The purpose of this toolkit is to provide practical guidance to EU staff in Headquarters and Delegations on how to support the reform of child care and protection systems in the context of the EU accession process, building upon key examples of how this has been done in past accession processes.
Meaningful civil society engagement is instrumental for advancing and completing quality care reform. It is also embedded in the EU acquis and ways of working. The Toolkit offers recommendations on how to ensure that the expertise and experience of civil society actors are taken into account when shaping the reform priorities for candidate countries and potential candidates, as well as in the process of implementation of new and existing legislation.
