QUESTION # 1- “I AM A FORMER PARTCIPANT OF A WORLD CONGRESS”

INSTRUCTIONS: Give 2-3 concrete and short answers to each of the questions.

• What good experiences can you recall from the former World Congresses?
• What bad experiences can you recall from the former World Congresses?
• What should stay the same for the World Congress III?
• What should be changed for the World Congress III?
• What new ideas (methods, topics, etc.) could be introduced this time?
• What kind of support do you think is necessary for meaningful child and youth participation at the World Congress III and by whom?

• What should the selection process look like?
• Should youth be selected from organizations? Should they be part of government delegations?
• What do you think should be the minimum and maximum number of youth participants in order to make this congress useful and meaningful for youth and adults?
• As a former participant of a World Congress would you want to be involved with the next World Congress (please give a reason for your answer)?
• Would you be willing to contribute to the World Congress III (if answer is yes please state how)?

• What do you see as the main obstacle in preparing youth in your country for the World Congress III?
• How do you think youth should participate in the World Congress III?
• What did you find most useful at the preparation for the former World Congresses?
• What do you think should be changed in preparation for the World Congress III?
• What methods do you find useful in preparing youth for attending the World Congress III (preparatory meeting, tool- kit of documents and useful papers, etc.)?
• If a preparatory meeting takes place, what should it look like (how many days, what agenda, which facilitators)?
• How do you think we ensure that the preparatory meeting is meaningful for participants of all ages?

• Do you think that young persons should participate in all the regular sessions (instead of parallel meetings)?
• What kind of methods should be used to enable youth to participate at the World Congress III (i. e. youth led seminars, youth as speakers)?
• What topics would you like to see being discussed at the World Congress III (CYP-Child and Youth Participation related issues, CSEC-Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children related issues- give concrete examples)?

• Do you think participating youth should write a separate outcome document, similar to the youth appeal in Yokohama? 
• How do you think youth should be involved in the follow up of the World Congress III?
• What would you like to see as outcomes from the World Congress III?
• What kind of follow up did you find to be useful/not useful after the previous World Congresses?