Designed living environment for children and young people

The plan wants to see cultural creativity that reaches everyone in society and culture that exists throughout the country, and it states that children and young people shall have influence over what concerns them. Guidance on how municipalities and regions can strengthen children's participation in cultural offerings and the built living environment therefore aligns with the plan. The question is however not explicitly addressed, but follows from the commitments to children's rights and culture for all.

• culture reaching everyonedecisive»Vi vill se gott om utrymmen för kulturellt skapande, som når alla i« (party programme ↗)“We want to see good scope for cultural creativity, which reaches everyone in”
• young people's influence»rätt till inflytande över sin utbildning genom hela utbildningssystemet.« (party programme ↗)“right to influence over their education throughout the education system.”
• culture nationwide»Det är viktigt att kulturen står fri från såväl kommersiell som politisk styrning och finns i hela landet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“It is important that culture stands free from both commercial and political steering and exists throughout the country.”
• stronger children's rights»Utvecklingen mot starkare rättigheter för barn är en av de progressiva« (party programme ↗)“Development towards stronger rights for children is one of the progressive”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan commits to ensuring all children have access to culture regardless of where they live and parents' finances, and that every pupil meets professional culture regularly. Guidance that strengthens children's and young people's participation and influence in municipalities and regions serves that goal precisely, since the counter-proposal points out that participation varies greatly across the country. However, the plan does not explicitly mention guidance as a policy instrument.

• all children's access to culturedecisive»Vi vill stärka kulturskolan för att säkra alla barns möjligheter till kulturella aktiviteter, och genomföra särskilda satsningar i resurssvaga områden.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to strengthen music and cultural education to ensure all children have access to cultural activities, and implement special investments in resource-poor areas.”
• culture in every child's daily life»Alla elever i skola och förskola möter professionell kultur minst en gång om året.« (party programme ↗)“All pupils in school and preschool meet professional culture at least once a year.”
• equal access to leisure»Tillgången till fritidsaktiviteter till rimliga kostnader, både vad gäller idrott och kultur, behöver öka.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Access to leisure activities at reasonable costs, both sports and culture, must increase.”
• support for children and young people»Livskraftigt föreningsliv som särskilt stöttar barn och unga.« (party programme ↗)“Vigorous civil society that particularly supports children and young people.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan assumes that children are active co-creators of society and that the child's best interests shall be decisive in decisions concerning children. It also confirms that all children and young people regardless of background and place of residence shall be able to engage in culture, and that public environments shall promote meetings, culture and play. Guidance that strengthens children's and young people's participation in cultural offerings and shaped living environments follows directly from these commitments.

• children's participation in societydecisive»Barn är aktiva medskapare av samhället och ska inte ses som passiva mottagare« (party programme ↗)“Children are active co-creators of society and shall not be seen as passive recipients”
• child's best interests decisive»Barnkonventionen är svensk lag och barnets bästa« (party programme ↗)“The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child is Swedish law and the child's best interests”
• strengthened child and youth culture»stärka kulturskolan och inrätta en kulturskolelag.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“strengthen the culture school and establish a culture school law.”
• shaped living environment for meetings»Städer ska vara levande och tillgängliga, med säkra platser« (party programme ↗)“Cities shall be lively and accessible, with safe places”

The plan states that providing culture throughout the country is an important starting point and that policy should create preconditions for everyone to participate in cultural life. It also states that society's actors should take the individual's perspective and that the rights of children are of the greatest importance. A guidance that strengthens participation of children and youth and evens out major differences between municipalities follows from these commitments.

• culture throughout the countrydecisive»Att tillhandahålla kultur i hela landet är en viktig utgångspunkt för Centerpartiet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Providing culture throughout the country is an important starting point for the Centre Party.”
• children's rights and perspective»Samhällets aktörer ska inta individens perspektiv. Av största betydelse är då barnens rättigheter och perspektiv.« (party programme ↗)“Society's actors should take the individual's perspective. Of the greatest importance is then the rights and perspective of the child.”
• everyone's participation in cultural life»Politiken ska fokusera på att skapa förutsättningar för alla att delta i kulturlivet.« (party programme ↗)“Policy should focus on creating preconditions for everyone to participate in cultural life.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan establishes that Sweden shall be a model regarding culture by and for children and young people and that the public at all levels shall promote the diversity of cultural expression. Guidance to municipalities and regions to strengthen children's participation in cultural offerings and the designed living environment aligns with this and with children being respected as individuals. Guidance is moreover support rather than such political detailed control of culture's content that the plan rejects.

