they feel they are given the opportunity to participate in decision-making processes that affect their lives. The ‘Kaleidoscope of Experience’, developed as part of a child participation study piloted in Finland by the Council of Europe earlier this year (2011), was used as the grid of analysis. The diagram below replicated below shows the Kaleidoscope and its application, as it appeared in the Council of Europe study in Finland33. The analysis in this section is thus structured according to the elements of the kaleidoscope – activities, relations, values, images of self and motivations. activities motivations relations images of self values The Kaleidoscope of Experience as a grid of analysis34 Activities Things children do on a daily basis 33 Council of Europe, “Child and youth participation in Finland”, 2011, accessed on 12 October 2011, http://www.coe.int/t/dg3/children/participation/PolicyReview_en.pdf 34 Created by Daniel Stoecklin, Council of Europe Review Team Member, Ibid., 32 27