CHILDREN'SPARTICIPATION

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1、CHILDREN’SPARTICIPATIONINDECISION-MAKINGBackgroundpaperThisbackgroundpaperhasbeenpreparedbyHilaryHomans,incollaborationwiththeUnitedNationsChildren’sFund(UNICEF),fortheIntergovernmentalConferenceonMakingEuropeandCentralAsiaFitforChildren.Itscontentsdonotnecessarilyreflectt

2、hepoliciesortheviewsofUNICEF.MakingEuropeandCentralAsiaFitforChildrenCHILDREN’SPARTICIPATIONINDECISION-MAKING1.IntroductionThispaperhasbeenpreparedasabackgrounddocumentonchildren’sparticipationHereafterreferredtoasparticipation.fortheSecondIntergovernmentalConferenceonMaki

3、ngEuropeandCentralAsiaFitforChildren.Itisintendedtostimulatediscussiononparticipationthroughouttheconferenceandleadtotheadoptionofrecommendationsforfurtheractions,particularlyforstrengtheningcapacitytoassessandmonitortheextentofchildren’sparticipation.Informationforthepape

4、rwascollectedthroughaliteraturesearch,fromkeyinformantsincountriesandorganizationsworkingonchildren’sparticipation,Iamgratefultothosewhosentmaterialforinclusioninthepaper:JovanaBazerkovska,GabrielaFabiani,ClareFeinstein,ShikaGhildyalandRuslan,LarisaLazarescu-Spetetcl,Elian

5、oRiggio,OlenaSakovych,andJanKulenovic.andfromUNICEFannualcountryreports.ThepapercontainsanoverviewofstrategicapproachesusedtoincreaseparticipationandexamplesTheexamplesselectedarenotmeanttoberepresentativeoftheregionalsituation.Theyareillustrativeofthetypesofactivitiessome

6、countrieshavebeenengagedin.Undoubtedlytherearemanymoreexampleswhichcouldnotbereflectedinthisoverviewpaper.Thereisalsoarangeofrichexamplesofchildren’sparticipationinthematicareasoutsidetheremitoftheSarajevoconference.ofgoodpracticeinthefivethematicareas.Atthefirstintergover

7、nmentalmeetingonChildreninEuropeandCentralAsia:SettinganagendaforchildreninEuropeandCentralAsiaheldinBerlininMay2001,participationbychildren(age0to18)Throughoutthispaperthefollowingdefinitionsareused:childrentorefertotheagegroup0to18years,youngpeople10to24yearsandyouthaged

8、15to24years.Insomecasesthepreciseageofthechildren/youngpeopleisnotknown.Thetermschildrena