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Children and Young People's Participation in Planning and Regeneration
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Day, L., Sutton, L. and Jenkins, S. (2011) Children and Young People's Participation in Planning and Regeneration: A final report to the Ecorys Research Programme 2010-11. UK: Ecorys.
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Introduction
This report presents the findings from a research study carried out by Ecorys in partnership with Loughborough
University, to examine the evidence for children and young people’s participation in planning and regeneration.
The study was part-sponsored by the Foundation Netherlands Economic Institute (NEI), as one of a series of
projects for the Ecorys Research Programme 2010-111. The work was carried out in the period June 2010 to
January 2011, and comprised of a scoping review of UK and international literature; an analysis of policy
documents, and inputs from expert advisory group with representatives from policy and academia.
The main purpose of this report is to present the detailed findings from the research study. Our intention was to
draw together into one place the very diverse range of academic and non-academic studies that have been
undertaken in this field, and to reflect upon the lessons for policy and practice at the current point in time; when
children and young people's participation is framed by challenging economic circumstances in the UK and
internationally. Whilst the report has a particular focus on the UK situation, it also draws upon research literature
and practice examples from Europe, South America, North America and Australasia to provide a comparison.
The findings are set within the over-arching context of the 1989 UN Convention of the Rights of the Child (CRC).
The report is intended as a resource for anyone who has an interest in policies and practices affecting children
and young people’s participation in society and public space, including policymakers, practitioners, academics
and independent bodies, and as such we have opted to maintain relatively broad subject coverage. However, a
further series of papers will follow, relating to specific aspects of participation that are examined in this report.
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