1. ENOC 18th Annual Conference
Rights of the child and child poverty
Lara Blake
European Commission DG JUST Unit C1
Fundamental rights and rights of the child
October 2014, Edinburgh

2. EU Agenda for the rights of the child
11 actions completed
New EU Agenda 2015, subject to new Commission approval
Evidence-based policy making (data collection)
Missing children study
Study on children's involvement in criminal, civil and administrative justice proceedings
Directive: children suspected/accused in criminal proceedings, adoption in 2015?
Study: UNCRC Article 12 in EU28: evaluate legislation, policy and practice on child participation

3. Child poverty
2013 Commission Recommendation "Investing in children: breaking the cycle of disadvantage"
Country-specific Recommendations
EPIC website: evidence-based best practices
Study: conditional cash transfers
Europe European Social and Investment Funds
Target: lift 20 million people out of poverty
20% of European Social Fund for social inclusion, integration of young people into labour market, etc.
European Platform against Poverty and Social Exclusion
Interservice Group
Annual Convention, November, Brussels
Work on integrated child protection systems

4. Childcare service development: the Barcelona targets
2002 European Council in Barcelona
Provide childcare for 33% of children up to three years
Provide childcare for 90% of children from three to compulsory school age
All by 2010
European Pact for Gender Equality
Renewed commitment
Monitoring the Barcelona Targets
Only six Member States achieved both targets in 2012
Europe 2020
10 Member States received a recommendation on improving the availability, affordability and quality of childcare services

5. Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC)
Policy guidance for funding:
European Social Fund, European Regional Development Fund, Erasmus+
Evidence-based policy making
Studies on staff competence, link between ECEC and early school leaving, quality in ECEC
Thematic working group
25 Member States plus Norway and Turkey
Proposal: principles of a quality framework in ECEC
5 areas: access, workforce, curriculum, governance and funding, evaluation and monitoring
2014: 10 Country-specific Recommendations

6. Funding on rights of the child and to prevent violence against children
Rights, Equality and Citizenship/Justice Programme
Call for proposals
Capacity building for professionals in child protection systems
Capacity building for judicial professionals representing children in judicial proceedings
Operating grants for formal networks on rights of the child and to prevent violence against children
Pilot project (€700k) to fund projects that raise awareness of children of their rights in the context of civil, criminal and administrative judicial proceedings
Daphne/violence against children
Call to be launched October 2014: child-centred approaches, bullying in schools, residential care and detention, FGM