| Seven sessions have been held on the following topics: |
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| 5 December 2006 |
'The Toxic Childhood Syndrome and the Quality of Childhood' with Christopher Clouder (UK) and professor Hans van Crombrugge (Belgium) |
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| 9 January 2007 |
'Really Improving the Education in the European Union requires Systemic Changes' with professor Luc Stevens (Netherlands) and professor Ferre Laevers (Belgium) |
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| 6 March 2007 |
'The Quality of Child-Adult Relationships in Families and School' with Jesper Juul (Denmark) |
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| 15 May 2007 |
'The Child: his / her Networks and Neighbourhood' with René Diekstra (Netherlands) |
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| 20 September 2007 |
'How can we improve in the European Union the Early Childhood Educational Systems?'
with John Bennett, the main author of the OECD Studies ‘Starting Strong I’ and ‘Starting Strong II’ |
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| 6 November 2007 |
'How to let children and adolescents acquire key competences for the world of the 21st century?' with the Austrian psychologist Martina Leibovici-Mühlberger and the early childhood expert Geseke Lundgren from Sweden. |
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| 8 January 2008 |
'Attachment, what it is, why it is important and what we can do about it to help young children acquire a secure attachment?' with Sir Richard Bowlby from the UK |
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| Next sessions: |
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| 4 March 2008 |
'A vision regarding children and the quality of childhood' by Michiel Matthes |
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| 14 May 2008 |
Presentation of the report of the Fundación Marcelino Botín / Banco Santander on Social-Emotional Learning by Mr Christopher Clouder and Dr. René Diekstra |
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| 1 July 2008 |
Theme and speaker to be decided upon |
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| 16 September 2008 |
Dr. Diekstra about the core curriculum in the Netherlands regarding development and raising children |
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| 12 November 2008 |
What measures can we take to improve the quality of childhood? Professor Boris Cyrulnik from France∑ |
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ECSWE in Brussels
Brussels, ECSWE together with the Austrian MEP Karin Resetarits, has founded a working group on Quality of Childhood in the European Parliament. This group has been meeting every 2 months to discuss issues related to its remit, starting on the 5th of December 2006 with the Toxic Childhood Syndrome that has been so prominent in the UK media of late. Two University representatives from Spain and the Netherlans and six other NGOs from Denmark, Italy, Germany, Netherlands and Belgium have joined ECSWE to support this initiative on a new platform called the Alliance for Childhood- European Network Group.