Project results published: Application qualification of the quality standards for youth participation
With this project, the Bundesjugendring has made a contribution to the further development of youth participation at federal level. To this end, many years of practical knowledge and experience from participation processes with young people from youth organisations were incorporated into the further development process of the quality standards. The aim was to strengthen the quality of youth participation, to further develop it as a structurally anchored component of federal policy practice and to formulate practical recommendations for the federal administration.
The application qualification bundles these findings, reflects on structural challenges and formulates concrete conditions for the success of youth participation at federal level. At the same time, it provides a sounding board for the further development of quality standards and their adaptation to current needs.
The publication is divided into three parts. In the first section, the added value of access to participation via youth organisations is elaborated. The focus here is on structural legitimisation and feedback, democratic processes, sustainability and knowledge management. In the second section, Chapter 7.3 of the quality standards for child and youth participation at federal level is supplemented with practical and application-orientated explanations . In the third section, the Bundesjugendring categorises the results as a practice-oriented impulse for the further development of youth participation at federal level.
The results of the application qualification are available on the Quality Standards website under Chapter 7.3: https://standards.dbjr.de/.
The publication is also available as an attached PDF:
The main findings and recommendations for action are summarised in this poster:
Building on the results of the application qualification, a follow-up project began on 1 February 2026. In it, the Bundesjugendring addresses the gap in protection and prevention approaches in the quality standards for child and youth participation and is dedicated to the development of guidelines for protection concepts in participation processes at federal level. Further information on the follow-up project.