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Child care in Bulgaria
The Sofia Discussion Club for Social Local Policy has produced an excellent publication on child care in Bulgaria - and put on a football tournament and other events to promote it.
Read the full story and translated extracts from the publication
First PES action week on childcare a success!
In four European cities, PES activists city groups supported the PES childcare campaign and created a wonderful example how campaigning on grassroots level can be a great success.
Put children first: implement the EU child care targets now!
At a conference on child care, hosted by the PES Group in the Committee of the Regions, the PES demanded strong proposals from the European Commission to increase the number, quality and affordability of child care across Europe – as promised five years ago! Regional, national and European politicians united today in calling on the EU to honour its commitments to provide children with pre-school care.
Romanian child care campaign: Over 2,300 signatures collected in only one week time
The Romanian Social-Democratic Party has publicly endorsed the PES child care campaign “Put Children First” with a mass signing event for the PES child care Book, and by a conference on child care, held in the Romanian Parliament. In one week the PSD collected over 2.300 signatures in support of child care for everyone.
Regions debate child care
The PES group in the Committee of the Regions (CoR) is dedicating its annual conference to the PES child care campaign, with a meeting in Brussels on child care policies and achieving the so-called Barcelona child care targets. The conference features high level speakers including PES President Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, European Commissioner Vladimir Spidla and Alex Bodry (Leader of LSAP Luxemburg) and many top regional and national politicians.
On the Road with the child care book
Florence was the latest stop for the PES child care book on its European tour. Over 300 delegates and visitors at the Italian Democratic Left Congress in Florence signed the child care book that contains the declaration.
Child care days in Sofia
Nikolay Belalov describes the actions taken by socialists in the capital of Bulgaria to promote the PES child care campaign.
Young Socialists say child care today means a better tomorrow
At their Congress in Warsaw ECOSY – the Young European Socialists – agreed a resolution supporting the PES child care campaign and making the inspiring claim that “providing good quality public child care for free to all children across Europe is acting today to ensure better tomorrow”.
Bulgarians for PES child care campaign
Bulgarians from the ruling Socialist Party showed their support for the PES child care campaign when Zita Gurmai, President of PES Women, visited the country.
