Participation
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Participation A to Z: benefits and barriers
5th July 2024 by Digital Engagement Team
This instalment in the A-Z of participation series looks at the benefits and barriers of participation. There are so many positive impacts of participation done well, but there are challenges to reflect on and address first. What we mean by participation in Scottish Government Participation is a broad term used to describe how people get involved...
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Meet the Scottish Government Children’s Rights Unit
13th June 2024 by Children's Rights Team
Hello Nice to meet you. Thanks for clicking the ‘read’ button. Our team We would like to introduce you to the work of the Empowered Team in the Children’s Rights Unit. There are currently 4 members, Paul, Shelly, Caroline, and Eve but there are others like Steph and Ann-Marie who have recently left that...
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Democracy Matters: public participation in 2024 and beyond
13th May 2024 by Digital Engagement Team
It has been an interesting and busy time for the Local Governance Review Team since the summer of 2023. Many events and conversations have taken place across Scotland exploring how decisions could be made by communities themselves. Now that the dust has settled, we wanted to share some highlights of the conversations we observed and...
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Participation A to Z: accessibility
12th April 2024 by Digital Engagement Team
We are beginning a new A-Z series of posts. Each letter of the alphabet will cover a different topic in participation and public engagement. We hope you enjoy this mini-series, and without further ado, we’re kicking things off today with A for Accessibility! What do we mean by accessibility? When we talk about accessibility we...
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Meet the Scottish Government Digital Engagement Team
29th February 2024 by Digital Engagement Team
Who are you and what do you do? Hi, I’m Finlay. I’m a digital engagement manager for the Scottish Government. We’re a small team of 3 but we work with our colleagues all across government to support good digital engagement with you, the public. What that means is we use digital tools like online surveys,...
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Happy World Children’s Day
20th November 2023 by Children's Rights Team
To mark World Children’s Day 2023 we invited young people from the Scottish Youth Parliament to ask Ms Don, the Minister for Children and Young People and Keeping the Promise, their questions about the work to embed children’s rights into Scots law.
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A national conversation on local democracy and community power
11th September 2023 by Local Governance Review
Guest blog on the Local Governance Review's community engagement 'Democracy matters'
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Message to children and young people from Minister for Children and Young People
16th March 2023 by Clare Haughey MSP - Minister for Children and Young People
To the Children and Young People of Scotland I wanted to say thank you to the children and young people from Scotland who are participating in an important event happening in Spring with the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child in Geneva. The group from Scotland – known as #TeamScotlandUN – have...
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Scotland’s suicide prevention strategy and action plan
17th January 2023 by Jen Swan
Scotland’s new suicide prevention strategy and action plan were published in 2022. We asked Dominic & Oliver from the Suicide Prevention Policy & Delivery Team to blog about how they developed these, and in particular how they engaged with a wide and varied range of people and organisations. Scotland’s new suicide prevention strategy and action...
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The launch of the UNCRC parents booklet
24th November 2022 by Shelly Coyne
World Children’s Day 2022 (20th November 2022) saw the launch of a new and much anticipated booklet for parents, carers and family members. The booklet provides information about children’s rights and introduces the United Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC).