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656-1_Annex.pdf

656-1_EE_letter.pdf

656-1_Questionnaire_clean.pdf

656-1_ekiri.pdf

656-1_kaaskiri_EV_AEEL_min_Signe_Riisalo_08072024.pdf

656-1_Annex.pdf

Annex: Computation of Barcelona Targets 2030 per Member State

TARGETS ON EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND CARE

“Art. 3. (a) It is recommended that Member States provide high-quality ECEC services in line with

national competences, levels of parental leave take-up and patterns of ECEC provision, ensuring that

by 2030 at least 45 % of children below the age of three participate in ECEC according to EU SILC

data.

Notwithstanding the first subparagraph, it is recommended that Member States that have not yet

reached the target set in 2002 of a 33 % participation rate in ECEC for this age group increase

participation, by 2030, by at least a specific percentage in relation to their current participation rate as

set out in points (i) and (ii) of this point. The current participation rate shall be calculated as the

average participation rate in ECEC of children below the age of three achieved in the years 2017-

2021 according to EU-SILC data. It is recommended that Member States increase ECEC

participation in relation to their respective current participation rates as follows:

(i) by at least 90 % for Member States whose participation rate is lower than 20 %; or

(ii) by at least 45 %, or until at least reaching a participation rate of 45 %, for Member States

whose participation rate is between 20 % and 33 %.”

Children in formal childcare or education, age 0-2, percentage years 2017-2022 –

average 2017-2022 and participation target for 2030

TIME 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 average

TARGET

GEO (Labels) 2017-2021

2030

European Union - 27

countries (from 2020)

34.2

34.4

35.0

32.9

37.9

Belgium 53.2 54.4 55.5 b 54.6 51.7 53.9

Bulgaria 9.4

16.2

19.6

15.0

18.7

15.8

30.0

Czechia 6.5 9.1 6.3 4.8 4.9 6.3

12.0

Denmark 71.7

63.2

66.1

67.7

69.1

67.6

Germany 30.3 29.8 31.4 16.4 b 31.4 27.9

40.4

Estonia 27.0

28.3

31.8

26.7

25.7

27.9

40.5

Ireland 23.5 30.9 32.0 19.4 b 15.1 24.2

35.1

Greece 20.5

40.9

32.4

21.5

32.3

29.5

42.8

Spain 45.8 50.5 57.3 45.5 55.3 50.9

France 50.5

50.0

50.7

57.2 b 57.1

53.1

Croatia 15.9 17.8 15.6 20.4 33.3 20.6

29.9

Italy 28.6

25.7

26.3

33.4

28.5

41.3

Cyprus 25.7 30.0 29.3 18.5 27.4 26.2

38.0

Latvia 26.7

24.6

25.6

24.2

29.2

26.1

37.8

Lithuania 20.3 20.8 26.6 16.2 21.4 21.1

30.5

Luxembourg 60.9

60.5

60.0

63.1 b 61.9

61.3

Hungary 13.8 16.5 16.9 10.5 13.8 14.3

27.2

Malta 36.7

32.1

38.3

29.7

24.0

32.2

45.0

Netherlands 61.6 56.8 64.8 67.6 74.1 65.0

Austria 18.2

20.0

22.7

21.1

28.6

22.1

32.1

Poland 11.6 10.8 10.1 11.1 17.2 12.2

23.1

Portugal 42.5

46.9

48.5

43.5

43.3

44.9

45.0

Romania 15.9 13.2 14.1 6.8 9.5 11.9

22.6

Slovenia 44.8

46.3

46.9

44.3

47.5

46.0

Slovakia 0.5 1.2 6.1 4.4 2.3 2.9

5.5

Finland 30.3

36.0

34.7

35.8

39.0

35.2

45.0

Sweden 52.6 49.3 53.1 54.1 55.8 53.0

Special value : not available

Available flags: b break in time series

Data extracted on 28/05/2024 09:32:45 from [ESTAT]

Source: Online data code: ilc_caindform25

656-1_EE_letter.pdf

HELENA DALLI MEMBER OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION

EQUALITY

Rue de la Loi, 200 B-1049 Brussels

Tel. +32 2 295 02 00 cab-dalli-contact@ec.europa.eu

Ms Signe RIISALO

Minister of Social Protection

Estonia

Brussels, 05 July 2024

Subject: Implementation of the Council Recommendation on early childhood education

and care: Barcelona targets for 2030

Dear Minister Riisalo,

The Council Recommendation on early childhood education and care was adopted on 8

December 2022. It invites Member States to share with the Commission within 18 months of its

adoption, the set of measures taken or planned to implement it, building where relevant on

existing national strategies or plans and taking into account national, regional and local

circumstances.

