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The program of the Working Group on the Quality of Childhood at the European Parliament in the period 2006-2011

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For all dates in 2011 below, please download the pdf here - 'QOC Sessions at the European Parliament in 2011'.

2011
8th November 2011 30. Presentation of the work of the European Network Child Friendly Cities
6th September 2011 29. Learning for Well-being
31st May 2011 28. Learning to move and moving to learn. Why physical development in the early years supports later learning, behaviour and achievement
29th March 2011 27. Illiteracy and young people dropping out of school, and what we can do about it.
1st March 2011 26. Innovation and Creativity: creativity in the classroom.
11th January 2011 25. The Quality of the Physical Environment of the Child, the Current Problems in this area, and what needs to be done?
2010
August 31, 2010 24. Improving the Quality of Childhood: the quality of the physical environment of the child.
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.
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
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).
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.
2009
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.
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'
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'.
April 28, 2009 16. Professor Peter Moss (University of London) about young children and their services: developing a European approach.
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
January 27, 2009 14. Professor Michel Vandenbroeck (University of Ghent, Belgium) about Diversity and Equity in Early Childhood Services.
2008
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'.
November 12, 2008 12. Professor Boris Cyrulnik from France: what measures can we take to improve the quality of childhood in the European Union?
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.
July 1, 2008 10. Professor Steen Hildebrandt (University of Aarhus, Denmark) about the 'Multiple intelligences in the knowledge-based society'.
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'.
March 4, 2008 8. 'A vision on children and childhood in the European Union' by Michiel Matthes
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
2007
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.
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.
15 May, 2007 4. 'The Child: his/her Networks and Neighbourhood' with René Diekstra
6 March, 2007 3. 'The Quality of Child-Adult Relationships in Families and School' with Jesper Juul (Denmark)
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)
2006
5 December, 2006 1. 'The Toxic Childhood Syndrome and the Quality of Childhood' with Christopher Clouder (UK) and Professor Hans van Crombrugge (Belgium)

Reports are available on the following QOC sessions:

8 January 2008

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'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.

6 November 2007

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'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.

20 September 2007

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'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'.

15 May 2007

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

6 March 2007

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

9 January 2007

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

5 December 2006

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