The peer reviews bring together representatives from national child welfare agencies, directors of childrenâs services at local level, national government and third sector services to analyse the organisation of childrenâs services in their countries:
- The first peer review took place in Dublin in May 2013 and looked at the organisation of childrenâs services in Ireland, France, Sweden and Bulgaria.
- The second peer review took place in Barcelona in June 2014 and looked at childrenâs services in Catalonia in Spain, Scotland in the UK, Germany, Poland and the Netherlands.
- A third peer review will take place in 2015 to look at five more countries: Belgium, Hungary, Italy, Portugal and Romania.
At the third peer review of our project âInvesting in Children Services, Improving Outcomesâ, we are looking at the organisation of children services in five more countries, Hungary, Portugal, Italy, Romania and Belgium, with a view to identify gaps and present recommendations as to how services may be developed in line with the European Commissionâs Recommendation on âInvesting in Childrenâ.
The event will be organised in close cooperation the General Directorate of Social Affairs and Child Protection in Hungary, which is an ESN member and brings together delegations with representatives from national, regional and local government, public and not-for-profit childrenâs services from Hungary, Portugal, Italy, Romania and Belgium.