Participation
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Climate change participation programme 2023-2024: review
24th February 2025 by Climate Change Public Engagement Team
To deliver a fair and just transition to net zero we need to understand, recognise and reflect the concerns of many people. To hear about these concerns our climate change participation programme engaged with over 2000 people in Scotland in 2023-24.
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Participation A-Z: D is for deliberation
4th December 2024 by Digital Engagement Team
Deliberation describes a specific way of communicating. The idea is that in a deliberation, people exchange views and ideas, advocate for their position, inquire about other perspectives and discuss, before coming to a shared decision (consensus).
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Scottish Government UNCRC Innovation Fund: Hello in There, Wee One
22nd November 2024 by Children's Rights Team
In this blog post we learn about Dundee’s “Hello in There, Wee One” project, designed to support bonding between parents-to-be and their babies, with the belief that a child’s sense of security and belonging starts before birth.
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Scottish Government UNCRC Innovation Fund: South Lanarkshire pathways project
21st November 2024 by Children's Rights Team
In this blog post you can read about the South Lanarkshire Pathways project and how is creating a vital support system for young people.
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Minister for Children, Young People and the Promise: Happy World Children’s Day
20th November 2024 by Minister for Children, Young People and the Promise
A letter from Natalie Don-Innes MSP, Minister for Children, Young People and the Promise to the children and young people of Scotland on World Children's Day.
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Developing pathways together
19th November 2024 by Children's Rights Team
The Children’s Rights Unit is developing a new resource for children and young people to help them understand how they access, realise, and claim their rights when they feel they are not being respected.
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8th annual Cabinet meeting with children and young people 2024
18th November 2024 by Children's Rights Team
The Scottish Government's Children's Rights Team share some insight into the 8th annual Cabinet takeover with children and young people.
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The First Minister’s National Advisory Council on Women and Girls
14th November 2024 by Secretariat Team - First Minister’s National Advisory Council on Women and Girls
This blog post outlines the work of the First Minister’s National Advisory Council on Women and Girls (NACWG).
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Listen to me! Babies and infants participation
17th October 2024 by Digital Engagement Team
In this blog post we hear from Hannah Murison, Early Learning and Childcare Policy Adviser from National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) Scotland. Hannah talks about the development of a participatory method of engaging children on the subject of their rights to inform the creation of Children’s Rights and Wellbeing Impact Assessments (CRWIA), which is called...
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Meet the Open Government team
2nd October 2024 by Digital Engagement Team
We are the Open Government team at Scottish Government. We’re a small team of 4 and we work with teams across Scottish Government, Scottish Parliament, public bodies, third sector, academia and civil society to make government more open, transparent and accountable. What we do The Open Government team has responsibility for coordination of Scotland’s Open...
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