Children at the centre
Handbook on child participation practices from violence prevention projects across Europe.
As part of the Daphne-CHILD project, Eurochild and Terre des hommes have published a practical resource featuring insights from 48 civil society organisations across nine European countries involved in violence prevention work, meaningfully involving children.
Across Bulgaria, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Spain, and Ukraine, Daphne-CHILD grantees have been working with children to address peer violence, online abuse, sexual violence, institutional violence, and more. What unites them, regardless of country, setting, or the age group they work with, is the principle that children are not passive beneficiaries of child protection, but active participants in shaping it.
The handbook documents what this looks like in practice and makes it easy for readers to find approaches relevant to their own context, whether that is working with Roma children in rural communities, supporting children with disabilities, or engaging refugee children in conflict-affected settings.
We recommend it as a practical resource for child protection practitioners, educators, social workers, psychologists, and youth workers looking for concrete facilitation techniques and age-appropriate methods; for policymakers seeking evidence of how child participation strengthens outcomes in violence prevention; and for funders who want to understand what genuine participation requires in terms of resources, infrastructure, and institutional commitment.
Further info
Contact Ciaran O’Donnell, Partnerships and Programmes Coordinator
