School-age childcare in the European Union

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European Commission Network on Childcare

This report should be read in the context of an emerging EU
policy on childcare services, which includes provision for school-
age children. The Council Recommendation on Child Care,
adopted in March 1992, sets down a number of principles for all
childcare services including: affordability; combining "reliable care
with a pedagogical approach"; accessibility to children with
special needs; flexibility and responsiveness to parents´ needs;
and traning for workers, both basic and continuous, that is
"appropriate to the importance and the social and educative
value of the work". These principles provide a useful framwork for
assessing the adequacy of corrent services for school-age
children as desceibed in this report.
Owner: Ria Meijvogel & Pat Petrie

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European Network for School Age Childcare - Netherlands
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