ABSTRACT
This research aimed to find out the participation of the Surakarta Children Forum in Annually Community Consultations on Development Planning and the extent to which the children’s participation in development planning can be democratic values learning. This study was a qualitative research with data source taken using a purposive technique. Data analysis was carried out using an interactive model of analysis. The result of the research showed that the participation of Surakarta Children Forum in Annually Community Consultations on Development Planning had not been able to be a learning media for democratic values learning because their participation was still pseudo rather than active. It was because the children did not have bravery and ability to voice their aspiration. Stakeholders or adults, particularly the builder of Children Forum, bureaucratic apparatus, and members of legislative assembly, poorly understood the children’s world so that children participation had not yet been considered as important.
