Risk in Play & Learning 

The Declaration cites research from around the globe demonstrating the benefits of risk-taking and showing that indiscriminate risk-minimization policy can be a source of harm.  The Declaration calls on those who plan and manage educational environments to take the benefits of risk into account.

It further encourages parents, school officials, legislators and insurers to devise policies and processes that permit and encourage schools and early years settings to provide activities with beneficial levels of risk.

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The Risk in Play and Learning Declaration (also called the Ubud-Höör Declaration) was developed at ISGA Leadership Council meetings in Ubud, Bali, Indonesia and Höör, Sweden. We invite you to download a copy of the Declaration to share with your colleagues in Bahasa Indonesian, Chinese (simplified and traditional), Czech, Dutch, English, French, German, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, and Vietnamese. We will also have the Declaration available in additional languages later this fall.

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The ISGA encourages individuals and organizations around the world to show their support for the benefits of risk in play and learning by endorsing the Declaration. Please click the link below for more information. 

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Questions?

For more information about the Declaration, please contact ISGA Risk Working Group Co-Chairs, Lisa Howard and Anders Wånge Kjellsson at: risk@internationalschoolgrounds.org