Improve youth participation in Aragón (ES0076)

What is the problem/need that is desired to resolve with the commitment? Youth and child participation is essential for both the values it contributes and because children are the adults of the future, and so getting them used to participating is an investment in the future of a more robust civil society that integrates democratic values.

Objectives of the commitment To extend the children's plenaries throughout the greatest number of local corporations of Aragón.

Brief description of the commitment To extend and improve the quality of child participation in the territory.

How does the commitment contribute to solve the problem or cover the need? The implementation of children's councils and UNICEF child friendly cities in the territory contributes to creating more friendly cities and towns and with a higher quality of life.

Why is the commitment relevant with respect to the values of Open Government? It promotes, strengthens and improves the quality of participation in the public management, allowing the citizenship to participate in making public decisions with the objective of achieving better results and better democratic quality. As was indicated, it reinforces both democracy and the current and future public policies. It delves deeper into transparency, open data and accountability of Public Administrations through carrying out actions aimed at its improvement and the evaluation of the results of the plans and programmes The expansion of the target audience that participates in improving public policies reinforces forth transparency and accountability. It contributes to building a system of public integrity, strengthening the ethical values and mechanisms to bolster the integrity of the public institutions and reinforce the trust of the citizenship It raises awareness among society and civil servants about the values of Open Government, contributing to the fulfilment of the Sustainable Development Goals of the 2030 Agenda in order to advance towards a just, peaceful and inclusive society It has broad and beneficial effects on the administrations in which these participatory figures are implanted.

Additional information  Related information or that further details the commitment and its activities: Strategic Plan of the Directorate General of Open Government and Social Innovation, 2020‐2023. 179  Links of interest: LAAAB Website Website of the LAAAB blog

Activities of the commitment Start date End date Support for local entities with children's plenaries constituted Start 30/09/2024 Support for local entities with UNICEF child friendly cities Start 30/09/2024 Remote participation of children programme: Open Kids 1. Design of the kits. The kit will include a notebook of activities that poses challenges linked to achieving the SDGs, addressing both the local perspective and its application to local actions. 2. Preparation of 1,000 physical child participation kits intended for kids between 8 and 16 years of age, sending a postcard of them and development of the website. 3. Management of the platform and social networks. July 2020 December 2020 Training plan in child participation ‐ Module I: Introduction to child participation ‐ Module II: Design Thinking Methodology. Digital tools. Collaborative construction, a Virtual Childhood Plan experience. ‐ Module III: Delving deeper into child participation Start October 2020 Annual training plan in child participation 2021 2024 Biennial meetings of the Jaca Child Councils 2021 2021 Biennial meetings of the Teruel Child Councils 2022 2022 Biennial meetings of the Child Councils (to be defined) 2024 2024