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. 

The event will take place in the headquarters of the Committee of the Regions, rue Belliard, 101, B-1040 Brussels, on the next 8 May, 2007.

To contribute to the debate, over 25 members of the Committee of the Regions have written articles giving an  insight into how child care is being implemented in different European regions. The conference will highlight the achievements of child care policies developed in different European countries and regions.

The aim of the conference, in line with the PES child care campaign, is to encourage all European Governments – at local, regional and national level – to invest in more and better pre-school child care, and to move towards universal child care for everyone who wants it!!!

Take a closer look at the programme, speakers and contributions from Socialist members of CoR