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The ladder of participation allows workers and community planners to assess genuine ‘youth involvement’.
By doing this activity youth will be able to understand the processes of participation and therefore have a collective understanding of what participation is, and more importantly, what it is not!
Share this activity with your participants and introduce them to the topic of participation.
Ask them to read the 8 rungs of the ladder that represents the 8 levels of participation. Then, ask them to read the situations presented in the green boxes.
Their task is to place each green box in its corresponding rung of the ladder of participation, by clicking on the box and dragging it to the position of their choice.
Press the arrow on the right side to test your skills.
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The goal of youth participation is that young people come together to exercise their freedom to take collective action on matters that are important to them; namely, young people act as agents of change when challenging issues of discrimination, inequity, human rights injustices, and hate crimes.
Democracy and participation are two key concepts and underpinning principles of most societies and are founded on the beliefs and values of equality, fairness, power sharing, and active contributions to the communities and societies we are part of.
After completing the activity it would be a suggestion to facilitate a discussion around the ladder, asking for reflections and thoughts on the activity.
Ensure that young people take away the messages for genuine participation and their rights to engage in anything they feel passionate about (within reason, obviously).
The reason for doing this activity is so participants can spot when they are being used and what they can do to make sure their involvement in, for example, democratic processes is meaningful to them and their communities.
