Project name: GrowingUP – Empowering the Future Voices of Children Through Media Literacy and Critical Thinking

The GrowingUP project aims to establish a child-centred Youth Participation Mechanism that supports the incorporation of children’s views into local and European decision-making processes by developing the media literacy, critical thinking, and democratic participation skills of 10- to 15-year-olds. The project aims to develop a systemic and inclusive solution that ensures children’s active and meaningful participation in public life in the long term.

Participating partners:

• Gemeente Tilburg (Netherlands) – project coordinator

• Mestna Obcina Celje (Slovenia)

• Budapest Főváros XII. Kerület Hegyvidéki Önkormányzat (Hungary)

• Family & Children Support Centre – affiliated entity (Hungary)

• Stichting Fontys (Netherlands)

• Omroep Tilburg (Netherlands)

• Casoris (Slovenia)

• Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem (Hungary)

• Stichting de Bibliotheek Midden Brabant (Netherlands)

The project is funded by the European Commission’s Call for proposals on rights of the child and children’s participation (CERV-2025-CHILD).