1. The context and objectives of the project István György Tóth and Terry Ward Child poverty and child well-being: better monitoring for better policies Brussels, 26 November 2009

2. The „Study on child poverty” project Commissioned by: DG Employment of the European Commission, Unit E2 Consortium: Tárki Social Research Institute Budapest Applica sprl Brussels Steering Committe: Terry Ward (chair)Applica Michael F. FörsterOECD Hugh FrazerNational Univ. of Ireland Petra HoelscherUNICEF Eric MarlierCEPS/INSTEAD Holly SutherlandUniversity of Essex István György Tóth TÁRKI

3. The „Study on child poverty” project: contents Task 1. „An in-depth empirical analysis of child poverty and the related key challenges for each Member State, starting from the analytical framework developed up by the EU Task-Force report.” Task 2. „An assessment of the effectiveness of policies for combating child poverty and promoting social inclusion among children and the identification of policy mixes that seem to be most effective in tackling the specific factors underlying child poverty.” Task 3. „The formulation of recommendations for a limited set of indicators and breakdowns that are most relevant from a child perspective and best reflect the multidimensional nature of child poverty and well-being in the European Union.”

4. Starting point: Related projects: How does this project add to the process?  Surveys most recent data on child poverty and well-being in the EU  Identifies key challenges in Member States  Provides a detailed framework for identifying the combination of policies most likely to reduce child poverty and social exclusion  Presents policy overviews for each EU27 countries and case studies for 11 Member States  Contributes to developing tools to monitor child poverty and child well-being  It aims at filling in the Social OMC „reserved slot” for child well being indicator(s)  Provides recommendations for improving data infrastructure

5. The sessions of the conference 9.30-10.15 Session 1: Identifying the main factors of child poverty and social exclusion for policy making: combining international benchmarking and country level analysis 10.45-13:00 Session 2: Policies that work in combating child poverty and social exclusion in the Member States 10.45-12.15 Part 1 Policy responses to key challenges (crisis): country case studies (UK, Finland, France and Poland) 12.15-13:00 Part 2 Effective policy mixes (income support, access to labour market of parents, enabling services) and target setting at the level of Member States 14.00-15.30 Session 3: EU indicators of child well-being 15.45-16.45 Round table on Child poverty and well-being in the EU and the way forward 16.45-17.00 Closing remarks