Developing Childrens Participation: Lessons from a Participatory IT Project
This article describes and analyses the process used by Barnardos in developing and implementing a participatory approach in a children’s IT project in Galway City, Ireland.
Adolescent Friendly Quality Assessment Tools [AFQuATs]
The Adolescent Friendly Quality Assessment Tools [AFQuATs] are designed to provide a method for health service providers and planners to assess the quality of services for young people in relation to adolescent friendly quality standards.
National Strategy for Service User Involvement in the Irish Health Service 2008-2013
This strategy will build on the existing work undertaken and documented on service user involvement in health. This strategy has been developed to ensure a systematic and consistent approach to service user involvement across the health and social services.
Learning to listen: core principles for the involvement of children and young people
The government wants children and young people to have more opportunities to get involved in the design, provision and evaluation of policies and services that affect them or which they use. Actively involving children will produce better services.
Supporting Interculturalism in Youth Work, Practical Guidelines for doing Intercultural Youth Work
This document responds to Frequently Asked Questions that NYCI receives on the inclusion of cultural and minority ethnic young people and leaders in youth work.
I have rights, you have rights, he/she has rights … An introduction to childrens rights
A list of children’s rights governments must take to help children exercise set out in the 1989 United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Hear by right — standards framework for the participation of children and young people
This is a guide developed by the UK National Youth Agency to enable organisations working with children and young people to develop best practice on the safe, sound and sustainable participation of children and young people in the services and activities
Charter on education for democratic citizenship and human rights education Recommendation CM/Rec(2010)7 (Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 11 May 2010 at the 120th Session)
This recommendation makes reference to Member states fostering the role of non-governmental organisations and youth organisations in education for democratic citizenship and human rights education, to include the UNCRC, especially in non-formal education.
Inclusive Education: “How Youth Can Make a Difference” and “How Children Can Make a Difference” DCIs International Campaign for Inclusive Education
Youth-friendly resources from DCI’s International Campaign for Inclusive Education.
Understanding and evaluating childrens participation: A review of contemporary literature
This document is the product of a literature review, fieldwork in India, Kenya and Ecuador and discussion with various practitioners and academics working on children’s participation.