"Young people are part of the effort or the effort fails," Commonwealth Secretary-General Don McKinnon has said. By extension those who are able to engage young people, the youth workers, are also essential: "Many adults are used to exercising authority and keeping authority through authoritarian practices. People who have tried to promote participation with good intentions have become frustrated, demoralised or cynical when it hasn't worked well, and are left wondering what might have been done better".
(CYP/UNICEF2005: 21)
(CYP/UNICEF2005: 21)
