Children in Wales was a major partner with the planning and delivery of Rights into Action 2003 - the 1st International Congress of Young Disabled People held in Swansea in July 2003. Other partners included the Welsh Assembly Government, the City and County of Swansea, the Disability Rights Commission, and the British Council.

The event brought together 95 young disabled people as delegates from over 35 different countries around the world to learn about their rights as enshrined in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Social Model of Disability. The delegates discussed issues pertinent to their lives as young disabled people and presented these concerns to a panel of international decision makers. They also drew up a charter of action to be taken forward at local, national and international level.

Since that time Children In Wales have continued to develop international contacts to ensure that young disabled people will be fully represented in the drafting of the United Nations Convention on the rights of disabled people. Children in Wales have was met with the Director of the European Disability Forum, to develop European contacts and discuss how Rights into Action and EDF might work together,

In March 2004 Children In Wales submitted a proposal to the Disability Rights Commission (DRC) to fund the Rights into Action network for the next two years. Members of 'Rights into Action' were invited to attend a DRC Commissioners’ Meeting to give a presentation of their plans for the network. The DRC agreed to fund the network which is to be hosted initially by Children In Wales.

Children in Wales coordinated a meeting young disabled people from Wales and the Children’s Commissioner, Peter Clark. The key issues discussed were access to further education and support in work-based training This will become an annual event and will be another important step in maintaining the momentum of Rights into Action’s work.

A group of young disabled people were supported in participation in the ‘Talk Back’ event at the Labour party conference in March 2004, where the questions were put to Jane Hutt and Jane Davidson. The event was jointly organised by the NGO Policy Officers group.