YoU Decide Guidance and Good Practice Toolkit
This toolkit brings together two practical resources developed through the EU-funded YoU Decide project:
- Ethical and Participatory Research Toolkit
- Local Youth Integration Hub Guide
The resources draw on the project’s research and practical work with young people displaced from Ukraine in Czechia, Hungary and Poland. They are designed for researchers, youth workers, civil-society organisations, service providers and public authorities seeking to conduct ethical, trauma-informed and participatory research or organise youth-centred integration activities.
The materials reflect the specific context of YoU Decide and may include references to project partners, locations and implementation dates. They may be used and adapted for other groups and contexts. Users should review all templates and guidance against applicable safeguarding, data-protection, consent and legal requirements before use.
Toolkit 1: Ethical and Participatory Research
This toolkit provides practical guidance and adaptable tools for conducting trauma-informed and participatory research with displaced young people. It covers ethics training, service mapping, focus group discussions, anonymous surveys and youth-led research.
The materials were developed and used within the YoU Decide project. They retain some project-specific references but may be adapted to other projects, countries and groups of young people.
Explore the toolkit
The complete toolkit is organised into five thematic parts. Each part combines practical guidance with tools and templates that can be adapted to the relevant project and context. You can download the complete toolkit above or explore its individual parts below.
Guidance and training materials for preparing researchers and partners to work ethically and sensitively with displaced young people.
Includes:
- Research Ethics Handbook
- Ethics training agenda and presentation
- Training certificate
Tools for identifying and organising services relevant to young people in a particular locality. Can be used to add these services to Miniila Platform – youth friendly resource that helps young people to navigate their life when they are in a new country.
Guidance and practical templates for preparing, facilitating, safeguarding and documenting youth focus groups.
Includes:
- Focus Group Discussion Template
- Participant and guardian consent forms
- Safeguarding and local-support templates
- Note-taker’s template
- Participant-list template
- Final checklist
Guidance and tools covering survey design, consultation, consent, dissemination, promotion and safe implementation.
Includes:
- Survey questionnaire
- Parent or guardian consent form
- Partner and Youth Advisory Board consultation templates
- Guidelines for anonymous online surveys
- Practitioner’s checklist
Practical guidance for moving from consultation towards meaningful youth participation and youth-led research.
Includes:
- Youth Engagement Plan
- Guidance on moving towards youth-led research models
Toolkit 2: Local Youth Integration Hub Guide
A practical guide for designing and delivering participatory Local Youth Integration Hub meetings with young people. Developed and tested through YoU Decide, the approach can be adapted to other groups and contexts.
The guide covers
- Meaningful youth involvement across conceptualisation, planning, implementation and follow-up
- Participatory activities to identify needs and develop collective actions
- Safeguarding, risk assessment and consent
- Different meeting formats and agenda-setting
- Documentation, feedback and learning
It includes adaptable templates for risk assessment, guardian consent, meeting agendas and attendance lists.
Partners
External consultancy
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 the European Social Fund Agency. Neither the European Union nor the Granting Authority can be held responsible for them.
