range of opinions. For that reason, some publications may not necessarily reflect UNICEF policies or approaches on some topics.