Annex: Questionnaire for Network of Eurofound Correspondents

• Author: Ludwinek, Anna; Clevers, Franziska
• Pages: 37-41

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Part 1: Contextual information and national framework

1.1 Please verify and provide information about school opening times and hours – the focus is on regular schooling

hours. Please provide sources.

1.2 Policy discourse. Please provide information on whether and in what way out-of-school care has been a topic in

the policy debate since 2010. Please focus on formal policies, programmes and measures (as explained in the

background note). If possible, please emphasise developments at the national level.

Please identify key policy documents including ‘grey literature’ (strategies, background papers, position papers by

social partners and manifestos of main political parties that have referred to the need for or the impact of the lack

of out-of-school care). (Max. 250 words.)

Please highlight:

Annex: Questionnaire for Network

of Eurofound Correspondents

School-age children in

primary and lower

secondary education,

starting with compulsory

age for starting school up

to lower secondary

education (age 12 years)

Total number of hours in

school (per day) (where

available, please provide

start and end times)

Number of days per week Holiday periods (number

of weeks per year)

Main drivers behind the policy debate

(increased emphasis on opportunities for

women, work–life balance, working

conditions of staff in the OSC services,

well-being and the development of

children)

Main stakeholders involved (e.g. civil

society, parent organisations, public

authorities, employers)

Main target groups, such as parents

(e.g. households on low income, single

parents, etc.) and children (e.g. living

with disability, age, ethnic minority,

school performance, etc.)