About the CLAP Project
The CLAP Project: Empowering Children in Local Governance
Our Aims
The Children’s Local Affairs Participation (CLAP) collaborative initiative aims to make a difference in child participation in local governance within Central and Eastern Europe.
CLAP is a consortium dedicated to empowering children by integrating their participation into local governance. Our project brings together a unique blend of transdisciplinary expertise from ELTE University (Hungary) and Maria Curie-Sklodowska University (Poland), practical experience in children’s rights from Hungarian and Polish civil society organizations (Hintalovon and Happy Kids Foundation), and the proactive engagement of municipal authorities in Budapest and Lublin.
The goal of CLAP is to make child participation a standard part of local government decision-making. We plan to achieve this by:
providing the participating Municipalities with child participation techniques in a form of innovative Child Participation Toolkit, tailored to the different needs of local communities and inclusion of children with any kind of special needs and vulnerabilities
involving children directly in the development of these techniques to ensure their voices are heard
piloting the Child Participation Toolkit in real-world scenarios to evaluate its practicality and flexibility, which guarantees its long-term effectiveness
developing policy proposals for the participating Municipalities on how to integrate the Toolkit into their decision-making processes in a systemic way
disseminate the application of child participation techniques as a best practice for other municipalities and stakeholders
Our Partners
A consortium of universities, municipalities and NGOs working together across 2 countries
EÖTVÖS LORÁND TUDOMÁNYEGYETEM (ELTE) / EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY (ELTE)
Hungary | University
Project Coordinator
UNIVERSITY OF MARIA CURIE-SKLODOWSKA
Poland | University
HINTALOVON CHILD RIGHTS FOUNDATION
Hungary | NGO
HAPPY KIDS FOUNDATION
Poland | NGO
BUDAPEST FOVAROS IX. KERULET FERENCVAROS ONKORMANYZATA
Hungary | Municipality
BUDAPEST FOVAROS ONKORMANYZATA
Hungary | Municipality
MUNICIPALITY OF LUBLIN
Poland | Municipality
Activities & News
Latest updates from our workshops, trainings, and events across partner countries
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CLAP first in-person General Assembly
The CLAP project (Children’s Local Affairs Participation) held its first in-person GeneralAssembly on October 28, 2025, at Eötvös Loránd University Faculty of…
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This project is co-funded by the European Union (project no. 101190198, CERV-2024-CHILD).
Co-funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.