Children and young people aged 7-17 are invited to apply to become members of Ireland's first national Children and Young People’s Assembly on Biodiversity Loss.
Designed by and for children and young people, the Assembly will meet over two weekends in October, and will bring together 35 randomly selected Members from across Ireland to explore, discuss and create recommendations on how to protect and restore biodiversity in Ireland.
Click here to apply to join by 18 September!
The 35 Assembly Members will work with the 9 Young Advisors and the adult research team to learn about biodiversity loss and develop recommendations for decision-makers. The Children and Young People's Assembly will take place across two weekends in October:
- Weekend 1: 7-9 October in Glencree, County Wicklow
- Weekend 2: 21-23 October in Killarney, County Kerry
The Children and Young People's Assembly aims to inform the Citizens' Assembly on Biodiversity Loss, which is taking place over the course of this year. The Citizens' Assembly on Biodiversity Loss, consisting of 99 randomly-selected adult members of the public (aged 18 and over) an independent Chairperson, has been tasked by the Oireachtas with examining how the State can improve its response to the issue of biodiversity loss.
To make sure the Children and Young People's Assembly is designed and run in a way that works for children and young people, the project is being designed by an intergenerational team consisting of a Young Advisory Team and an independent research consortium.
The Young Advisory Team comprises nine children and young people from across Ireland, aged 8-16. The research consortium includes experts in children’s participation, deliberative democracy, and biodiversity from Dublin City University, University College Cork, and terre des hommes, an international organisation with a focus on children’s environmental rights.
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