Our Europe, Our Rights, Our Future: Children and young people's contribution to the new EU Strategy on the Rights of the Child and the Child Guarantee

ChildFund Alliance, Eurochild, Save The Children, UNICEF, World Vision

The perspectives and priorities of more than 10,000 children and young people, from within and outside the European Union (EU), are expressed powerfully throughout this report.

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European Parliament – EU Alliance for Investing in Children Manifesto on Child Poverty and Social Exclusion in the EU

The European Parliament, the Intergroup on Children’s Rights and the EU Alliance for Investing in Children

This manifesto calls on the Council of the EU and its Member States to be ambitious in the implementation the European Pillar of Social Rights, to adopt the Child Guarantee Council Recommendation as a matter of priority, and to ensure that the Child Guarantee starts being implemented six months from the adoption of the Recommendation.

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Social services in pandemic times: Monitoring report on the process of decentralization of social services

Bukurezë Surdulli and Donjetë Kelmendi - Coalition of NGOs for Child Protection in Kosovo - KOMF

The main purpose of the Monitoring Report on the Decentralization Process of Social Services for 2020, is the reflection of the current situation on the full implementation of the decentralisation process of social services in Kosovo.

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First Years, First Priority: A Fair Start for Every Child in Europe

Eurochild, International Step by Step Association, European Public Health Alliance (EPHA), and Roma Education Fund (REF)

First Years First Priority is a Europe-wide campaign set up to advocate for prioritization of early childhood development in public policies, with a particular focus on families and children who are at greater risk of discrimination and exclusion. This briefing provides a description of the policy context in which the 'First Year, First Priority' campaign is launched.

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Ending Australia’s Status as a “Leaving Care Laggard”: The Case for a National Extended Care Framework to Lift the Outcomes for Young People Transitioning From Out-of-Home Care

Philip Mendes - Australian Social Work

This paper argues that the Commonwealth Government should introduce a nationally consistent extended care system that would require all jurisdictions to provide a minimum standard of support until at least 21 years of age.