Published by regional area, this series of factsheets covers the implementation of the European Child Guarantee by EU Member States. It presents key information and measures targeting children with disabilities, children with mental health issues, and those in institutional-based alternative care.

Today’s release focuses on Western countries: Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. All Country Factsheets can be found here.

Each factsheet provides the following information:

• Key data and figures on these children;
• An overview of the main challenges they face;
• A summary of the objectives and key targets set up;
• The list of measures and specific actions ongoing, planned, or adopted to improve the situation of these children.

While most of those National Action Plans lack information on children in need, the challenges they face, few of them present new actions and measures taken by national authorities in their implementation of the Child Guarantee. Austria and Germany are, for instance, reinforcing their early childhood intervention programmes.

The next and last series will focus on Southern countries: Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Malta, Portugal and Spain. Stay tuned!