Toolkit for Including Children in Participation in Decision-making from Birth to 5 Years
How to listen to babies, toddlers and young children and involve them in decision-making on matters that affect them.
Author: Hub na nÓg, DCEDIY
Participation of Children and Young People in Decision-making Action Plan 2024-2028 (Youth-friendly Version)
Youth-friendly version of the Participation of Children and Young People in Decision-making: Action Plan 2024-2028.
Building Children’s Futures: Using Children’s Rights to Recover from the Global Pandemic
The Covid-19 pandemic was a worldwide crisis, which had a significant impact on children’s lives. The effects were most damaging for children who were already living in disadvantaged circumstances (United Nations, 2020), with children from economically and socially disadvantaged backgrounds suffering the most (European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, 2021). Using Ireland as a case study, the purpose of this research is to work collaboratively with children and young people to understand how a child rights-based approach can be embedded in decision-making in times of emergency.
Scoping Document on the Inclusion of Disabled Children and Young People in Participation in Decision-Making
The aim of this scoping document is to provide advice on approaching participative processes and initiatives in the most accessible and inclusive way possible.
Opportunities for Youth – National Strategy for Youth Work and Related Services
Opportunities for Youth: National Strategy for Youth Work and Related Services sets out Ireland’s key policy ambitions for youth work and related services.
Children and Young People as Research Collaborators in a Large-scale Migration Research Project
In this paper we detail and contextualise the collaborative participatory research process developed throughout the IMMERSE research project which maps the integration of migrant children in education in Europe.
Redeveloping the Primary School Curriculum – Wellbeing (PE & SPHE)
This report recounts further consultation with children which took place to help shape NCCA’s development of the new curriculum specification for Wellbeing with children from Stages 3 and 4 (Third to Sixth Classes) in four primary schools between April and June 2023.
Planning For Me? Planning With Me. Placing Lundy’s Model of Child Participation at the Heart of Individual Education Plans
The rights of children and young people have gained prominence over recent years, spanning a range of settings and domains. In particular, the importance of eliciting, listening to and acting on the voices and views of children and young people has featured strongly in a range of legislative and policy documents. Internationally, this rights-based focus is particularly informed by the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
Report on the Consultation with Disabled Children and Young People on their inclusion in Decision-Making
The views of children and young people on creating guidance documents for policy makers and those who facilitate the participation of disabled children and young people in decision making, with a particular focus on those who use augmentative or alternative communication.
Promoting Children’s Participation in a Participatory Design Process in a Rural School: A new role needed?
In Brazil, Education of Rural Areas is a model which started with social movements and became a public policy with the aim of improving participation of people of rural areas in making decisions about the model of their education. Schools in that context need to improve access to scientific and technological knowledge, but ensuring that previous values and knowledge of the students about agroecology and sustainability are considered.