Activities

Eurochild advocates for children’s rights and wellbeing by influencing EU policy making and funding in Europe.

We work in synergy with our membership to leverage EU influence at national level. We support civil society capacity by creating spaces for mutual learning, exchange of practice and research. Partnerships are key to our work. We lead and contribute to several platforms which can amplify our impact. We develop and manage joint campaigns and projects on key thematic priorities.

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Upcoming Events

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1 October 2026

Daphne-CHILD High-level Conference

1 October; 09:15 – 16:00 CET; European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), Rue Van Maerlant 2, 1000 Bruxelles. This event is organised by Eurochild and Terre des hommes, in partnership…

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14 October 2026

The Future of Social Investment in Europe: Children at the Heart of the MFF 2028–2034

14 October 2026; 09:00–12:20; European Parliament InfoHub, Brussels & online. Eurochild and Save the Children, as co-chairs of the EU Alliance for Investing in Children, together with members of the…

Past Events

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1 October 2026

Daphne-CHILD High-level Conference

1 October; 09:15 – 16:00 CET; European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), Rue Van Maerlant 2, 1000 Bruxelles. This event is organised by Eurochild and Terre des hommes, in partnership…

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24 September 2026

Break the Cycle Conference

The Importance of Interagency Collaboration in Breaking the Cycle of Inequality for Children and Young People through Prevention, Early Intervention and Family Support. This event by Eurochild, the Irish Department…

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1 September 2026

Children Navigating Migration: Building Stronger Protection for Unaccompanied Children

1 September; 14:00-15:30; Brussels and online. This final GUIDE project event will explore how Europe can better protect unaccompanied children, particularly those more vulnerable, with disabilities, trauma, or being separated…


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Activities

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EU Alliance for Investing in Children

Eurochild is co-chair of the EU Alliance for Investing in Children and collaborates with over 20 European networks sharing a commitment to end child poverty and to promote child well-being across Europe. At a time when over a quarter of…
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Children's Rights Action Group (CRAG)

Eurochild collaborates closely with other children’s rights organisations active at EU level through the Children's Rights Action Group (CRAG). For the 2014 European Parliament elections, the CRAG co-authored and launched the Child Rights Manifesto to create a Child Righs Intergroup…
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Ending institutional care and reforming child protection

The Martin James Foundation is supporting Eurochild’s efforts to end institutional care and reform child welfare and protection systems across Europe. We advocate to ensure EU funds prioritise deinstitutionalisation reforms. Together with members we leverage EU policies and funds to…
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Protecting children’s rights in the digital environment

While digital environments provide valuable educational and social opportunities that support children’s development, they also bring significant risks, including cyberbullying, abuse and exploitation, and negative impacts on mental health. Eurochild is committed to protecting children’s rights both online and offline…
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The European Expert Group on the Transition from Institutional to Community-based Care

Eurochild is a member of the European Expert Group on the transition from institutional to community-based support (EEG), a coalition advocating to replace institutionalisation with family- and community-based support. The Expert Group was convened in February 2009 by the then…
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Guide

The GUIDE (Supporting Guardians of Unaccompanied Children) project aims to support professionals and guardians responsible for unaccompanied and separated children arriving in the EU from various countries and contexts. The project will also support children from Ukraine and those who…
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Fighting Anti-Rights Movements

Anti-Rights Movements are attacks on democracy, shrinking civil society space and a backlash against universal human rights that undermine the freedom, safety and action of those defending human rights.  These movements typically campaign against the rights of excluded groups –…
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Change for Children in Bulgaria

Leveraging EU policies and funding to drive tangible change. Bulgaria has the highest rate of child poverty and social exclusion in the EU, affecting 35.1% of children in 2024. Poverty, discrimination and weak family support services continue to drive avoidable…
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Exposome Alliance

