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Barcelona targets : where do we stand?. Main findings of the European Commission report Muriel Bissières, Gender Equality Unit, DG Justice 29 April 2013, Dublin. Barcelona targets : where do we stand?. Context / why achieving the Barcelona targets? State of play
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Barcelona targets : where do we stand? Main findings of the European Commission report Muriel Bissières, Gender Equality Unit, DG Justice 29 April 2013, Dublin
Barcelona targets : where do we stand? • Context / why achieving the Barcelona targets? • State of play • EU action to support the achievement of the Barcelona targets
2002 European council in Barcelona Provide childcare for 33% of children up to 3 and 90% of children from 3 to compulsory school age by 2010 • European pact for gender equality 2011-2020 renewed commitment
Why achieving the Barcelona targets? To reach EU2020 goals • Employment • Poverty • School drop out To reach gender equality
Relation between the employment rates of women 20-49 with youngest child below 6 years old and share of children in formal childcare (2010) Source: EU-SILC and Labour Force Survey
Relation between the gender pay gap and share of children in formal childcare (2008) Source: OECD Family Database 2012; OECD Database on Earnings Distribution.
Proportion of children up to 3 years cared for by formal arrangements 2010
Proportion of children from 3 years to mandatory school age cared for by formal arrangements 2010
Around one quarter of women working part-time or inactive due to care responsibilities (15-64 y) declare they can’t work more because of unsuitable childcare facilities
Barriers preventing parents from using childcare services Figure refers to EU-27 (without DK and SE) women 15-64 not working or working part-time for reasons linked with childcare. Source: EU-LFS 2010 AHM
Components of net childcare costs in 2008 for dual-earner couple family Source: OECD (2011), Doing Better for Families, Figure 4.A2.1 A. Notes: *Where the partner earns the average wage and the female partner earns 50% of the average wage.
Formal care use by income quintiles, households with a child <3 year, 2010
Working conditions in the sector remain fragile • Many unqualified people are still working in the area • In most countries high turnover because of part-time or atypical hours is common • The sector is characterized by a predominantly female workforce
Parents need to combine different solutions % of children in informal care 2010
Reconciliation between work and private life, a global approach : ♀ ♂
LEGISLATION • Revised parental leave directive • Maternityleave directive • Working time directive • FUNDS • Use of the Structural Funds to develop childcare facilities
SOFT LAW • Member States' performances on childcare / monitoring the Barcelona targets. • Country-specific recommendations on work-life balance policies
OTHER ACTIONS • Study on the role of men, out-of school care services, elderly care • Production of statistical report on reconcilingwork and private life • Exchange of good practices on flexible working time arrangements and on childcare
OTHER ACTIONS • European qualityframework for ECEC • Evaluation of legislation, policy and practice on child participation