Twice a year, you and your school friends can organise your World’s Children’s Press Conference: when the nominees are announced, and when the result of the Global Vote is revealed. Only children are allowed to speak! No-one over the age of 18 is allowed to be on the stage. Here’s what to do:

• Hold your press conference at your school, or even better, in the most important building in your city, to show how important children, and their views, are.
• Invite media representatives, and give plenty of notice. Send an invitation, but remember to also visit or phone the editorial offices. Remind all editorial staff the day before the press conference!
• If possible, begin and end your press conference with music, singing or dancing.
• Start by telling the journalists some child rights facts for your country, and explain the improvements you want to see in terms of the rights of the child. You can also ask your politicians questions about the rights of the child, and present the results at the press conference.
• If possible show the video, which you can order.
• Reveal the three final candidates, or the result of the Global Vote.
• End by handing out the latest press release from the World’s Children’s Prize. You can also give the journalists a child rights factsheet for your country.
• Send any newspaper cuttings and details of coverage on radio or TV stations to the World’s Children’s Prize in Sweden.