Checklist

Build resilient participatory structures before a crisis

Include procedures for children and youth participation in risk and vulnerability analysis, crisis plans, as well as crisis simulation and training

Include plans for inclusion and non-discrimination in the crisis management guidelines

Build democratic confidence in children and youth

Educate children and youth about their rights and give them the tools they need to exercise them

Invest time in building relationships before a crisis

Build an attitude among decision makers in which children and youth are regarded as an resourceful and invaluable resources

Create good habits

Educate all decision makers, including those in crisis organisations, about what child and youth participation is and what it means

Educate all decision makers about communication with children and youth

Cultivate awareness of position and power

Build knowledge about non-discrimination and inclusion

Gather the perspectives of children and youth though a range of methods

Provide information through channels that children and youth understand and follow

Ensure that information is provided in an inclusive and accessible way

Limit the spread of misinformation

Use established structures for children and youth involvement, also during times of crisis

Regularly consult with children and youth on questions that concern them

Give children and youth the opportunity to have a say in defining a crisis

Use competences that were developed before the crisis

Use different platforms for participation and find creative ways to include children and youth

Build structures so that children and youth can engage with decision makers on their own initiative

Compensate for the vulnerability of youth organisations

Also make conscious choices when not consulting with children and youth

Never engage in or initiate manipulated participation

Be candid about the perspectives of children and youth

Ensure that all processes and consultations are accessible

Work with both inclusive and separate processes

Take responsibility

Involve children and youth before, rather than after, decisions are made

Be open and transparent

Ensure diversity and inclusion

Do not promise too much

Let children and youth know how their input was used