Drawer -Cards F

Reflection Cards

The 32 cards help you to reflect on the complex work required for designing and implementing youth participation in municipal decision-making. The Cards are based on the Democracy Reloading Reference Framework of competences needed for municipalities to be successful in creating and maintaining meaningful youth participation in municipal decisions. There are some variations for how to use the cards in a playful way among all those who have an influence on planning and organising youth participation in municipal decisions. 

How can you use these cards?
The 32 cards are reflecting the 24 competence elements (formulated as questions) and 8 organisational environments (an ideal situation in the municipal authority) of the Reference Framework. The cards can be used in many different ways, for evaluation, for starting important discussions and also for planning to make sure you consider all the relevant aspects. Below you will find a couple of suggestions how to "play" with the cards. Invite those colleagues and local partners (maximum 12) who have a role and influence in developing youth participation in municipal decisions and sit around a table.

Variation A

• Put the 8 organisational environment cards on the table facing upwards, and shuffle the other 24 cards, and distribute them among the participants.
• Decide together which three organisational environment cards you want to discuss with the group. Put these three cards in the middle of the table, and take the other cards aside.
• Ask participants to look at the cards in their hands and decide which of their competence cards can support the realisation of the three selected organisational environment cards on the table.
• Start with the first card on the table, and ask participants to put their selected card(s) next to the card on the table and also explain why they think that competence will contribute to the realisation of that environment in the municipal authority, and discuss the reality within your municipal authority.
• Make one round, so that each participant can explain their views. In principle each organisational environment card should have 6 competence cards (based on the Reference Framework), however it can happen that participants discover other relevant links with other competence cards too.