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Mapping Child Protection Systems in the EU – Update 2023

Children’s rights exist to ensure the safety and wellbeing of every child. Improved child protection systems ensure that these rights are met. In recent years, the EU has taken significant steps to improve child protection systems. This mapping of child protection systems gives an overview of the state of such systems at national level and developments since 2015. It promotes the improvement of integrated child protection systems. It is an update of FRA’s mapping of child protection systems in 2015, based on data collected in 2023 in the 27 EU Member States. By publishing this, FRA aims to support securing the sustainable well-being, safety and rights of all children living in the EU.

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Introduction
1. Child protection systems
- 1.1 Towards integrated child protection systems in the European Union
2. National legislative and regulatory framework, including child protection policies
- 2.1. National legal frameworks
  - Key findings
- 2.2. National policy frameworks
  - Key findings
3. National authorities responsible for child protection and service providers
4. Human and financial resources, focusing on qualification and training of personnel
5. Identification and reporting procedures for children in need of protection and procedures for placing children
6. Accountability and monitoring systems, focusing on monitoring and development of common quality indicators
7. Children in migration
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