1. EU-CORD Child Participation Workshop Questions, dilemmas, tools, tips and resources identified at the workshop

2. Questions and Dilemmas Good guidelines/checklists on how to ensure child participation at all stages of the programme cycle? What to do when child participation legitimises something we don’t support (e.g. physical punishment)? Good trainers in respective countries? Good examples of awareness-raising at partner level? Do we speak out on child participation in our own contexts? Is child participation easily promoted where the economy is not a big issue (i.e. where even the poor have enough food)? Programmes for, with, by children / children as change agents: what are criteria for good implementation? When to apply them? « Effective and genuine participation is time-consuming, costly and potentially physically and emotionally demanding » – are we ready for this? How to select children for participation? Is true representation the most broadly representative group of children, or is it a group of children voted for by other children?

3. Tools and Tips Exchange visits Sharing good trainers to train partners and staff Information mechanism on training in Asia/Africa Come up with lobby issues as a combined/joined effort PICD Child Status Index Practical tools for child participation: calendars, mapping, daily activities chart, dream trees, problem trees, child-to-child interviews, songs, drama, focus groups, community walks, consultations, research.

4. Resources PRA with children, Praxis, Institute for Participatory Practices. More information: http://www.praxisindia.org/PRAtopicpacks http://www.praxisindia.org/PRAtopicpacks Children’s Participation in Decision Making, Inter Agency Working Group on Children’s Participation. Children’s Participation in Decision Making Beyond Article 12: Essential Readings in Children’s Participation, Knowing Children, Bangkok. More information: http://www.knowingchildren.org/reading.phphttp://www.knowingchildren.org/reading.php Hear Our Voices! Making Sure Young People’s Voices are Heard, Stop Aids Now, Amsterdam Hear Our Voices! Making Sure Young People’s Voices are Heard Adults First! An organisational training on children’s participation, Henk van Beers, CRF Cambodia Adults First! An organisational training on children’s participation Children and participation: Research, monitoring and evaluation with children and young people, Save the Children Children and participation: Research, monitoring and evaluation with children and young people The National Child Participation Guide for Uganda: Creating an Environment for Children to be Heard, Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development, Uganda Child Rights NGO Network and UNICEF The National Child Participation Guide for Uganda: Creating an Environment for Children to be Heard Reinforcing Child Participation, The Civil Society Forum on the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, Save the Children 2012 Reinforcing Child Participation, The Civil Society Forum on the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child www.clarehanbury.com, Clare Hanbury, consultant and specialist in children’s participation www.clarehanbury.com A World Fit for Children, UN Resolution, 2002 A World Fit for Children EU Guidelines for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of the Child, EU, 2007 EU Guidelines for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of the Child I Have a Voice! Recommendations for Including Child Participation in European Union Decision-Making, Plan International, 2010 I Have a Voice! Recommendations for Including Child Participation in European Union Decision-Making

5. Resources Participation - Spice it Up!, Save the Children. More information: http://www.savethechildren.org.uk/resources/online-library/participation- %E2%80%94-spice-it http://www.savethechildren.org.uk/resources/online-library/participation- %E2%80%94-spice-it Children’s Participation in OVC Programming, Save the Children, 2004. More information: http://www.ovcsupport.net/s/library.php?p=7&lc=&lk=orphans+and+other+vu lnerable+children&la=0&lo=0 http://www.ovcsupport.net/s/library.php?p=7&lc=&lk=orphans+and+other+vu lnerable+children&la=0&lo=0 So you want to consult with children? A toolkit of good practice, Save the Children, 2003 So you want to consult with children? A toolkit of good practice Participatory Workshops: a sourcebook of 21 sets of ideas and activities, Robert Chambers, Earthscan 2002. More information: Children as Partners in Planning: A training resource to support consultation with children, Save the Children 2001. More information: http://www.savethechildren.org.uk/resources/online-library/children-partners- planning-training-resource-support-consultation-children http://www.savethechildren.org.uk/resources/online-library/children-partners- planning-training-resource-support-consultation-children Stepping Forward: Children and Young People’s Participation in the Development Process, ITDG, 2001. More information: http://www.crin.org/resources/infodetail.asp?ID=1441 http://www.crin.org/resources/infodetail.asp?ID=1441 Understanding and Evaluating Children’s Participation: A review of contemporary literature, Plan International, 2003 Understanding and Evaluating Children’s Participation: A review of contemporary literature Children, participation, projects – how to make it work!, Council of Europe, 2004 Children, participation, projects – how to make it work! Child Participation, Roots Resources, Tearfund, 2004 Child Participation