Engagement of young people as stakeholders

To facilitate the meaningful participation of young people as stakeholders:

• Invite young people to be a direct part of stakeholder platform communications and activities.
• Embed the role of youth peer researchers within the stakeholder platform, so young people are involved as researchers and wider stakeholders.
• Another option is to link a ‘Young People’s Advisory Group’ with the wider stakeholder platform, and develop opportunities for these platforms to come together in the project.
• Young people can be reached as stakeholders through the work they are already doing within established youth organisations, councils and leadership initiatives.
• Connect the stakeholder platform to these already established initiatives so as to support youth-led infrastructures that are already established.
• Ensure that continuous feedback is given to young people about the impact and influence of their involvement so that it is not experienced as extractive.

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