Save The Children published a report in 2004 on research examining the participation of children and young people in international conferences on children, focusing on SE Asia, East Asia and the Pacific.  It included survey data from 11 of the 15 participating countries and a case study from Indonesia.   Whilst it does not deal with young migrant workers directly, the observations and recommendations would be useful in preparing for the Mekong Youth Forum 2010. 

The relevant meetings were:

- the United  Nations General Assembly Special Session on Children, which was eventually held in May 2002 

- two East Asia and Pacific Regional Ministerial Consultations on Children, one in Beijing in May 2001 (Fifth Mincon) and one in Bali, Indonesia in May 2003 (Sixth Mincon).

A number of preparatory meetings were also studied.

The key observations were:

- the risk continues that children and young people participate on a relatively unconnected level, only at special events

- a major problem was that the documentation and record-keeping was not sufficiently thorough, so lessons learned went missing

- the skills developed by children and adults during these processes were not capitalised on

- participation was restricted to a relatively elite group of children, often educated and with existing contacts with NGOs

Some of the recommendations were:

- systematic preparation of adults and children for child particiption

- adequate documentation and archiving, considering centralised access

- methodical follow-up, to capitalise on skills developed, suggestions made

- child participation should be institutionalised, rather than reliant on special events

- consideration given to how participating children would be chosen