Child and adolescent participation: notes for dialogue

Guide offering common guidelines on child and adolescent participation, with principles, spaces, evaluation tools, and indicators to strengthen genuine, rights-based involvement.

Collaborative guide that defines participation as both a right and a process rooted in the Convention on the Rights of the Child (Articles 12–17). It frames children and adolescents as protagonists of their development and social transformation, highlighting principles such as voluntariness, transparency, respect, relevance, accountability, and safety. The guide identifies key spaces of participation (family, school, community, digital), explores styles of participation (from symbolic to genuine protagonism), and integrates tools and indicators (including the Lundy model and the PROTA-ESTELA toolkit) to evaluate quality and impact. It emphasizes feedback mechanisms and provides annexes with criteria, risk assessment, and outcome frameworks to ensure ethical and effective participation across organizations.

Source: Plataforma de Infancia
Language: Spanish

Year of publication: 2023