Eurochild is a supporter of the Exposome Alliance, an informal collaboration platform bringing together scientific experts, policymakers, and civil society to promote prevention and public health in Europe. What does exposome mean? It's a scientific concept referring to all the…

Completed Activities

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DataCare

The DataCare Project was launched by Eurochild with support from UNICEF in March 2020. The project aims to carry out a comprehensive mapping of child protection data systems across the 27 Member States of the European Union (EU) and the…
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First Years, First Priority

Eurochild and the International Step by Step Association co-lead a Europe-wide campaign to leverage EU policy and funds and drive public investment in early childhood development. The European Public Health Alliance and Roma Education Fund are associate partners. Organisations in…
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Child Rights Manifesto / Vote for Children

#VoteforChildren is a coalition campaign seeking for children’s issues to top the agenda for the 2024 European elections. Every 5 years the leadership in the EU institutions changes. EU citizens have the opportunity to vote for Members of the European Parliament.  New…
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CarePath

The CarePath project involves partners from Greece, Hungary and Italy.  It aims to ensure that children ageing out of care have access to high quality trauma-informed aftercare support.  It contributes to Eurochild’s goal of improving child protection systems in Europe.…
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Childonomics

Childonomics aims to combine economic discipline with children’s rights.  It provides a knowledge framework through which Eurochild understands investing in children. The initial project (2014-2018) developed a conceptual framework and methodology designed to measure the long-term social and economic return…
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Opening Doors, Pan-European De-Institutionalisation Campaign

Strengthening Families. Ending Institutional CareA safe and loving family environment is the best place for a child to thrive. The Opening Doors for Europe’s Children campaign aimed to strengthen families and end institutional care. The campaign coordinated by Eurochild, was…
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ICAM - Improving the inclusion in school of Children Affected by Migration

Eurochild is partnering in an innovative EU-funded initiative to improve the inclusion in schools and ensure the rights to quality education for all Children who have been Affected by Migration (CAM). CAM are children who, for whatever reason, have suffered from…
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Reaching In: strengthening marginalised children’s participation in decision-making

Reaching-In is a European collaboration project between children and adults, aiming at increasing the impact that marginalised children have on public decision-making at local, national level and European levels (decisions made by governments and decisions about services like health, education…
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Building children's futures - Using children's rights to recover from the global pandemic

Covid-19 has had a devastating impact on children and young people across Europe. Pandemic restrictions led to school closures, the curtailment of services and parental unemployment. Consequently, many children experienced increased exposure to abuse, neglect, poverty, hunger, social exclusion and…
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DAY – Democratic Activation of Youth

The aim of the DAY Project – Democratic Activation of Youth coordinated by Eurochild member Albero della Vita is to create and institutionalise mechanisms of child participation in democratic life at the local level in Italy. The DAY project is…
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Leveraging EU influence to deliver change for families in adversity in Bulgaria

The project aims to strengthen the prevention of child-family separation in adversity in Bulgaria by leveraging and meaningfully engaging civil society. Eurochild will support “360 degrees” tailored advocacy agenda for Bulgaria using all strings and influences of the EU for…
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Child Citizens Project –Creating meaningful local child participation in Hungary

The aim of the Child Citizens project is to create and implement effective and innovative child participatory practices in Józsefváros, the 8th district of Budapest. The Child Citizens Project is coordinated by the municipality of Józsefváros, Budapest’s 8th district, and…
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Daphne-CHILD: Shaping tomorrow’s child protection services with children

Eurochild and Terre des Hommes (TdH) are implementing a 3-year sub-granting and capacity building programme to support grassroot civil society organisations (CSOs) address violence against children. The programme will be active in 9 countries (Bulgaria, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Portugal, Romania,…
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Evidence to Protect: Communicating child helpline data for impact

Turning data into evidence that strengthens children’s protection online. While the online environment offers valuable opportunities, it also exposes children to increasingly serious risks, including sexual abuse, exploitation, and grooming. With our work, we aim to transform data from our…