Leadership at Every Level :
The World Children’s Parliament (WCP) meets the world’s need for better leadership by developing strong child leaders. It creates a simple yet inclusive structure. Children start by forming parliaments in their neighborhood or school. In these grassroots parliaments each child becomes a minister responsible for applying one or more United Nations Strategic Development Goals (SDGs) to their immediate neighborhood. Other children take such roles as Prime Minister, Secretary, Treasurer – or project leader for issues of particular concern to the neighborhood.
These roles go upward to larger geographic areas via representatives elected by consent — federating through zonal, regional, national, and international parliaments – gathering the thoughts of all children to help shape big opinions and decisions.
We are aware of 300+ NGOs, many in India but also on every continent, that are building assemblies along the children’s parliament model. In addition, the government of the State of Tamilnadu in India announced late in 2024 that it would implement this model in all of its 36,000+ public schools.