Youth and child participation (ES0112)
Overview
At-a-Glance
Action Plan: Spain Action Plan 2025-2029
Action Plan Cycle: 2025
Status:
Institutions
Lead Institution: Ministry for Youth and Childhood
Support Institution(s):
Policy Areas
Inclusion, Mainstreaming Participation, Participation-Focused, Participatory Approaches, Public Participation, Regulation, YouthIRM Review
IRM Report: Pending IRM Review
Early Results: Pending IRM Review
Design i
Verifiable: Pending IRM Review
Relevant to OGP Values: Pending IRM Review
Ambition (see definition): Pending IRM Review
Implementation i
Completion: Pending IRM Review
Description
1.7.1. Plan to improve the participation of children and young people in public affairs
Brief description
Set of actions aimed at children and adolescents (children and young people) to encourage and improve their overall participation in public affairs and, specifically, their participation in the development of regulatory projects.
Objectives
To facilitate, promote and strengthen the participation of children and adolescents in decision-making and public management and, specifically, in the drafting of legislative proposals with the ultimate aim of bringing public administration closer to this population group.Brief description
Set of actions aimed at children and adolescents (children and young people) to encourage and improve their overall participation in public affairs and, specifically, their participation in the development of regulatory projects.
1.7.2. Regulatory framework for children's and youth associations
Brief description
Development of specific regulations that provide a minimum framework for forms of association for children throughout the country. Although this is a regulation of the General State Administration, the various regulations currently in force on this matter in several autonomous communities must be taken into account.
Objectives
• Specific regulations.
• Adaptation to the cognitive abilities of children.
• Establishment of specific obligations.
1.7.3. Easy guide to youth association
Brief description
Spain’s 5th OGP Plan 57 Young people have sometimes asked us questions that arise when setting up a youth association. Administrative procedures can sometimes be complex, and they appreciate simpler instructions on how to complete them.
Objectives
To facilitate the creation of youth associations that respond to the concerns of young people, thereby promoting their civic participation."