To facilitate the reporting and support the consistency of the exercise, my services have prepared

guiding questions (see Annex). Our analysis of the existing data situation showed that we already

have data available (from ESTAT or academic sources) in relation to many provisions of the

Recommendation. In order to alleviate the administrative burden on Member States, we have

therefore indicated in the relevant questions which data we intend to use to assess them, while

giving Member States the possibility to share any other data they consider relevant.

I would kindly invite you to share with my services (JUST-D3@ec.europa.eu) by 30 September

2024 information on any aspect of the Recommendation which is not already covered by existing

data collections, following the attached guidance. The Commission will use the information as a

baseline for the required reporting at the end of 2027. It will also feed into the Annual report on

Gender Equality in the EU and other Commission reporting.

My services remain at your disposal to further assist you in addressing implementation

challenges via mutual learning, technical support, and policy expertise. For any additional

information, please reach out to JUST-D3@ec.europa.eu or contact Katja Lenzing

Katja.Lenzing@ec.europa.eu, Deputy Head of Unit on Gender Equality in DG Justice and

Consumers.

Yours sincerely,

(e-signed)

Helena Dalli

Enclosures:

- Questionnaire for the implementation of the Council Recommendation on early childhood

education and care: Barcelona targets 2030

- Annex on the computation of the Barcelona targets 2030 per Member State

Electronically signed on 05/07/2024 14:51 (UTC+02) in accordance with Article 11 of Commission Decision (EU) 2021/2121

656-1_Questionnaire_clean.pdf

QUESTIONNAIRE FOR REPORTING ON THE ECEC

RECOMMENDATION1:

This questionnaire aims to facilitate reporting by Member States on how they followed up on the

commitment in Art. 23 of the Council Recommendation of 8 December 2022 on early childhood

education and care: the Barcelona targets for 2030. The Recommendation aims to increase

participation in accessible, affordable, and high-quality early childhood education and care

(ECEC). Where appropriate, reference can be made to reports submitted under existing reporting

mechanisms, such as the Open Method of Coordination, the European Semester and other

relevant Union programming and reporting mechanisms.

The Recommendation on Early Childhood Education and Care: Barcelona Targets 2030

complements other policy initiatives related to early childhood education and care, notably the

2019 Council Recommendation on High-Quality Early Childhood Education and Care Systems

and the 2021 Council Recommendation establishing a European Child Guarantee, and builds

upon their follow-up work.

The information collected will feed into the Annual report on gender equality and into the

Commission reporting on the Recommendation to be delivered at the end of 2027 (Art. 25 of the

Recommendation). When reporting on the implementation, we will use information from

Eurostat, the Eurydice Country Reports and Eurydice Key Data Reports. The reference data set

for the new Barcelona target is available at EU-SILC: Online data code: ilc_caindform25. For

ease of reference, we attach the computation of the targets per Member State in accordance with

Article 3 of the Recommendation in the Annex.

1 EUR-Lex - 32022H1220(01) - EN - EUR-Lex (europa.eu)

ECEC SYSTEM

1. Could you describe what ECEC system your country has in place and what age group it

covers (e.g. integrated system/split system)?

To answer this question, we have information from the Eurydice country reports 2 and the

Eurydice Key data report3. In case, your Member State would like to add more information,

please share it here:

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2. What challenges is your country facing at the moment in the area of ECEC? What do you

think are the main challenges for the coming years?

In your answer, you might want to refer to information submitted by your MS in the following

sources:

• Child Guarantee National Action Plans

• Recovery and resilience plans

And/or double check the information in the “Challenges” section in the “Key contextual data”

chapter of the Seepro Country Reports (seepro.eu). In case, your Member States would like to add

more information, please share it here:

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CHILDREN AT RISK OF POVERTY OR SOCIAL EXCLUSION

3. What is, if any, the participation gap in ECEC between children at risk of poverty or

social exclusion and the overall population of children for the age range 0 to 3 and 3 to

mandatory school age? If yes, what measures has your country taken to address it?

