About the Project
The Inclusive Child Participation Networks (ICPN) project is a two-year (2025–2026) collaborative initiative funded by the EU’s CERV programme (Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values) with a view to promoting inclusive and systematic child participation in decision-making, from the local level all the way to the European level. The project brings together 18 partners from 11 European countries.
The core objectives of the project are to:
- Strengthen, innovating and mainstreaming child participation in national and local level decision making and in EU policy making
- Empower children, with a focus on children who are most at risk of exclusion and less represented, to actively participate in decision making processes at all levels
- Strengthen the capacity of national, regional and local authorities, and of child participation mechanisms to make child participation inclusive and systemic
The project will provide decision-makers, authorities, and professionals with knowledge on how to promote child participation in decision-making. Information about children’s right to participate will also be produced for children, in collaboration with them.
The project will also include an advocacy campaign with children on the right to participate, training for decision-makers, and strengthening a national and EU-level network of professionals and experts working on child participation.
As part of the Consortium, IGLYO will represent the voice of LGBTQI children and ensure their views and needs are taken into consideration in decision-making processes.
Consortium
Coordinated by Save the Children Italy, the Consortium also includes:
- Save the Children International
- Fundacion Save the Children (Save the Children Spain)
- SOS Villaggi dei Bambini (SOS Children’s Villages Italy)
- Paidika Choria SOS Ellados (SOS Children’s Villages Greece)
- SOS-Kinderdorf International (SOS Children’s Villages International)
- Sdruzhenie SOS Detski Selishta Bulgaria (SOS Children’s Villages Bulgaria)
- Stichting Save the Children Nederland (Save the Children Netherlands)
- Organizatia Salvati Copiii (Save the Children Romania, Save the Children International country office)
- Ashoka Poland
- Plan International Belgique
- Save the Children (Norway) in Albania Foundation (Save the Children Albania, Save the Children Norjan country office)
- Visuomenine Organizacija Gelbekit Vaikus (Save the Children Lithuania)
- European Roma Grassrooth Organizations Network (ERGO Network)
- Red Barnet (Save the Children Denmark)
- The International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Queer and Intersex Youth and Student Organisation (IGLYO)
With the support of
Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.
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Past
Call for Methodologies and Good Practices on Child Participation for the European Child Participation Fair
On 17-18 November, the first European Child Participation Fair will bring together child participation professionals and advocates to share, exchange, and discuss approaches to child participation in decision-making processes. The Fair is co-designed by children and practitioners and aims to encourage learning and connection across countries and sectors. In the frame of the event, we are pleased to invite practitioners, organisations, researchers, and networks from across Europe to submit methodologies, examples of practice, or academic research for presentation. Read our full call.
