Joint statement: Call for stronger prevention of child institutionalisation
Time to step up monitoring and evaluation of early childhood intervention and family support in the European Child Guarantee.
The European Expert Group on the transition from institutional to community-based care welcomes the initiative of the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union to host the knowledge-sharing Conference “European Child Guarantee: from engagement to reality” on 2 and 3 May 2024.
The EEG welcomes that many National Action Plans include measures in the area of deinstitutionalisation for children but calls for increased emphasis on prevention and early intervention, including Early Childhood Intervention and support to parents and carers, to be monitored at national and EU level and addressed in the updated versions of National Action Plans.
