ECSWE ACTIVITIES - Advocacy/QoC

The program of the Working Group on the Quality of Childhood at the European Parliament in the period 2006-2010

5 December, 2006	1.	'The Toxic Childhood Syndrome and the Quality of Childhood' with Christopher Clouder (UK) and Professor Hans van Crombrugge (Belgium)
9 January, 2007	2.	'Really Improving the Education in the European Union requires Systemic Changes' with professor Luc Stevens (Netherlands) and Professor Ferre Laevers (Belgium)
6 March, 2007	3.	'The Quality of Child-Adult Relationships in Families and School' with Jesper Juul (Denmark)
15 May, 2007	4.	'The Child: his/her Networks and Neighbourhood' with René Diekstra
September 20, 2007	5.	'How can we improve in the European Union the Early Childhood Educational Systems' with John Bennett, the author of the OECD Study Starting Strong.
November 6, 2007	6.	'How to let children and adolescents acquire key competences for the world of the 21st century? with Dr. Martina Leibovici-Mühlberger from Austria and Geseke Lundgren from Sweden.
January 8, 2008	7.	'Attachment, what it is, why it is important and what we can do about it to help young children acquire a secure attachment? with Sir Richard Bowlby
March 4, 2008	8.	'A vision on children and childhood in the European Union' by Michiel Matthes
May 14, 2008	9.	Professor René Diekstra about 'The Changing Face of Adolescence. Accounting for changes in adolescent development and their effects on education and social policies'.
July 1, 2008	10.	Professor Steen Hildebrandt (University of Aarhus, Denmark) about the 'Multiple intelligences in the knowledge-based society'.
September 16, 2008	11.	Presentation of the report of the Fundación Marcelino Botín entitled 'Social and Emotional Education, An International Analysis' by Mr Christopher Clouder and Fátima Sánchez Santiago.
November 12, 2008	12.	Professor Boris Cyrulnik from France: what measures can we take to improve the quality of childhood in the European Union?
November 17, 2008	13.	Organisation of a Symposium in Bucharest, Romania at the request of MEP Mrs Rovana Plumb: 'A European Policy Agenda for the Quality of Childhood with special emphasis on the case of the children of Romanian migrant workers'.
January 27, 2009	14.	Professor Michel Vandenbroeck (University of Ghent, Belgium) about Diversity and Equity in Early Childhood Services.
March 3, 2009	15.	'Taking stock of what has been achieved with the Working Group since December 2006 and looking forward' with Michiel Matthes, Secretary-General of the Alliance for Childhood European Network
April 28, 2009	16.	Professor Peter Moss (University of London) about young children and their services: developing a European approach.
September 8, 2009	17.	Continuing to work on improving the Quality of Childhood in the European Union during the present economic downturn with Professor Emeritus Richard Wilkinson, co-author of the book 'The Spirit Level, Why More Equal Societies Almost Always do Better'.
November 17, 2009	18.	The Technical University of Dortmund won the tender issued by the European Commission to execute a Research Project to identify the key research questions regarding families and family policies. The leader of this project, Professor Dr. Uwe Uhlendorff gave a briefing on this Project and spoke about 'Developing a European Research Agenda for Families and Family Policies'
December 8, 2009	19.	Why Love Matters: How Affection Shapes a Baby's Brain, and the policy requirements in this respect with Sue Gerhardt, author of the book with the similar title.
January 12, 2010	20.	The PISA Study and lessons learned regarding the Quality of Childhood with Andreas Schleicher, Head of the Indicators and Analysis Division of the OECD Directorate for Education.
March 2, 2010	21.	'Improving the Quality of Childhood in the European Union: the Case of Roma Children' with Ivan Ivanov, Executive Director of the European Roma Information Office (ERIO) and Bernard Rorke, Director of the Roma Initiative Programs of the Open Society Institute (OSI).
April 13, 2010	22.	Improving the Quality of Childhood in the European Union: the Aspect of Parental Leave Policies by Professor Peter Moss of the Thomas Coram Research Unit, Institute of Education, University of London
June 8, 2010	23.	'La Citá por la Bambino', or 'The City for the Children' Key-note speaker: Vanessa Palluchi, Director for Education of Legambiente, Rome, Italy.
August 31, 2010	24.	Improving the Quality of Childhood: the quality of the physical environment of the child.

Reports are available on the following QOC sessions:

8 January 2008
'Attachment, what it is, why it is important and what we can do about it to help young children acquire a secure attachment?' with Sir Richard Bowlby from the UK.

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6 November 2007
'How to let children and adolescents acquire key competences for the world of the 21st century?' with the Austrian psychologist Martina Leibovici-Mühlberger and the early childhood expert Geseke Lundgren from Sweden.

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20 September 2007
'How can we improve in the European Union the Early Childhood Educational Systems?' with John Bennett, the main author of the OECD Studies 'Starting Strong I' and 'Starting Strong II'.

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15 May 2007
'The Child: his / her Networks and Neighbourhood' with René Diekstra (Netherlands).

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6 March 2007
'The Quality of Child-Adult Relationships in Families and School' with Jesper Juul (Denmark).

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9 January 2007
'Really Improving the Education in the European Union requires Systemic Changes' with professor Luc Stevens (Netherlands) and professor Ferre Laevers (Belgium).

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5 December 2006
'The Toxic Childhood Syndrome and the Quality of Childhood' with Christopher Clouder (UK) and professor Hans van Crombrugge (Belgium).

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