It is imperative that the Nordic Region is a place where children and young people thrive, know their rights, and have a voice in the decisions that shape their lives.
The Ministers for Nordic Co-operation fund work that gives children and young people opportunities to influence decisions that affect them.
NORDBUK is the Nordic Council of Ministers’ advisory and co-ordinating body for matters relating to children and young people. Its work covers all of the Nordic Council of Ministers’ sectors.
All Nordic Council of Ministers’ projects are obliged to outline whether they are relevant for children and young people, how they involve children and young people, and which indicators are used to quantify the value and results of their involvement.
New system for monitoring performance
Rights-based analysis for children and young people in the Nordic Council of Ministers
You can get involved in Nordic co-operation in various ways, for example, by contacting one of these Nordic and national associations for children and young people with which the Nordic Council of Ministers works.
Associations for children and young people in the Nordic Region
FNUF — Youth Leagues of the Norden Associations
Based on the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Nordic Council of Ministers seeks to protect and promote the rights of children and young people and to provide opportunities for them to exercise these rights and participate in society.
This means that all children and young people in the Nordic Region must have the right to a decent standard of living and to exert influence on their lives, regardless of their sex, gender identity or expression, ethnic background, religion or other expression of faith, disability, sexual orientation, or age. All children and young people have the right to social and financial security, to good physical and mental health, to recreational and cultural opportunities, to their own identity and language, and to opportunities to learn and develop.
When the Nordic Council of Ministers involves children and young people, it does so based on principles taken from the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child's guidance; General Comment No. 12 on the involvement of children and young people, cf. the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Når Nordisk ministerråd involverer barn og unge i sitt arbeid (DK)
When involving children and young people in the work ofthe Nordic Council of Ministers (EN)
