Learning for Well-being: A Policy Priority for Children and Young People in Europe

CONSULTATION ON: Learning for Well-being: a policy priority for children and youth in Europe

Dear Colleagues,

We are inviting you to respond to this consultation and help us shape this document designed to contribute to better policy for children and youth across Europe, fit to meet the challenges of the 21st century.

As a first core element of its workplan, the Consortium decided to develop a ‘learning for well-being’ policy glossary. Professor Ilona Kickbusch was commissioned to author this work, designed to provide conceptual understanding for policy makers in Europe. It focuses across sectors (e.g. health, mental health, social affairs, education, etc.), draws on state-of-the-art and multidisciplinary research on well-being and, crucially, it will propose principles for policies and ideas about how to ‘make it happen’.

Learning for Well-being: a policy priority for children and youth in Europe is calling for a NEW MINDSET which is based on changing
· how we think about children
· how we think about learning
· how we think about health
· how we think about education

This consultation is on the first version of the full text. We are providing it to you at this stage, while the document is in the making, so that you can contribute as architects of: Learning for Well-being: a policy priority for children and youth in Europe

In the Foreword and at the beginning of each chapter you’ll find some consultation questions as a guideline.

HOW can you respond?


BY EMAIL:
Please click here to download the Policy Glossary. We are happy to receive your comments and suggestions either by email directly or by inserting your comments into the Questions document.

We are very interested in receiving examples of policies and initiatives that you would like to contribute to any of the sections.

ONLINE:
We will upload the document for those who prefer to respond online, and it will be divided into chapters so you can respond directly on specific parts.

As promised last week, we are happy to send you an online version of the consultation document: Learning for Well-being: A Policy Priority for Children and Youth in Europe. The Policy Glossary has been divided up into separate chapters, for ease of use. Each chapter has its own link, and by clicking on the introduction or names of chapters below, you will be directed to them immediately. The full PDF version of the Glossary, which includes the list of contents, foreward and bibliography, is available by clicking here.


At the top of each chapter you will find the consultation questions for the chapter concerned. These questions are repeated at the end of form, followed by a box in which to share your responses and feedback. As mentioned in earlier communications, all responses will be treated with the utmost confidentiality; no names will be mentioned in any subsequent reporting.

Please find below the overall consultation questions, intended to help guide the process of providing feedback to the draft Policy Glossary. The questions are the following:

- Do you think that we have addressed the right issues and themes?


- What themes or topics do you think are missing?
- Are our arguments strong and convincing? What do we need to make them stronger?

- We are interested in different examples that you would like to contribute to any of the sections?

You will also find the specific questions in each chapter. Please click on each title to access the form.

Introduction
Chapter 1: A New Mindset
Chapter 2: Change How We Think About Children
Chapter 3: Change How We Think About Learning
Chapter 4: Change How We Think About Health and Education
Chapter 5: Bringing it All Together
Chapter 6: Taking Action
Chapter 7: Creating a Movement

We will be very pleased to receive your comments on the whole document or on the chapters or sections that interest you in particular. The policy glossary is in English only but we are happy to receive responses in English, French, German, Italian or Spanish. We are looking forward to receiving your responses to this consultation which will of course be treated with full confidentiality.

We would appreciate receiving your responses by the week of 3 June 2011, but no later than 10 June.

For more information, please contact: Jean Gordon: gordon@eiesp.org or Gloria Arjomand : arjomand@eiesp.org

We are very grateful for your taking the time to read Learning for Well-being: a policy priority for children and youth in Europe and sending us your comments and suggestions.