Investing in Children's Services, Improving Outcomes

At the third peer review of our project 'Investing in Children Services, Improving Outcomes', we looked at the organisation of children services in five more countries, Hungary, Portugal, Italy, Romania and Belgium, with a view to identify gaps and present recommendations as to how services may be developed in line with the European Commission’s Recommendation on ‘Investing in Children’.

The event was organised in close cooperation the General Directorate of Social Affairs and Child Protection in Hungary, which is an ESN member, and brought together delegations with representatives from national, regional and local government, public and not-for-profit children’s services from Hungary, Portugal, Italy, Romania and Belgium.

Resources:

• The European Commission Recommendation Investing in children: breaking the cycle of disadvantage
• ESN report Investing in Children's Services, Improving Outcomes - key findings. This short overview has been merged in the more recent and  comprehensive study published in 2016: Lara Montero, A.; Investing in Children's Services, Improving Outcomes, European Social Network, Brighton, UK 2016
• Read more about the project Investing in Children’s Services, Improving Outcomes
• Delegate Pack
• Key moments from the Third Peer review captured in this ESN' s article
• Investing in Children’s Services, Improving Outcomes: National Perspectives, an article by ESN
• Investing in Children’s Services, Improving Outcomes: Proposals for policy and service development, an article by ESN