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Read the report as a whole — it covers screen time, social media use and self-reported mental and physical health symptoms (Action 1), and the role of age of first social media use, online content and parents (Action 2). Country-level results allow national benchmarking.

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Proposal for EU KIDS Act - 'EU Keeping Internet Digital Spaces Accountable and Trustworthy' - Shaping Europe’s digital future (European Commission, 2026)

Source: European Commission
Topic: Digital determinants
Typology: EU policy framework
Language: EN

Relevant actions: Scope: EU

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align national action with current EU priorities.

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The accompanying Communication ('An EU approach to online child safety') giveS the most accessible overview; the proposal itself sets out the age rules and safety-by-design obligations, and the Staff Working Document analyses expected impacts.

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Monitoring Children’s Development through Primary Health Care in Europe and Central Asia [2.3]

Topic: Early Detection
Typology: Tools & Frameworks
Language: EN

Relevant actions: Action 1-4

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understand and define specific roles of primary health care providers in using standardised developmental monitoring instruments, initiating referrals, and linking families to early childhood intervention services

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Chapter 1 outlines the importance of developmental monitoring and the key role of the health sector, to support evidence building and identification of policy objectives. Chapter 3.1 identifies practices across countries in Europe and Central Asia, to allow identification of best practices. Chapter 3.2 - 3.6 outlines recommendations for practical implementation including selection of monitoring tools, financing and workforce as well as governance and evaluation.

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An Overview of Country Policy and Systems for Early Childhood Development in Europe [3.2]

Topic: ECD
Typology: Studies
Language: EN

Relevant actions: Actions 1-4

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benchmark systems based on current ECD policies, systems and data metrics across Europe

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Allows benchmarking against the existing landscape of ECD systems

Quality Standards for ECI Service Provision [3.2]

Quality Standards for Early Childhood Intervention Service Provision

Topic: Early Intervention
Typology: Tools & Frameworks
Language: EN

Relevant actions: Action 2

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support monitoring of service quality for early childhood intervention and parenting support

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The last two steps outlined with USA as an example (p.13-16) are, implementation (Step 4) and ensuring sustainability (Step 5) of the desired changes. This includes adequate financing and training, and continuous outcome-based evaluations to adapt the implementation plan

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PEDS [2.2]

PEDS (Parent Evaluation of Developmental Status)

Topic: Developmental monitoring and early detection
Typology: Tools & Frameworks
Language: EN

Relevant actions: Action 3

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a validated, parent‑centred method for early identification of developmental and behavioural concerns in children from birth to age 8, supporting timely referral and intervention.

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A validated, parent‑centred method for early identification of developmental and behavioural concerns in children from birth to age 8, supporting timely referral and intervention.

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Scotland’s Child Health Programme [2.3]

Topic: Early Detection
Typology: Best practices
Language: EN

Relevant actions: Action 1-3

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see how clear referral pathways, named coordinating professionals and national guidance support continuity across services and feed into interoperable data and surveillance systems.

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Review of the Child Health System (CHS) devliery mechanism of the Child Health Programme

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UNICEF Parenting Framework [1.2]

Parenting Support Framework for the Early Years

Topic: Parental support
Typology: Best practices
Language: EN

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provides a practical systems framework for designing, strengthening and scaling parenting support programmes

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Framework for multi-sectoral support for parents

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Nurturing Care Framework [2.1]

The Nurturing Care Framework for Early Childhood Development

Topic: ECD
Typology: Tools & Frameworks
Language: EN

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identify entry points for core aspects of early childhood development

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Chapter one includes the aims of the WHO and UNICEF framework to support ECD policies, which can be used to support creation of policy entry points

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Understanding and Supporting Mental Health in Infancy and Early Childhood - a Toolkit to Support Local Action in the UK. [1.1]

Topic: ECD
Typology: Tools & Frameworks
Language: EN

Relevant actions: Action 1

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understand the importance of early childhood mental health to facilitate healthy emotional development and lifelong health and economic prosperity

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-Part 1 makes the case for the importance of early childhood mental health in order to facilitate healthy emotional development and lifelong health and economic prosperity

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Monitoring Children’s Development through Primary Health Care in Europe and Central Asia [3.2]

Topic: Early Detection
Typology: Tools & Frameworks
Language: EN

Relevant actions: Action 1

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identify indicators related to developmental monitoring coverage, referral outcomes and follow-up

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Policy Brief: The opportunity to better secure Europe's health and economic future through coherent policy on Early Childhood Development [Context]

Topic: ECD
Typology: Studies
Language: EN

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outlines key gaps in current ECD policy and practice with recommendations and examples of good practice

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Provides a current overview of the ECD policy context and highlights key areas for action

