Children & young people
27 Jan 2025
Upcoming report spotlights children’s right to be heard
The four year-long projects on children’s and young people’s right to be heard in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic is ramping up toward [...]
Children & young people
4 Nov 2024
Insights from workshop will shape new report on student councils
Lack of safe spaces, low representation, and inaccessibility in schools are major barriers preventing students with disabilities from democr [...]
Children & young people
28 Mar 2024
The Nordic Youth Summit is expanding to the Baltics
Lithuania will be hosting the first Nordic-Baltic Youth Summit. After two successful Nordic Youth Summits, the arena is expanding to encompa [...]
Children & young people
1 Feb 2024
“Leaders rarely talked to children”
“Decision-makers were poorly prepared to hear and involve youth during the pandemic.” That is what the majority of the 120 youth partic [...]
Children & young people
29 Jan 2024
Don’t cherry-pick a youth “alibi”!
Don’t just use youth to put a stamp of approval on decisions they weren’t part of! That is one of the five principles that The Norwegian [...]
Children & young people
6 Dec 2023
120 youth signed action plan for the future at summit in Iceland
Environment, education, and youth participation. Those were some of the most intensely debated topics when 120 young persons from the Nordic [...]
Children & young people
26 Oct 2023
Listen to Nordic youth, talk about their right to be heard in crises
Listen to Ester, Majli, Nameh, Olle and eleven more youth from the Nordics. In our new publication they talk about their experiences during [...]
Children & young people
23 Oct 2023
Creating inclusive student councils with power – learning from the pandemic
How can student councils be more influential during crises? And how can we make sure that they will be inclusive? Those were questions discu [...]
Children & young people
25 Sep 2023
“The voice of youth can make a change”
In the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic and the current war in Ukraine, it's clear that decisions impacting children and youth were made w [...]
Children & young people
8 Jun 2023
Young people were deprived of essential parts of their youth
“Young people have missed many important transition rites such as graduations, dances, or other celebrations such as festivals and concert [...]
Children & young people
22 May 2023
New report shows restricted childhood and interrupted youth due to covid
Higher levels of anxiety and boredom and decreased well-being among children and young people during the pandemic. But also, positive result [...]
Children & young people
3 Apr 2023
“If you don’t do it well before a crisis, then you don’t stand a chance”
"By demonstrating examples, we can inspire change." That was the conclusion from one of the participants when the report Child and youth par [...]
Welfare policy
3 Apr 2023
Join the discussion about the Nordic welfare model and its challenges
The Nordic Welfare Forum 2023 takes place on 2 June in Reykjavik, Iceland and via live stream. The aim is to evaluate and discuss the Nordic [...]
Children & young people
21 Mar 2023
Checklist to ensure child and youth participation during crisis
Every young person is entitled to be heard and involved in matters that concern them. But how can decision makers safeguard meaningful child [...]
Children & young people
16 Mar 2023
Här är ungdomarna som blev mer ensamma när pandemin tog slut
Vissa barn och unga fick äntligen de anpassningar de behöver – tack vare covid-19-pandemin. Men de fördelar som uppstod i och med den p [...]
Children & young people
9 Mar 2023
New report about children’s participation and influence during Covid-19
Institutions working for and with children and youth in the Nordic region were not prepared to protect children’s rights when the Covid-19 [...]
Public health
7 Feb 2023
Remote therapy a solution during Covid-19 for people with deafblindness
Even in normal situations, people with deafblindness constitute a vulnerable group that experience a lot of isolation – and the pandemic h [...]
Disability issues
1 Dec 2022
Funktionshindersfrågor måste beaktas vid kriser
Rådet för nordiskt samarbete om funktionshinder vill att de nordiska myndigheterna tar större hänsyn till personer med funktionsnedsätt [...]
Children & young people
31 Oct 2022
“Every decision that the government makes affects us!”
”Give. Youth. Real. Power! Give youth real power!” “Every decision that the government makes affects us. Young people need to be info [...]
Integration
31 Oct 2022
Så knäcker vi långtidsarbetslösheten bland invandrare
64 procent av de långtidsarbetslösa är utrikesfödda. Generellt sett har invandrare större svårigheter att få jobb än inrikes födda. [...]
Children & young people
22 Jun 2022
Spreading the Nordic agenda on involving children and youth
Around 150 people, public authorities, professionals, and care providers from all over Europe signed up for our event in Hamburg in the begi [...]
Children & young people
16 Jun 2022
Young people prepare decision-makers to involve them in crises
During the covid-19 pandemic, Nordic authorities focused on establishing effective ways to stop the spread of the infection. Consequently, s [...]
26 Apr 2022
Nordic Day 2022: Children and youth in the shadow of the pandemic
The Nordic countries have strong traditions of promoting the well-being of children by emphasizing the right to inclusion and participation [...]
Welfare policy
1 Apr 2022
Många unga upplever ett utanförskap
Unga i Norden är engagerade i samhällsfrågor men har ett litet förtroende för demokratiska institutioner och många upplever ett utanf [...]
Welfare policy
15 Oct 2021
Ungdomar från Norden i expertgrupp om coronakrisens konsekvenser
Under covid-19-pandemin drabbades barn och unga i Norden av restriktioner som infördes och som påverkade både deras skolgång, fritid, so [...]
Disability issues
9 Sep 2020
Pandemin i fokus i samarbetet om funktionshinder
- Bortsett från den direkta sjukdomen covid-19 slår även konsekvenserna av ohälsan och arbetslösheten under pandemin hårdare mot vissa [...]
Public health
4 Jun 2020
”Rökare drabbas med större sannolikhet av allvarliga komplikationer vid en covid-19-infektion”
På Nordens välfärdscenters webbinarium om effekter av coronapandemin stod det klart att det i många frågor är för tidigt att dra någ [...]
