Engaging Children in Planning, Design, Development, Delivery and Evaluation of Services
This paper proposes how to give effect to the 2004 OMC “Young Voices: Guidelines on how to Involve Children and Young People in Your Work” recommendations.
Integration and participation of young people at local and regional level Resolution 259 (2008)
Webpage containing links to resolutions by the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe
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.
The social reintegration of children living and/or working on the streets Resolution 271 (2008); The Congress of Local and Regional Authorities, Council of Europe The social reintegration of children living and/or working on the streets Recommendation
Regional policy detailing strategic approaches at all governance levels on the eradication of children living on the streets and the promotion of their rights.
Have your say! Manual on the Revised European Charter on the Participation of young people in local and regional life
This charter is an instrument that young people can use to encourage local authorities to implement policies concerning them, as well as a tool for co-operation between young people, youth organisations, and local and regional authorities.
Campasito – manual on human rights education for children
The affirmation of the right of children to participate is one of the guiding principles and most progressive innovations of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Is the honeymoon over? Children and young people’s participation in public decision-making
Children and young people’s participation in public decision-making is now firmly on international and national agendas. This article concludes the special issue on such participation, by discussing three central issues for children.
The Adolescent Perspective on Participation in Treatment Decision Making: A Pilot Study
The purpose of this study was to determine whether 3 adolescents diagnosed with cancer within the previous 3 to 6 months and between 13 and 15 years of age were capable of providing data directly regarding decision making.
‘Children’s participation in consultations and decision-making at health service level: A review of the literature’
This paper critiques the research literature from between 1993 and 2007 on children’s, parents and healthcare professionals’ experiences of children’s participation in consultations and decision-making within the Irish healthcare setting.
Violence against children in conflict with the law: A study on indicators and data collection in Belgium, England and Wales, France and the NetherlandsViolence against children in conflict with the law: A study on indicators and data collection in Belgium, England and Wales, France and the Netherlands
Children deprived of their liberty and placed in detention are at extreme risk of violence