INTERNATIONAL NEWS NORDIC STUDENTS MEET CHILDREN DIRECTLY Nordic universities are testing ways to receive knowledge directly from children in their higher education programmes COLLABORATION WITH STUDENTS PROVIDES BETTER SOLUTIONS Students in the Nordic countries must be collaborated with, about what and how they learn and about the school environment PARLIAMENT POLITICIANS AND PROS FROM CHANGEFACTORY THANKED EACH OTHER Pros thanked the parliament politicians for four years of good collaboration THE PARLIAMENT COMMITTEE FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES CELEBRATED PARTY RIGHTS The majority of the Parliament decided that the age of party rights should be lowered to 12 years ADVICE FROM CHILDREN AT NORDIC CONFERENCE Nordic conference in Copenhagen, focusing on trauma and resilience THANKED CHILDREN FROM NORWAY Norway’s reporting to the UN Children’s Committee has recently been completed and Norway will soon receive recommendations ACADEMICS RAISE CHILDREN’S RIGHTS CF participated in a workshop on the development of research within children’s rights and family law SEMINAR IN IRELAND International seminar on children and young people in decision-making in Ireland NORDIC YOUTH EMPOWERMENT PROJECT (PART 2) Nordic young people gathered to find out how young people can have more influence in decisions NORDIC YOUTH EMPOWERMENT PROJECT (PART 1) Young people from Norway, Sweden and Finland met to talk about youth influence CHILD-FRIENDLY PROCESSES The project PARTICIPATION continues with a meeting in Bergen about «child-friendly processes» DENMARK HAS ITS OWN CRISIS CENTER FOR CHILDREN Joannahuset is Denmark’s first crisis center for children. THANK YOU for the inspiring visit CHILDREN MUST BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child says that children must be taken seriously in decision-making WITHOUT SAFETY, WITHOUT A CHANCE 11 young people are the authors of a new book at Scandinavian University Press PHYSICAL POWER IS NOT CARE The Convention on the Rights of the Child is used incorrectly when physical force is to be justified HEARINGS IN THE NORWEGIAN PARLIAMENT Young people from Changefactory gave input to the national state budget for 2025 LUNDY-DAY Professor in children’s rights, Laura Lundy, was the keynote speaker at ‘game changer’ day in Oslo OUR RIGHTS, OUR FUTURE Young people from Åland, Sweden and Norway gathered in Stockholm to work on promoting children’s rights NORDIC ORGANISATIONS COLLABORATE Young people from four Nordic countries gathered in Copenhagen to make principles for good practise PUPILS' ADVICE FOR LEARNING In Portugal and Norway, tools for better learning will be developed in collaboration with students and teachers RESEARCH PROJECT ON DENTAL HEALTH 80 young people have contributed advice in the project #Care4YoungTeeth<3. Read the article with the findings DOUBLE ANNIVERSARY IN LISBON Forandringsfabrikken 20 years celebrates 10 years with sister organisation ComParte SWEDEN HAS LOCAL CHILDREN'S OFFICERS Engaging to meet the Children’s Court Agency in Sweden, which has an uncompromising view of children MOTIVATING MEETING WITH JURISTS IN STOCKHOLM At the University of Stockholm, there are skilled people who focus on children’s rights and autonomy. As part of the anniversary celebration, we went there to learn from them NORDIC ORGANISATIONS MEET Young people from four Nordic countries gathered in Oslo to talk about youth participation RESEARCH FOR AND WITH CHILDREN FF has recently met committed researchers in England and Northern Ireland. In the future, there will be cooperation MET EXCITING ORGANISATIONS FF has visited organizations that collect answers from children and young people, where the young people convey the answers themselves WORKSHOP ON VIOLENCE AND DOMESTIC ABUSE In the OrChid research project, dentists want to take the lead in securing children’s right to speak safely PROS + DENTAL HEALTH = Important work Professionals have brought knowledge from children and children’s rights into research projects and lectures about the dental health service COLLABORATION WITH RESEARCHERS Forandringsfabrikken is happy to collaborate with many talented researchers in Norway and around the world THE EVIDENCE AND IMPLEMENTATION SUMMIT, SYDNEY Changefactory presented two films at the Evidence and implementation summit in Sydney, Australia. Young people presented experiences and advice from children about systems made for children IMPORTANT AND EXCITING DAYS IN THE NETHERLANDS This week Changefactory was invited by Nederlands Jeugdinstituut (Netherlands Youth Institute) to the national “Youth day” in the Netherlands SEMINAR ABOUT EMPOWERING CHILDREN Changefactory meeting researchers from Brazil, Colombia, Vietnam, India, Ethiopia, Sweden, Denmark and Norway BERGEN EXCHANGE 2023 Bergen Exchange is a “meeting place for scholars and practitioners from across the globe who seek to understand how law serves as an instrument of change, and how it shapes and is shaped by power relations”. The 2023 event was arranged 14th-18th of August, in Bergen VISIT FROM THE NETHERLANDS Last week we were lucky to have a visit from NJR (The Dutch National Youth Council) and Nederlands Jeugdinstituut (Netherlands Youth Institute) at our head office in Oslo. Thank you for spending time with us and for kindly listening to advice from pros
