About
The Inclusive Child Participation Networks (ICPN) project is a European initiative coordinated by Save the Children Italy and implemented at the European level by Save the Children Europe and SOS Children’s Villages International. It brings together 18 organisations across 11 countries to strengthen child participation in decision making at both national and EU levels. The project is funded by the CERV program.
A key outcome of the project is the European Network on Inclusive Child Participation, which connects national child participation networks across Europe, fostering collaboration and shared learning to advance inclusive and meaningful participation for children and young people.
Our Consortium
The ICPN project consortium is made up of 18 partner organisations working together in 11 countries across Europe. This reflects a collective and coordinated approach, where multiple actors contribute to a shared objective.
These partners operate at both European and national levels, allowing the consortium to connect work across different contexts. European level involvement suggests a broader, cross country perspective, while national level work indicates engagement within specific country settings.
The consortium brings together organisations that combine policy expertise, inclusion knowledge, and direct work with children and young people.
Overall, the consortium can be understood as a collaborative structure that links different types of expertise and levels of action across Europe, bringing together complementary roles within a single project framework.
Working Together 
Across Europe
Through this country based partnership, the Inclusive Child Participation Networks (ICPN) project supports children and young people to participate meaningfully in decisions that affect their lives at local, national, and European level. It creates opportunities for their voices to be heard and to shape the policies and actions that impact them.
National partners work closely with children in their communities, ensuring that participation is grounded in their lived realities and responsive to diverse needs and experiences. At the same time, European level partners help connect learning across countries, amplify children’s voices, and contribute to policy influence and systems change at EU level.
By bringing together action at different levels, the project strengthens collaboration, knowledge sharing, and mutual learning across borders. It also helps ensure that approaches to participation are more inclusive, consistent, and impactful across Europe.
Together, we are building a stronger and more inclusive child participation ecosystem that enables children to engage meaningfully in the decisions that shape their lives today and in the future.
Featured Resources
Together Methodology
Together Methodology
Together is a child and youth participation framework that helps ensure children’s rights are embedded in public decision-making, enabling children to participate meaningfully and safely in processes that affect them.
The Nine Basic Requirements for Meaningful and Ethical Children’s Participation
The Nine Basic Requirements for Meaningful and Ethical Children’s Participation
A practical, rights‑based framework used to create meaningful, ethical, and safe opportunities with high quality children in any kind of child participation process, whether it is individual or group based.
Speaking Minds
Speaking Minds
Speaking Minds is a youth participation methodology developed by Save the Children in 2016 to meaningfully involve practically educated young people in local and regional decision‑making. It provides a structured process where youth explore a policy question, develop recommendations, and present them directly to authorities, who commit to implementing and reporting back on the outcomes.
