• The National Patronage of Infancy (Patronato Nacional de la Infancia, PANI) organizes an international activity on the National and Local Integral Protection Systems of Underage Persons. 

• Fundación Paniamor has been assigned as the technical secretary of this meeting, being responsible for its logistic and technical organization.
  

• In the merge of the 20th Anniversary of the Convention on Children’s Rights, the PANI as guiding institution in matters of Costa Rica's childhood and adolescence, assumed the task of organizing a meeting of Latin-American countries on National Integral Protection Systems of Childhood and Adolescence. The meeting took place in San Jose, Costa Rica on the 19th and 20th November 2009, its opening ceremony has been preformed on the 18th of November in the auditorium of Casa Presidencial. 
  

The initiative was realized with financial support from the Latin-American Fund for Development of Infancy, similar as in the context of the 17th Chamber of Latin-American Heads of State and Government held in Chile in November 2007.

The general meeting’s target is to contribute to the developmen of the National Integral Protection Systems of Childhood and Adolescence, boosting the exchange of experiences and horizontal cooperation among the participating countries. The design of the activity plans to hold a parallel meeting with the participation of minors from each country, who reflect their experiences derived from their participation in such systems, as they operate in their respective contexts.

As result of this effort innovative inputs are estimated to be obtained for the confirmation, coordination and articulation of National Integral Protection Systems of Childhood and Adolescence in its different stages, starting with the valuable supports provided by the participants, all Latin-American political key-actors with experience and direct interest on this matter.