Better Care Network Launches New Resource: Better Care Network Toolkit

Worldwide child care practitioners face increasing challenges in providing appropriate care and protection services to children, youth, and families. On the ground, childcare practitioners are often unable to access much-needed resources. (more…)

How to apply the Capability Approach for Individuals with Discontinuous Life Courses?

Klaus Schneider, Luxembourg

What are job seekers facing at the present time?

Because of globalization and the digital revolution of recent decades, a growing number of people are being laid off. (more…)

Promoting learning of mobility for all young people

Ulrike Wisser, Brussels (EU, Belgium)

Promoting geographical and professional mobility is a core business of the European Union. Nevertheless its significance for employment issues has become obvious in times of crisis. With a new initiative the European Commission wants to further strengthen awareness about mobility as a learning module in education settings. (more…)

What occupational future are we preparing youth for? The coping with discontinuous employment biographies

Klaus Schneider, Luxembourg

While the silver bullet of the youth career assistance, the vocational training and subsequent transition into the working life, can only be warranted for a minority of disadvantaged adolescents, the majority of the persons concerned is staying in the waiting loops of the provisions for employment and phases of unemployment. (more…)

Eurochild invites for annual conference on monitoring child well-being

Ulrike Wisser, Brussels (EU, Belgium)

In its 6th annual conference between the 11th and 13th of November in Limasol, Cyprus, Eurochild, the European network on child and youth welfare focuses on the issue of monitoring child well-being with special attention to more quality in policy and practice. (more…)

The Development of Innovative Media Education in China

Li Degang and Zhang Lili, Beijing (China)

With the rapid development of mass media in China, its influence on Children is becoming bigger and bigger. (more…)

Report on child poverty recommends the development of multidimensional child well-being

Ulrike Wisser, Brussels (EU, Belgium)

The 252 pages report “Child Poverty and Well-being in the EU, current status and way forward” from the Task-Force on child poverty indicator has finally been published on the website of the European Commission. (more…)