Adoption: 04/03/2026
Child Wellbeing and Child Benefits - mapping child benefit systems across EU Member States
SEDEC-VIII/015
THE EUROPEAN COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS (CoR)
- calls on the European Commission to allocate at least EUR 20 billion in the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) to support the implementation of the European Child Guarantee, with a specific focus on capacity-building for local and regional authorities;
- calls on the European Commission, in close cooperation with the European Parliament and the Committee of the Regions, to strengthen the governance of the European Child Guarantee by assigning a dedicated coordination mandate at political level to a Commissioner or Executive Vice-President, with clear responsibility for overseeing its implementation and ensuring cross-sectoral coordination across relevant policy areas;
- calls on the European Commission to introduce a ‘child marker’ in EU and national budgets in order to improve transparency, tracking and monitoring of expenditure related to children and strengthen accountability for public commitments to child wellbeing;
- calls on the European Commission to ensure that the forthcoming EU Anti-Poverty Strategy places children at its core by establishing the European Child Guarantee as one of its central pillars, setting clear and measurable targets for the reduction of child poverty, and ensuring coordinated action across relevant policy areas.
- calls on the European Commission to embed a comprehensive child-rights approach within the European Semester by systematically assessing the implementation of the European Child Guarantee — including national action plans, the adequacy of funding and targeted outcomes — and by integrating these elements, in line with the Social Convergence Framework, into the Country-Specific Recommendations addressed to Member States.
- calls on the European Commission to allocate at least EUR 20 billion in the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) to support the implementation of the European Child Guarantee, with a specific focus on capacity-building for local and regional authorities;
- calls on the European Commission, in close cooperation with the European Parliament and the Committee of the Regions, to strengthen the governance of the European Child Guarantee by assigning a dedicated coordination mandate at political level to a Commissioner or Executive Vice-President, with clear responsibility for overseeing its implementation and ensuring cross-sectoral coordination across relevant policy areas;
- calls on the European Commission to introduce a ‘child marker’ in EU and national budgets in order to improve transparency, tracking and monitoring of expenditure related to children and strengthen accountability for public commitments to child wellbeing;
- calls on the European Commission to ensure that the forthcoming EU Anti-Poverty Strategy places children at its core by establishing the European Child Guarantee as one of its central pillars, setting clear and measurable targets for the reduction of child poverty, and ensuring coordinated action across relevant policy areas.
- calls on the European Commission to embed a comprehensive child-rights approach within the European Semester by systematically assessing the implementation of the European Child Guarantee — including national action plans, the adequacy of funding and targeted outcomes — and by integrating these elements, in line with the Social Convergence Framework, into the Country-Specific Recommendations addressed to Member States.