Description
The main objective of the research (carried out between January and May 2023) was to update and expand the child protection mapping conducted by FRA collected through FRANET in 2014 and published in 2015. The update covered in detail the scope, budgets, legislation and policies, horizontal and vertical structures, national, regional, and local actors, care and services, complaint, monitoring, and reporting mechanisms, and other functions incl. transnational and cross-border measures of the child protection systems in place in the 27 EU Members States, in reference to the diverse needs of all and particularly vulnerable groups of children addressed, and evolving needs since 2014. The research furthermore identified legislative and policy gaps and challenges on implementation, provided information on inter-agency cooperation at national level, provided information on EU level cooperation between national child protection systems, and identified promising practices in all regards towards integrated child protection systems.
The Belgian national report submitted to the FRA contributed to the Agency's report: Mapping Child Protection Systems in the EU – Update 2023.
