DEFENCE FOR CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL (DCI) - Belgium | Practical Guide When necessary, interpreters will join the monitors to interview children. In this case, they will be professional fluent in both language properly prepared in advance, able to use words which children can understand, aware that they cannot intervene within the discussion between interviewers and children and that they cannot influence the interview by mis-translating, summarizing or omitting selected parts of what is said. They will also be reminded that they are bound by the duty of confidentiality and that their personal behaviour, dress code and attitude are of particular importance to maintain a trusting environment for the interviews of children. As for the interviewers, no judgmental signals should be seen on their face while listening to children’s explanations. See – Section 4.1. / F. – p.54 & Section 4.2. / G. – p.65 As a closure , the interviewers should ensure that: ʺʺ Children have no further questions or no further concerns they would like to raise; ʺʺ Children have understood the limitations of their work and have no false hope of what monitors may do for them; ʺʺ They give positive feedback to the children about the information they shared and how important they are to complete the monitoring process; ʺʺ They give their contact information in order to be reached in case of reprisals, questions or if they want to add any further information; ʺʺ Their notes are completed as soon as the interview is finished in order not to forget any detail and to be the most accurate record possible of what has been said, heard and felt during the interview. In addition, it is very important to make the experience meaningful for children and not only purposeful for the monitoring process. Any kind of acknowledgement of the importance of their contribution to the process may be useful, such as the deliverance of a certificate of participation, the verbal acknowledgement at the closing of the interview, the feedback given to children after the completion of the visit, etc. 78