Other EU measures

• Author: Applica, Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion (European Commission), Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER)
• Pages: 17-18

Report on the online consultation

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Q6c: A system of regular dialogue between the Commission and all relevant

stakeholders should be established specifically to support the effective

implementation of the 2013 EU Recommendation on Investing in Children

Q6d: EU targets relating to child poverty and children’s social rights should be

established as part of any successor to the Europe 2020 Strategy

7 Other EU measures

In this section of the questionnaire, respondents were asked whether they agree or not

that the EU should also take other forms of action in favour of disadvantaged, specifically:

 Member States should be encouraged to develop coordinated approaches to the

integration of Roma children into society.

 The Commission should develop and promote good standa rds for the social

integration of migrant children, including unaccompanied minors, and ensure their

access to key social rights

 In the implementation of the EU Recommendation on the integrati on of the long-

term unemployed, Member States should be encouraged to give particular attention

to parents at risk

 The well-being of children, especially those in vulnerable situations, should be a key

element of the follow through of the proposals on work-life balance for working

parents and carers

 Children should be a key concern in the implementation of t he European Disability

Strategy 2010-2020 and in any future EU strategy relating to disab ility.

 The Commission support and funding for the Joint Action for Mental Health and

Well-being should emphasise the importance of a strong focus on children ,

 The implementation of the EU Recommendation on Upskilling Pathways should give

particular attention to unemployed parents with low skills levels .

Again the large majority of respondents agree with all the propositions, though the extent

of support for the first and last (on the appro ach to the integration of Roma children and

the focus on low skilled unemployed parents in the Upskilling Recommendation) is smaller

than for the other 5. Even in these cases, howe ver, the proportion agreeing is still around

80%, even if below the figure for the statements. (Figure 9).

Those di sagreeing repr esent less than 5% of respondents for all statements except the

first on Roma children, where th e figure is 6%, made up to a large extent by people from

regional and Cohesion policy managing authorities.

‘Don’t knows’ also account for a relatively large proportion of responses to this statement,

as they do for the last proposition on the Upsk illing Pathways Re commendation (14% in

both cases). Again this could reflect a lack of knowledge about the latter Recommendation

or about the nature of an appropriate poli cy for support of Roma children or simply the

lack of opinion on the issues.