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Child participation

in Greece

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24 per cent of youth interviewed had participated in a sports club within the last 12 months (similar to the EU average), 11 per cent in a leisure club or youth organization (EU average 15 per cent) and 10 per cent (EU average 11 per cent) in a cultural organization (2022).
In 2022, 41 per cent of young people reported that they have not participated in any of the eight activities linked with social and civic participation during the past 12 months.
8 per cent of Greek youth interviewed had participated in a political organization or political party (similar to EU average), and 11 per cent in a youth organization, club or NGO (EU average at 8 per cent).
11 per cent have participated in an organization promoting human rights or global development (EU average at 10 per cent), 24 per cent in a sports club (similar to EU average), and 11 per cent in a youth club, leisure-time club or any kind of youth organisation (EU average at 15 per cent).
14 per cent have participated in an organization active in the domain of climate change/environmental issues (EU average at 12 per cent) and 10 per cent in a cultural organization (EU average at 11 per cent).

Enabling Environment

Legislation, policy, resources, coordination, data

Insufficient information about the extent to which judicial procedures are child friendly.
Absence of a strategy and mechanisms to inform policy and planning to address violence against children with their participation.
Limited mechanisms at the national and sub-national level to ensure the effective participation of children and youth in decision-making.

20(a) Ensure the effective implementation of the legislation recognizing the right of the child to be heard in relevant legal proceedings, including by establishing systems and/or procedures for social workers and courts to comply with the principle and building their capacity to use such systems and procedures;
20(b) Ensure that the participatory structures, including the Youth Parliament and Student Councils, represent children with distinct ethnic, religious, linguistic and cultural backgrounds, as well as children with disabilities.

Review the extent to which judicial procedures are child-friendly and whether it is necessary to reform judicial procedures to become more child-centred and child-friendly according to international standards and good practices.
Support the development of a national child justice strategy and relevant national action plan.
Establish mechanisms to capture and highlight the views of children and young people.

Adequately staffed services, facilities, information, commodities

Lack of child-friendly information material for children in contact with the justice system.
No feedback mechanisms for children living in institutions or with adoptive and foster families.
Lack of child-friendly information material for children in contact with the law on their rights.

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Review and reform judicial procedures to take into account the developmental needs of the child and be more gender-sensitive, child-centred and child-friendly.
Production of child-friendly information material.
Establish safe and accessible platforms for children to voice their concerns on violence against them and seek help, both online and offline.
Develop mechanisms for child participation in planning and decision making to address violence against children.
Design children's participation mechanisms in decision-making relevant to children without parental care, create standards, SOPs, national laws and plans to ensure children, including those without parental care, are included in government decisions.
Develop child-friendly material explaining child rights for children in contact with the law, in different languages.

Financial access and social behavioural drivers

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20(c) Promote meaningful and empowered participation of all children within the family, in alternative care, communities and schools and include children in decision-making in all matters related to children, including environmental matters.

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