{"id":1373,"date":"2018-05-29T09:44:52","date_gmt":"2018-05-29T07:44:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/?post_type=article&#038;p=1373"},"modified":"2018-05-29T09:46:27","modified_gmt":"2018-05-29T07:46:27","slug":"ninvestu-fit-tfal","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/article\/ninvestu-fit-tfal\/","title":{"rendered":"Investing in children"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1362\" src=\"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/pan-xiaozhen-423533-unsplash-min.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4710\" height=\"3322\" srcset=\"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/pan-xiaozhen-423533-unsplash-min.jpg 4710w, http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/pan-xiaozhen-423533-unsplash-min-300x212.jpg 300w, http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/pan-xiaozhen-423533-unsplash-min-768x542.jpg 768w, http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/pan-xiaozhen-423533-unsplash-min-1024x722.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4710px) 100vw, 4710px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Measuring and monitoring socio-economic developments and challenges for children and their families\u00a0is crucial for safeguarding this aspect of society and to share best\u00a0practices.<span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/social\/main.jsp?catId=1246&amp;langId=en\">European Platform for Investing in Children<\/a>\u00a0(EPIC) is an evidence-based online platform that provides information about policies that can help children and their families face the challenges that exist in the current economic climate in Europe.<span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Recently, EPIC released updated versions of the country profiles included in its platform.\u00a0The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/social\/main.jsp?catId=1248&amp;langId=en\">latest country profiles<\/a>\u00a0available on\u00a0EPIC\u00a0provide an up-to-date overview of current policies for children and their families in all EU countries.\u00a0<span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The profiles outline the latest national socio-economic developments and challenges for children and their families.\u00a0Furthermore, the profiles\u00a0are structured along the three policy pillars of the European Commission Recommendation of February 2013 on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/eur-lex.europa.eu\/legal-content\/EN\/TXT\/?uri=CELEX:32013H0112\">Investing in Children:\u00a0Breaking the cycle of disadvantage<\/a>.<span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>According to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/social\/main.jsp?catId=1248&amp;langId=en&amp;intPageId=3650\">Malta\u2019s profile<\/a>, the country has \u201cconsolidated its efforts towards empowering children and investing in their wellbeing as underlined in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mfin.gov.mt\/en\/Library\/Documents\/NRP\/NRP%202018.pdf\">Malta\u2019s National Reform Programme<\/a>,\u00a0the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/family.gov.mt\/en\/Documents\/National%20Children%27s%20Policy%202017.pdf\">National Children\u2019s Policy<\/a>\u00a0launched in 2017 and the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/family.gov.mt\/en\/Documents\/Poverty%20Booklet.pdf\">National Strategic Policy for Poverty Reduction and for Social Inclusion 2014\u20132024<\/a>\u201d.<span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>For more information on this news item, please click\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/social\/main.jsp?langId=en&amp;catId=89&amp;newsId=9091&amp;furtherNews=yes\">here<\/a>.<span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; 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