GOTALK children’s participation in school: final conference

Save the date: Tuesday 24th of June 2025

  • Are you curious about the results of two years of GOTALK project on student participation in schools?
  • Do you have a big heart for children's rights and the right to participate for children and youth?
  • Do you like to learn about how to make pupil councils more sustainable, inclusive and impactful? And that in primary or secondary education?
  • How do you tackle pupil councils in a child-friendly and creative way? 

Interested?

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Any questions? Contact nina.verbanck@kdg.be

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Program

We are currently still finalising the program, but you can expect inspiring workshops and networking. We'll update you as soon as possible.

Goals

This conference concludes a two-year European project on child and youth participation at school. The project was co-funded by the European Commission in the CERV-program.

During this conference, sessions in Dutch and English are both programmed. 

  • The English-medium sessions are designed to give participants an overview of actions taken during the project in 8 settings of primary education, secondary education and out-of-school contexts. It also includes the presentation of results and a tool designed for teams of educators and school staff to invest in pupil participation. It also invests in how to build synergy between organizations to continue building a more comprehensive participation for children and youngsters.
  • The Dutch-medium sessions are targeted towards school teams that want to invest in making their pupil councils more sustainable, impactful and inclusive. Workshops will allow participants to get inspired and to make a specific plan on how to tackle the specific challenges for their schools.

The program allows for networking opportunities with other participants.

Target group

  • Everyone with a big heart for children’s rights and children’s participation.
  • School teams in primary and secondary education who want to invest in children and youth participation at their schools.

Team

The final conference is organized by the team of GOTALK and coordinated by Karel de Grote University of Applied Sciences and Arts (Research Center Pedagogy in Practice). 

Other partners involved are Municipal Education City of Antwerp (BE), International Institute for Humanitarian Law (IT), University of Modena and Regio Emilia (IT) and E35 Foundation (IT).

Overview

When

  • Tuesday 24th of June 2025

Where

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Want to know more, collaborate or have a press question?

You can work with the research centre Pedagogy in Practice on various topics, including:

  • Connecting different pedagogical practices.
  • Expertise on organisational structures.
  • Practical tools that focus on interactions in pedagogical practices.

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