Expert Conference "Europe de l'Enfance"
From 8 to 10 September 2010 the expert conference “Europe de l’Enfance” takes place in Antwerp. On the initiative of the EU Presidency, the ministers and officials competent for childhood policy will meet biannually under the name “Europe de l’Enfance” (EE).
The communities of Belgium have decided to place this conference on the agenda of the EU Presidency – Youth for the first time. The presidency has chosen as a priority ‘Matching international agendas on children, youth and children's rights.’
Serving as a basis for this will be the new provisions concerning children's rights in the Treaty of Lisbon and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, but also the new framework for European cooperation in the youth field (2010-2018).
Three topics will be given special attention at the conference.
- Firstly, an overview will be drawn up of initiatives for children, youth and children's rights policies on international agendas.
- Secondly, the new European Commission communication concerning the strategy for children's right announced for December 2010 will be discussed.
- Thirdly, consideration will be given to criteria for child care after the Lisbon Strategy.