Current situation in relation to child poverty and child well-being: EU policy context, key challenges ahead and ways forward

This paper was prepared at the request of the Cypriot Presidency of the Council of the European Union(EU)in the second half of 2012 and is supported by the 2007-2013 European Union Programme for Employment and Social Solidarity (PROGRESS). It is an independent report intended as a resource document which should provide background information and stimulate discussion at the EU Conference on Investing in Children: Preventing and Tackling Child Poverty and Social Exclusion, Promoting Children's Well-Being (Nicosia, 18-19 October 2012).