Poland - Country Profile on the European Semester and COVID-19

To respond to the COVID-19 epidemic temporary changes were introduced to the Act on Family Support and the Alternative Care System that included the weakening of a regulation that the maximum number of children placed in an institutional care facility is 14 as well as an obligation to transform all institutions to accommodate a maximum of 14 children by 1 January 2021. Moreover, restrictions on placing children under the age of 10 in institutional care facilities have been also suspended.

Neither the government nor local authorities introduced mechanisms to monitor foster families to assist with their emerging challenges and needs. The greatest need was assistance to access online education.

Read the country profile and the full report.

Related Resources

28 July 2021

Eurochild’s contribution to the UN Day of General Discussion on Children in Alternative Care

Eurochild recently submitted their contribution to the UN Day of General Discussion, focussing on Children’s Rights and Alternative Care that will take place on 16 – 17 September. Read our…

26 July 2021

Change of Presidency for the Council, but what changes for children?

Over the last six months, children’s rights have been a popular topic across many EU policies. Even if the social issues are less prominent in the Slovenian programme, especially if…

22 June 2021

The EU Strategy on the Rights of the Child: What does this mean for the EU and Germany?

The European Commission has published a comprehensive and ambitious Strategy that represents a strong focus on the human rights of children and was developed with and for children. It delivers…