_____________________________________________________________________________

2 Early Childhood Education and Care (europa.eu) 3 The Eurydice Key Data report will be published by the end of 2024 and will describe the ECEC systems of all European

countries in detail, and will provide maps and tables showing aggregated as well as national data

INTENSITY OF PARTICIPATION

4. Are there ECEC services or complementary services available before and after regular

working hours and for what age group? Were they introduced in relation to the adoption

of the recommendation? Do you plan to introduce them?

_______________________________________________________________________

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CHILDREN FROM DISADVANTAGED BACKGROUNDS

5. Did your country introduce targeted measures to enable and increase participation in

ECEC of children from disadvantaged backgrounds? To answer this question, we will

use the information in the Child Guarantee national reports. If relevant, please provide

additional information on inclusive measures as for:

(i) children at risk of poverty or social exclusion;

(ii) Children with a migrant background;

(iii) Children with insufficient knowledge of the language of schooling;

(iv) Children with disabilities;

(v) Children with specific needs or with special educational needs.

_____________________________________________________________________________

6. Did your country introduce support training programmes for ECEC staff designed to

support them in offering high quality ECEC for these groups? If yes, please describe

what kind of programmes were introduced. To answer this question we will use the

information in the Seepro Country Reports (seepro.eu), which include a Workforce

profile with this information. If you wish, you can complement it.

_____________________________________________________________________________

QUALITY

7. Have you introduced national or regional Quality Frameworks in line with the Council

Recommendation on High Quality Early Childhood Education and Care Systems in

relation to the Recommendation?

_____________________________________________________________________________

8. What are in your country the

– minimum staff-child ratios and group sizes; to answer this question, we will use the

Eurydice and Seepro national reports. If you consider it relevant you can

complement this information with additional input.

– support measures for the professionalisation of all ECEC staff; to answer this

question, we will use the Eurydice and Seepro national reports. If you consider it

relevant, you can complement this information with additional input.

_____________________________________________________________________________

TERRITORIAL DISTRIBUTION

9. Did your country take measures in relation to the Recommendation in order to ensure a

homogenous territorial distribution of ECEC services? (art. 9) Please, specify how.

_____________________________________________________________________________

AFFORDABILITY

10. Has your country taken, or plan to take, measures in relation to the Recommendation

aimed at ensuring that the ECEC services are affordable for all children? (art. 10)

_____________________________________________________________________________

ACCESSIBILITY

11. Has your country taken, or plan to take, measures in relation to the Recommendation to

remove obstacles to ensure equal access to ECEC for all children in a non-discriminatory

manner? (such as those listed in art. 11 of the Rec).

_____________________________________________________________________________

COMPLEMENTARY SERVICES AND OUT OF SCHOOL CARE

12. Has your country taken, or plan to take, measures in relation to the Recommendation to

complementary services and out of school care? (such as those listed in art.13). How is

this organized (via schools, privately, fee controlled, inclusiveness)? If so, for what age

groups? Is this subsidised in any way?

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AWARENESS OF RIGHTS

13. Has your country taken, or plan to take, measures in relation to the Recommendation to

promote parents’ awareness of their rights, e.g. entitlement to a place in ECEC,

proactively inform parents about possibilities, benefits and costs of ECEC and financial

support available?

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STAFF WORKING CONDITIONS AND SKILLS

14. Have you taken, or do you plan to take, measures in relation to the Recommendation to

improve working conditions and skills of ECEC staff (art. 17)?

_____________________________________________________________________________

TACKLING THE GENDER CARE GAP

15. Have you taken, or do you plan to take, measures in relation to the Recommendation

combating gender stereotypes and encouraging equal sharing of care responsibilities; and

to promote availability and gender-equal uptake of family-friendly work arrangements

and family leaves by both parents? (art. 19)

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GOVERNANCE AND DATA COLLECTION

16. Have you taken, or do you plan to take, measures in relation to the Recommendation to

improve governance and data collection on ECEC services? In particular, improvements

to the relevant data in EU-SILC and UOE data collection? (art. 20 and 21)

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17. Have you started collecting data on uptake of work-life balance measures included in the

Directive 2019/1158, in particular parental and paternity leaves?

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