Acknowledgements
Authors: Lucy Rolington, Praise Adeyemo, Anna Bambrick
With special thanks to: Elsa Cardona, María Ballesteros Melero, Sophie Rymer
Design: Gilbert Tumukunde, Alejandra Lonjedo
| This framework was written across 2023-2024 and reflects thinking, models and practice within youth participation at that time. It was informed by consultant youth participation advisors and WAGGGS Global Team members. It is part of our commitment to mainstreaming this framework to periodically review and refresh it. |
Meaningful Youth Participation & Quality Girl Guiding and Girl Scouting
This Framework is a part of the tools and resources the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) offers to support national Member Organisations and the global Girl Guiding and Girl Scouting Movement to deliver quality Girl Guiding and Girl Scouting. It is strongly connected to the Growing and Learning Framework and the Capacity Assessment Tool as explained below:
Growing and LearningWAGGGS Learning and Development Framework, Growing and Learning, defines the characteristics of a quality experience for both youth and adults in the Girl Guide and Girl Scout Movement. One of these characteristics is “participatory spaces”, whereby meaningful youth participation is a fundamental part of the learning and development environment we create for all our members. This Meaningful Youth Participation Framework supports and complements the Growing and Learning Framework. It explains what participatory spaces look like, provides more information on what meaningful youth participation is and how we can improve our participatory practice. You can find out more about the Growing and Learning Framework here: https://campfire.wagggs.org/organization/growing-and-learning |
Capacity Assessment Tool (CAT)Our self-assessment tool - CAT - is designed to support national Girl Guiding and Girl Scouting Member Organisations to understand their organisational strengths and identify any areas that may need improvement. It includes indicators for meaningful youth participation that support Member Organisations to self-assess their practice at both a national and local level. This Meaningful Youth Participation Framework can be used by Member Organisations who identify meaningful youth participation as an area for development through the CAT, to help guide their next steps in improving their practice. You can find out more about the Capacity Assessment Tool here: https://campfire.wagggs.org/dashboard/capacity-building |