As a member of the EU Alliance for Investing in Children, the Lifelong Learning Platform endorses the recent position paper from the EU Alliance on the European Care Strategy and the revision of the Barcelona Targets. This position paper clearly recognises the links between early childhood education and care, and a sound development of all children.
The position paper also addresses a comprehensive reaction to the strategy, an analysis of the proposal for a Council Recommendation on the Revision of the Barcelona Targets on Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC), and an analysis of the proposal for a Council Recommendation on the access to affordable high-quality long-term care (LTC).
The European Care Strategy is an important framework to address the needs of children, their families and carers by proposing that care be affordable, accessible, high quality and provided at all ages. It also brings attention to gender stereotypes in the care sector, improving working conditions, among others.
The European Commission’s Council Recommendation on the revision of the Barcelona Targets on Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) tackles on relevant aspects including the recognition of educational equity for children, and guaranteeing affordable and high quality care for children with disabilities and special educational needs.
The Alliance also brings together important recommendations on the topics of mental health support for children and families, discrimination of vulnerable groups and the role of local communities for example.
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