Eurochild framework partnership agreement 2022-2025

ongoing

Eurochild is a membership network of organisations and individuals working with and for children throughout Europe. Our work is underpinned by the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. The 4-year Framework Partnership will enable the network to contribute actively to the development and implementation of EU policies that help build a stronger social Europe. Eurochild advocates for policies and funding that reduce child poverty and promote children’s social inclusion. The EU’s recent adoption of the Action Plan on the European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR) and the European Child Guarantee Initiative (CGI) are important milestones. Through this partnership, Eurochild supports the EU target of lifting 5 million children out of poverty by 2030, and contributes to monitoring implementation of CGI National Action Plans. Eurochild has 191 members across 35 European countries, including 27 EU Member States. It involves children directly in its work through the Eurochild Children’s Council. This work informs how children themselves can be meaningfully involved in decision-making, a core principle of the UNCRC. Through ‘National Eurochild Forums’, members reach several hundred children per country, including children in need such as children living in precarious family situations, children with a migrant or ethnic minority background, children with disabilities, and children at risk or in the child protection system. Eurochild’s activities focus on: influencing policies at EU and national level; supporting our members to gather evidence and to monitor implementation of EU policies and funding; collecting and disseminating examples of good practice. The network brings particular knowledge & expertise on early childhood development, children in alternative care, and child participation. The Framework Partnership also supports the network governance, internal capacity building, communication and dissemination activities and cooperation with other EU level networks.