Hope and Homes for Children’s Recommendations to the Danish Presidency of the Council of the EU

1 Jul 2025

Date : 1 July 2025
Author : Irina Papancheva
Title : Hope and Homes for Children’s Recommendations to the Danish Presidency of the Council of the EU

🇩🇰 Today (1st July) marks the start of the Danish Presidency of the Council of the EU!

We warmly welcome its commitment to children’s rights—especially its focus on children in care and foster families, and on ensuring the quality of placements. 💙

At Hope and Homes for Children, we believe this is a key opportunity to accelerate care reform across Europe and beyond. That’s why we’ve shared a set of clear, actionable recommendations with the Presidency—so no child has to grow up in an institution.

HHC Recommendations to Danish Presidency Download

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