Children’s Participation in Decision-making: Balancing Protection with Shared Decision-making Using a Situational Perspective
This article argues for a situational perspective of children’s participation to act in the child’s best interest.
Having a voice — having a choice: National standards for children and young people’s participation
This leaflet outlines a set of agreed standards for the participation of children and young people participating in decision-making processes in Wales.
Children’s Rights and Research Processes: Assisting Children to Informed Views
The article reflects on a body of work with children as co-researchers and as participants.
Ten Years On: Did the National Childrens Strategy deliver on its promises?
This review, undertaken by the Children’s Rights Alliance, in collaboration with our members, looks back at the ten years of the Strategy and assesses whether it has delivered on its objectives
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
Building Capacity for Ethical Research with Children and Young People
The Board of the Childwatch International Research Network approved the establishment of a new Thematic Study Group to undertake an international scoping project entitled Building Capacity for Ethical Research with Children and Young People.
Youth at the Table: What skills do I need to be great at governance?
The resource booklet contains a series of help and advice around important skills that you may need to be involved in governance and decisionmaking.
Participation Models Citizens, Youth Online A chase through the maze
This publication outlines and examines all the models of participation and empowerment from Arnstein’s ‘Ladder of Citizen Participation’
Conditions for Change for Children and Young Peoples Participation in Evaluation: Change-Scape
Using cases from Nepal and UK, the ‘Changescape’ structures the conditions that determine whether evidence from children participating in evaluation is utilised by decision-makers to shape services and inform strategic processes.
Child and youth participation in Finland: A Council of Europe policy review
Review of child participation in Finland based on the Framework for the policy review process of the Council of Europe policy review on child and youth participation 2010-2011