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International and Canadian Child Rights Partnership (ICCRP)

Intergenerational Relationships at the Heart of Child Rights

The International and Canadian Child Rights Partnership (ICCRP) is a global initiative dedicated to advancing children’s rights through the power of intergenerational relationships. With partners from across research, practice, and advocacy fields, the ICCRP explores how children and adults can collaborate more meaningfully in the design, implementation, and evaluation of policies that affect children’s lives.

The Learning for Well-being Foundation contributes to this 7-year project through active participation in workgroups and by sharing Act2gether as a case study of effective intergenerational partnership in action.

The Challenge

Despite the growing global commitment to children’s rights, many structural and relational barriers continue to prevent young people from exercising those rights fully. Common challenges include:

  • Adult-centrism in governance and policy spaces
  • Limited opportunities for children to be involved in research and programme design
  • Tokenism, where youth voices are included without real decision-making power 

The ICCRP is rooted in the belief that intergenerational relationships—based on mutual respect, reciprocity, and shared responsibility—are essential to overcoming these barriers and creating lasting change.

ICCRP uses an intergenerational lens to reframe how child rights are studied, understood, and implemented across systems. The partnership:

  • Co-develops research with children and youth
  • Brings together practitioners, academics, and policymakers from diverse contexts
  • Highlights international case studies, including Act2gether Bolivia, to explore practical models of child–adult collaboration
  • Supports the Intergenerational Advisory Committee (IAC), which ensures youth voices shape the partnership’s direction 

By engaging in reciprocal learning and co-creation, the ICCRP builds new frameworks that centre children’s agency in research and decision-making.

The ICCRP fosters change by embedding intergenerational practice into research, advocacy, and systems change. This includes:

  • Promoting inclusive research methodologies that treat children as equal contributors
  • Supporting policy efforts that challenge adult-dominated structures
  • Facilitating ongoing collaboration between youth and adult professionals in programme and governance settings
    Creating opportunities for mutual learning and shared leadership 

The Learning for Well-being Foundation advances these goals by contributing to strategic dialogues and highlighting real-world impact through youth leadership.

The ICCRP is transforming the field of child rights by demonstrating how intergenerational partnerships can lead to more inclusive, equitable, and sustainable systems. Its long-term impact includes:

  • Strengthening youth participation in research and public policy
  • Challenging tokenism by providing meaningful roles for children in global governance
  • Building a growing body of evidence on the value of shared leadership
  • Inspiring local action and capacity building through global collaboration 

As the Learning for Well-being Foundation continues its engagement, this partnership reflects a shared mission: to reimagine child rights implementation as a truly collaborative, intergenerational effort that values every voice.

ICCRP Child Rights Partnership July 2024, Canada

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