Children as PArtners

Project Summary

Title: Children as Parners

Date: Ongoing

Lead Organization

International Institute for Child Rights and Development

Funder

IICRD thanks the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) for its support to develop a CAP website.

Description

‘Children as Partners’ (CAP) is an idea developed by some adults and youth about how to encourage and support all those working to make a reality of children’s right to participate. We use the word ‘children’ to refer to all children and young people under the age of 18.

CAP’s long term goal is to create the conditions in which a true partnership of mutual respect and support can develop between children and adults – a partnership that results in changes to the values, attitudes and behaviour of millions of people.

Building on the many successful examples of work that are already in place, CAP aims to connect everyone around the world who wants to promote the participation of children in matters and decisions that affect them.

CAP wants to create widespread support for children’s participation and to be a mechanism for new partnerships, renewed commitments to this sort of work, greater accountability and practical action. The kinds of partnerships that CAP would like to support and encourage include those between:

• Children and other children
• Adult organizations and children’s organizations
• Children’s organizations and youth organizations
• Adult workers and children’s groups
• Children and their parents
• Community groups and children
  

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Project Materials

• CAP Proceedings (August 2002)
• CAP Research Report (2004)
• Annotated Bibliography: English (March 2004)
• Bibliographie annotee : Francais (mars 2004)
• Evolving Capacities Report (December 2003)
• Concern for Working Children Report (December 2002)