This principle describes participation and tells us that it is a process in six different steps (and not just an abstract feeling). Based on dialogue and a reflective practice, it is through this process that young people, further, develop their knowledge, skills, attitudes and values.
If the young people participating do not have the necessary knowledge or skills to be active in all steps, e.g. preparing a backline for a concert, the primary mission of youth work is to help them acquire these skills, not to “take over” and do things for young people, even if this sometimes might be necessary.
