Eurochild's 6th Annual Conference

Monitoring child well-being: better policy and practice - Cyprus, 11-13 November 2009


Measurement and indicators are at the heart of improving performance in policy and practice. Unless we measure an issue or problem, chances are it will be ignored and nothing will get done.

Child well-being is notoriously difficult to measure, but there are more and more examples of where it is being done with good effect on policy development. This conference is framed within the European Union’s Social Inclusion agenda which has identified the eradication of child poverty by breaking the cycle of intergenerational inheritance as one of its key objectives. To help achieve this goal, the EU monitors income poverty and material deprivation and there are plans to develop common indicators that better reflect child well-being. This conference should feed into that debate.

The EU social inclusion agenda also aims to bring about policy change through mutual learning and exchange of practice across Member States. This conference is an opportunity to share how indicators are being used: in policy development at national and regional level, in advocating for children’s rights and well-being, in improving practice and setting standards in service delivery to families and children.

A further question is how indicators are being informed by children and young people themselves. In addition to workshops on this issue, a group of young people from five member states will participate in the conference and bring some of their reflections on the issue.

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If you are interested to have your organisation be present in the Exhibition Area, just let us know. Specifications to be anounced.

Contact: Veronica Calvo by e-mail or at +32 2 211 05 50