Case Study: Comparing the Impact of Children's Participation on Policy Making in Wales and Tamil Nadu

The central aim of the study was to identify and assess the impact of children's participation in decision making about public services at different levels of governance, with a view to testing whether devolution and the new models of governance operating in Wales since 1999 had created spaces that encompass children as 'active participants' in public decision making. Two international case studies were undertaken to allow a greater understanding of what might be possible in Wales and to gain insights into how processes and outcomes may be linked.