Vlaams jeugd- en kinderrechtenbeleidsplan 2015-2019 | Page 13

being young

NATURALLY BEING GIVEN A PLACE
Children and young people have their
place in Flanders. The Government of
Flanders is aware that ‘being young’,
with respect for each other and for other

generations, does not take place in a
vacuum. We give children and young
people a chance to be themselves and
to express themselves in society.

SEEING AND BEING SEEN
Meeting each other and enjoying experiences together can create mutual understanding: of more vulnerable groups,
between groups of young people, and
between young and old people. Although
youth work, sport and culture seem ideal for this purpose, additional incentives
will be offered. Even the tourism sector
promotes family- and child-friendly ini-

tiatives. Family-friendliness is a point of
focus in urban renewal projects.
The Government of Flanders believes
that children and young people should
be allowed to be seen and their voices
be heard. We highlight this through a
number of campaigns and conferences.

WITHOUT TOO MANY RULES
The Government of Flanders is trying
to cut back on regulations that prevent
children and young people from taking
initiative. Administrative simplification
should allow youth workers to concentrate on their work instead of several
difficult regulations. This will also benefit individual young people, for instance

if they want to stage an event. On the
other hand, the Government of Flanders
itself tries to tailor new regulations even
better to the interests of children, young
people and their organisations through
the Child and Youth Impact Report
(JoKER).

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