Modifiche a "Basta de la cuerda floja: Fin al tokenismo, financiación con continuidad"
Titolo (English)
- -No More Tightropes: End Tokenism, Fund Continuity / Basta de la cuerda floja: Fin al tokenismo, financiación con continuidad
- +No More Tightropes: End Tokenism, Fund Continuity
Corpo del testo (English)
- The Issue / El problema:
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-Youth participation in mental health policymaking is often symbolic. Processes like Mindset Revolution invite young people to share their experiences but offer no structure for long-term dialogue, follow-up, or institutional change. Researchers collect stories, public managers promise implementation, but when pressure from above kicks in, the system defaults to tokenism. Each actor deflects responsibility downward, leaving young people in precarity — again. / La participación juvenil en políticas de salud mental suele ser simbólica. Procesos como Mindset Revolution invitan a los jóvenes a compartir sus experiencias, pero no les ofrecen una estructura para un diálogo sostenido, seguimiento o cambio institucional. Los investigadores recogen testimonios, los gestores públicos prometen ejecución, pero ante la presión de arriba, el sistema vuelve al tokenismo. Cada actor desplaza la responsabilidad hacia abajo, dejando a los jóvenes nuevamente en la precariedad.
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+Youth participation in mental health policymaking is often symbolic. Processes like Mindset Revolution invite young people to share their experiences but offer no structure for long-term dialogue, follow-up, or institutional change. Researchers collect stories, public managers promise implementation, but when pressure from above kicks in, the system defaults to tokenism. Each actor deflects responsibility downward, leaving young people in precarity — again.
- Where was the issue identified? / ¿Dónde se identificó el problema?
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- Story or Inspiration / Historia o Inspiración
- In the play, Zainab balances on the rope representing every youth who’s asked to “have a voice” without power. In front of her, Sonia, a researcher holds data, yet can’t intervene. Next, a policymaker avoids eye contact when asked about implementation. Then Lee, the senior manager, blocks action with institutional excuses. And finally, the GMCA Executive stands with scissors in one hand and a credit card in the other — the power to fund or to cut. None step off the line. The scene ends not in collapse, but with a demand: build a net — a participatory structure that carries the weight together.
- Targeted Policy Area: Who Should Act? / ¿Quién debería actuar?
- Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) Department for Health and Social Care (UK) HM Treasury (funding conditions for participatory projects) Local Authorities and Participation Units Universities with research funding linked to civic engagement
- Legislative Change / Cambio legislativo Esperado
- Participatory Continuity Council (formal, funded structure at GMCA level) with power to:- Track the chain of responsibility in all participatory processes related to mental health- Require mid-term implementation reporting from policy units- Host co-accountability hearings twice a year involving youth, researchers, and institutional repsMandatory inclusion of follow-up protocols in all publicly funded participatory projects involving vulnerable or high-risk populations (including care funding and training)Ring-fenced budget for care infrastructure and youth facilitation in participatory policymaking
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