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Document d’orientation sur la mise en œuvre et le soutien d’une transition durable des soins en institution vers les soins de proximité et familiaux pour les enfants, les personnes handicapées, les personnes atteintes de problèmes de santé mentale et les personnes âgées en Europe.
The Common European Guidelines on the Transition from Institutional to Community-based Care (‘the Guidelines’) provide practical advice about how to make a sustained transition from institutional care to family-based and community-based alternatives for individuals (including children) currently living in institutions and those living in the community, often without adequate support.
The Guidelines are based on European and international best practice and have been developed in consultation with key European networks representing children, people with disabilities, mental health…
The European Commission adopted in February 2013 an important Recommendation (2013/112/EU) on Investing in Children, stressing the importance of early intervention and preventative approaches. Adopted together with its new Social Investment Package (SIP), it makes quality childcare one of its key policy areas to break the cycle of disadvantage in early years and reduce the risk of child poverty and social exclusion. Of particular note, the recommendation addresses the importance of children's care directly…
This briefing document outlines three major projects conducted under the auspices of the European Commission's Daphne Programme. These projects included:
- A survey of 33 European countries, designed to map the number and characteristics of children less than 3 years old in institutional care for more than three months without a parent. There were 23,099 young children (11 per 10,000) in institutional care across the survey area. Four countries had less than one per 10,000 young children in institutions; alarmingly, eight countries had between 31 and 60 children per 10,000 in…