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Tackling child poverty needs strong support for families

Eurochild concludes Annual Conference with a call for action to the European Union and the Member States.

Welsh First Minister Carwyn Jones meets with delegates from the Eurochild Young people meetingEurope is facing difficult times but the turmoil must not jeopardise investment in children and families otherwise the losses in human and social capital will be unquantifiable. We should not risk long term investments for short term gains.

The Europe 2020 Strategy provides an opportunity to give a new impetus to the fight against child poverty in the EU with an ambitious goal of taking 20 million people out of poverty by 2020. But this strategy will only succeed if a coherent, inclusive approach to supporting, strengthening and empowering children and families most at risk is adopted.

During the Eurochild Annual Conference several key elements for success have been identified:

?    Europe must be prepared to back local, national and regional authorities in their efforts.

?    The long awaited Recommendation on Child Poverty and Well-being ? which is scheduled for 2012 ? will provide a clear framework for the EU and Member States. We urge European and National politicians to give the Recommendation priority attention.

?    Eurochild and its members will continue campaigning for a dedicated EU children’s budget.

?    We ? repeatedly ? call for a monitoring framework that facilitates up-to-date data collection on a regular basis.

?    Eurochild will publish in 2012 a Compendium of Inspiring Practice as the success of all policies depend on how they are put into practice.

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