WORK PLAN
2025-2026
2025-2026
December 2024
WHAT IS THE WORK PLAN?
The Work Plan helps us understand and organise what the Platform will be doing over the next two years. This plan will guide us to get views and opinions from lots of children in the European Union (EU for short), and help to get their voices heard by EU policymakers.
These topics were picked because they match what children said was most important and what the European Commission is planning to work on in the next few years.
WHAT DOES THE 2025-2026 WORK PLAN FOCUS ON?
Equal opportunities and social inclusion: Looking at children’s access to good education, healthcare, and housing.
Online safety: How to help protect children on the internet and help them understand their rights online.
Mental health and well-being: How to help children feel happy and safe, both in real life and online.
Climate action: How to involve children more in protection of the environment and learning how to take care of the planet
WHAT WILL WE DO IN 2025-2026?
Hear from children
Consultation 1 – Equal opportunities and social inclusion: Children will share their experiences and views on how poverty affects their lives, such as their education, health, and housing, and what can be done to improve these and other areas that were mentioned in the EU Strategy on the rights of the child. This will help EU policymakers evaluate the European Child Guarantee and the Strategy.
Consultation 2 – Mental health and online safety: Children will share their views about the impact of the online environment, including social media, on mental health, access to services, and how they can be improved. This will be linked to the EU-wide study on how social media affects mental health, as described in the Political Guidelines of the European for 2024-2029.
Study visits
Visit 1 – Children’s rights in action: Children will visit a country to see how child participation impacts policy-making at the local and national levels.
Visit 2 – Climate action and education: This visit will focus on children learning about climate action and how they can help protect the environment.
Peer visits
Visit 1 – Online safety and digital rights: Children from different countries will meet to share ideas about online safety and digital rights.
Visit 2 – Mental health peer support: Children will meet and explore how they can support each other with mental health in schools and communities.
Make policies easier to understand
We will create easy-to-read, child-friendly versions of important policy documents and reports, like the Action Plan on Cyberbullying and the EU Guidelines on wellbeing and mental health in schools and ask children what they think about them.
TOGETHER, WE CAN MAKE A POSITIVE DIFFERENCE IN EUROPE!
