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Meetings Between Professionals for the Inclusion of Children in Citizen Participation: A Formative Experience
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Abstract Municipalities must take steps towards an "educational action" that welcomes children into environments that estimulate their involvement and participation in issues that mean something to them. Professionals working directly with children in the municipal sphere must strengthen the development of t... view more
Municipalities must take steps towards an "educational action" that welcomes children into environments that estimulate their involvement and participation in issues that mean something to them. Professionals working directly with children in the municipal sphere must strengthen the development of their active and committed citizenship (SDG no. 4), relating to them as citizens capable of transforming their environment. Children's participation requires adults who recognise them as interlocutors and establish relationships of trust and mutual respect with them. Municipalities need to create opportunities for children to be included in the co‐production of local projects and to take a leading role in public policies. This article aims to offer elements that can nurture professionals' readiness and "capacity building" to facilitate children's participation. These elements are formed in the context of a pedagogical practice (the “coffee meetings”) and emerge through a systematisation of experiences (Aguiar, 2013; Barnechea & Morgan, 2010; Jara, 2012, 2018; Mera, 2019). Coordinated by an inter‐university team, the reflective exchange promoted by the meetings between municipal technical professionals and elected representatives generates knowledge, ideas, and changes in participants' approaches to children's participation in municipalities' decision‐making processes; content analysis, development, and evaluation of the meetings by participants provide insight into the value of a learning community established as a tool to innovate child participation, build professional capacity towards this goal, and strengthen the work of local administrations in the field of citizenship.... view less
Keywords
child; adolescent; inclusion; youth work; youth policy; local politics; parish work
Classification
Sociology of the Youth, Sociology of Childhood
Family Policy, Youth Policy, Policy on the Elderly
Free Keywords
children and adolescents; citizen action; experience; inclusion; municipality; participation
Document language
English
Publication Year
2022
Page/Pages
p. 19-31
Journal
Social Inclusion, 10 (2022) 2
Issue topic
Promoting Social Inclusive Experiences in Uncertain Times
ISSN
2183-2803
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed