Reflections from the Children’s Participating in Governance Project: Budget monitoring within a rights-based framework

IDASA’s Children Participating in Governance (CPG) project is about budget monitoring within a rights-based framework. The objectives of the project are :
· To create opportunities for children in South Africa to monitor government budgets.
· To improve children’s participation in and research monitoring for budgets and rights realisation that ultimately informs policy shaping.
· To contribute to the alignment of government budgeting to rights realisation.
This publication documents the process and lessons learnt from the CPG project. The intention is to provide information to similar projects by reflecting on the experiences of both facilitators and participants.The document provides practical recommendations and discusses key lessons learnt as well as the impact and present status of the project.