This consultation is part of the advocacy initiated at the national level by the NGO Wada Na Thodo Abhiyan (WNTA) to collate people`s voices to influence the development of a framework for Millennium Development Goals (MDG). Seven organisations partnered with BREADS, the Development Office of the Salesian Province of Bangalore, to organize the consultation in Bangalore. The members of the core group had conducted 10 Focus Group Discussions and an email survey, with their respective stakeholders and consolidated the concerns that emerged. These concerns were presented to the participants duirng the Consultation. The participants later got time to articulate their priorities and present them to organizers. Mr. H R Umesh Aradhya (Chairperson, Karnataka State Commission for Protection of Child Rights - KSCPCR) was the chief guest. Dr. Padmini (Founder Trustee, Child Rights Trust - CRT) presented the keynote address and Mr. Vasudev Sharma (Executive Director, CRT) facilitated the programme. Participants included representatives from research and field based organisations, various NGOs, teachers, BRC/CRCs, children, juvenile homes, District Child Protection Unit, advocates, activists, SHG members. Recommendations put forward by children: 1. All schools - govt or private - must treat all children equally, without any discrimination and provide them all with the requisite facilities and opportunities. 2. Family, society and schools are equal stakeholders in the protection of children. 3. No child must go hungry; health care facilities must function optimally to ensure services as and when needed. Recommendations from adult groups: 1. Universalize education and health care 2. Strengthen systems like ICPU to ensure efficient functioning 3. Community monitoring of implementation of various government schemes 4. Whether we have MDGs or not - the shift must be towards a rights based approach 5. Ensure accountability and commitment of the systems at multifarious levels. This also calls for interdepartmental coordination 6. Children`s participation in decisions concerning them 7. Educate people on the schemes they can avail of and the significance of safe sanitation practices BREADS is organizing three consultations in Karnataka, with CHILDREN as the overarching theme. Each consultation focuses on a specific theme concerning children: Bangalore (Children - Governance and Equity); Davangere (Children and Education); Raichur (Children and Health).