• culture for children and young peopledecisive»Sverige ska vara ett föredöme på området kultur av och för barn och ungdomar.« (party programme ↗)“Sweden shall be a model in the area of culture by and for children and young people.”
• increased cultural accessibility»Det offentliga ska på alla nivåer gynna mångfalden av kulturuttryck« (party programme ↗)“The public shall at all levels promote the diversity of cultural expression”
• children's right to influence»Barn och ungdomar har rätt att respekteras som individer« (party programme ↗)“Children and young people have the right to be respected as individuals”
• no political control of culture»Därför vill vi att staten ska styra mindre och att det ska vara kulturskapare och inte politiker som fattar besluten om stöd.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Therefore we want the state to control less and that it shall be culture creators and not politicians who make the decisions about support.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan requires that the views of young people are heard and considered when decisions are made, especially for those without the right to vote, and that affected residents are able to enter early in the planning process. A guide on how municipalities and regions can strengthen children's participation in cultural offerings and designed living environment precisely realizes this. That it is about support and not control also aligns with the plan's view of cultural policy.

• young people's influence in decisionsdecisive»I det politiska systemet måste man lyssna på och beakta ungdomars synpunkter när beslut« (party programme ↗)“In the political system, one must listen to and consider the views of young people when decisions”
• early participation in the planning process»Det är viktigt att de invånare som är berörda av en plan får komma in med sina synpunkter« (party programme ↗)“It is important that residents affected by a plan are able to come in with their views”
• supporting cultural policy»ska stödjas av det offentliga, men inte styras« (party programme ↗)“shall be supported by the public, but not controlled”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan is based on the idea that policy should prioritize the state's core tasks and limit its ambitions in areas where others do the job better. Decisions should be made at the lowest effective level and municipalities choose their approach based on their own circumstances. State guidance on how municipalities and regions should strengthen children's influence over cultural offerings is such an expanded control that the plan does not prioritize.

• prioritize the state's core tasksdecisive»Politiken har en viktig uppgift att prioritera och välja bort,« (party programme ↗)“Politics has an important task to prioritize and reject,”
• decisions at the lowest level»Det politiska systemet ska bygga på att beslut fattas på lägsta« (party programme ↗)“The political system should be based on decisions being made at the lowest”
• limited public role»Om något kan göras lika bra eller bättre av« (party programme ↗)“If something can be done equally well or better by”
• limited state»En stor stat leder till ett svagare samhälle.« (party programme ↗)“A large state leads to a weaker society.”

The plan wants public environments to be designed with greater citizen participation and that affected citizens' transparency and influence in urban planning shall be significant. It also establishes that a child and family perspective shall be pervasive in society planning. A guide on how municipalities can strengthen children's participation in the designed living environment is in line with these commitments, even though the plan does not address the issue directly.

• citizen influence over public environmentsdecisive»Fördela offentliga kulturmedel och utforma offentliga miljöer med ett större medborgarinflytande« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Distribute public cultural funds and design public environments with greater citizen participation”
• transparency and influence in urban planning»medborgarnas rätt till insyn och inflytande vara betydande.« (party programme ↗)“citizens' right to transparency and influence be significant.”
• importance of design»Estetik och gestaltning är viktiga faktorer för hur en miljö upplevs och för tryggheten.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Aesthetics and design are important factors for how an environment is experienced and for security.”
• strengthened youth participation»Det är också viktigt att skapa bättre förutsättningar för ungdomarna att hitta utlopp för sina intressen och stimulera till ett aktivt föreningsliv.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“It is also important to create better conditions for young people to find outlets for their interests and stimulate active associational life.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.