> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://handbook.designingforchildrensrights.org/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://handbook.designingforchildrensrights.org/master.md).

# D4CR Handbook - Rules of Play

Introduction

## About D4CR

D4CR – Designing for Children’s Rights is a global non-profit network of multidisciplinary experts propelling ethics in design for children.\
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D4CR is built on the contributions of hundreds of people from different countries - practitioners, academics, students and enthusiasts of child design. We all come together so that more products, services and systems consider and respect what is best for children today and in the future. Not only to keep them safe and well, but also to help them thrive.  

Our main goal is to nurture the [D4CR Design Guide](https://d4cr.org/design-guide), that aims to support creators to integrate child rights into design, business and policy and into the development of products, services and systems that are good for children. The Guide is open-source under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. 

Our main activity is to empower practitioners through our open online resources and foster community engagement in local chapters and global events.

We are a horizontal organisation with autonomous [Working Groups and Local Chapters](/working-groups-local-chapters.md) at our heart. 

Read more about D4CR on our [webpage](https://d4cr.org). 

## The purpose of this handbook

This Handbook's primary audience is the international D4CR [community](https://d4cr.org/our-community).

The purpose of this handbook is to give everyone in the community as much clarity and context as possible, while operating in transparency and sharing our structures and practices.\
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The Handbook is also publicly available for others who might find it useful.

## Culture Tools – How We Roll

**This section describes our ways of working:** how we collaborate, make decisions and hold meetings.

[4 Levels of Decision-Making  <br>](broken://pages/-LconwmX4AgPju-fivPG)[Rythm](broken://pages/-Ld_TZakyYaMimMXV5rZ) \
[Horizontal Team Work ](broken://pages/-Ld_Mz1c-ojwBf3Wax2y)

We operate as a decentralised, horizontal sociocratic organisation, similar than teal and loop.\
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Here is a 1 min intro into horizontal sociocratic organisations:&#x20;

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If you'd like to dive a bit deeper, check out this [20 minutes video covering the fundamentals](https://youtu.be/b6r3-s2p7eI) of Sociocracy.&#x20;

## The structure of this handbook

[Structure & Roles](/structure.md) - the structure of our work, rights & responsibilities\
[Code of Conduct](/code-of-conduct.md) - applies to all members of our network\
[Working Groups and Local Chapters](/working-groups-local-chapters.md) - describes what our working groups are, which working groups are active at the moment, and what are the rules of play of a working group\
[Software Tools](/technical-tools-1.md) - Slack and Google Drive<br>

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This book is a working document. If you see something that could be improved: that's your invitation to improve it! Make a shout-out in the Slack.
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