ECD toolbox [2.3]

Topic: ECD
Typology: Tools & Frameworks
Language: EN

Relevant actions: Action 2

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understand how to achieve policy objectives and strengthen ECD systems, including coordination across sectors and stakeholder engagement

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It includes tools for achieving specific policy objectives. For example, detailed processes are outlined for objectives related to strengthening local governments (p.17-35), the early childhood services (p.77-85), and meeting the needs of specific groups at risk of worse ECD outcomes (p.107-138)

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Guide for Monitoring Child Development (GMCD) [2.2]

Topic: Developmental monitoring and early detection
Typology: Tools & Frameworks
Language: EN

Relevant actions: Action 3

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a unique package for monitoring and supporting early childhood development that can be used by trained providers to assess the development of children from birth to 3.5 years of age and deliver individualised support

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A unique package for monitoring and supporting early childhood development that can be used by trained providers to assess the development of children from birth to 3.5 years of age and deliver individualised support

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Scotland’s Child Health Programme [3.2]

Topic: Early Detection
Typology: Best practices
Language: EN

Relevant actions: Action 4

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understand how child health monitoring and information systems can be coordinated to monitor ECD outcomes and disaggregated by socioeconomic factors

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- Repository of monitoring forms from the CHP programme.

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Parenting Support Framework for the Early Years [1.3]

Topic: Parental support
Typology: Best practices
Language: EN

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Define parenting support as a core objective of ECD systems

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Framework for multi-sectoral support for parents

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Nurturing Care Framework for ECD [2.3]

Topic: ECD
Typology: Tools & Frameworks
Language: EN

Relevant actions: Action 1

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identify key stakeholders for ECD

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Page 43 highlights key stakeholders for ECD

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Rating early child development outcome measurement tools for routine health programme use. [3.2]

Topic: ECD
Typology: Tools & Frameworks
Language: EN

Relevant actions: Action 2

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review accuracy and feasibility of a range of ECD outcome measurement tools

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-The results include a heat map of accuracy and feasibility ratings for each measurement tool as well as an overview of each tool assessed

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Connecting the Brain to the Rest of the Body: Early Childhood Development and Lifelong Health Are Deeply Intertwined [1.1]

Topic: ECD
Typology: Studies
Language: EN

Relevant actions: Action 2

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understand the implications of early adversities to lifelong health and rational for investments into early years

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Pages 5-13 outline the evidence that early childhood experiences have a lifelong impact on health and wellbeing. Page 14-17 highlight key areas for policy intervention, such as parenting support and recommendations for primary health care.

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A Healthy Start for a Healthy Life: A Strategy for Child and Adolescent Health and Well-being in the WHO European Region 2026–2030. [1.2]

Topic: ECD
Typology: Tools & Frameworks
Language: EN

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identifies priority areas for child health and well-being, with comprehensive, multisectoral actions focused on health equity

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Identifies key priority areas with concrete actions for supportingchild health and wellbeing

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Early Childhood Development Toolbox [3.2]

Topic: ECD
Typology: Tools & Frameworks
Language: EN

Relevant actions: Action 3

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develop practical indicators, shared data platforms and participatory monitoring approaches

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Tools to develop practical indicators, shared data platforms and participatory monitoring approaches

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The effects of home visiting programmes on key dimensions of the well-being of children and families in high-and middle-income countries. A synthesis of evidence. [2.2]

Topic: Parenting support, ECD
Typology: Studies
Language: EN

Relevant actions: Action 10

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inform advocacy and policy design to enhance the health and development of young children, with a specific focus on home visiting services

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Inform advocacy and policy design to enhance the health and development of young children, with a specific focus on home visiting services

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Recommended Practices in Early Childhood Intervention [1.1]

Recommended Practices in Early Childhood Intervention. A Guidebook for professionals

Topic: Early Intervention
Typology: Tools & Frameworks
Language: EN

Relevant actions: Action 1

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understand evidence-based practice in early childhood intervention and frame ECI as a children’s rights issue

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- Description and definition of ECI (pgs. 31-32), its relevance to and the science towards children's development (pgs. 33-48) and understanding it as a rights issue (pgs. 48- 50) - Description of ECI's goals and practice (pgs. 50-51)

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Missed Opportunities: the impact of COVID-19 on ECD [2.1]

Missed opportunities: The unknown impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on early childhood development in the WHO European region

Topic: Early Detection
Typology: Studies
Language: EN

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benchmark early detection systems across Europe and identify different types of data collected in surveillance systems that can shape a policy response

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Highlights how disruptions to health services can lead to widespread missed opportunities for early detection, strengthening the case for resilient system design and the need for intervention

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Nurturing Care Framework [3.1]

Topic: ECD
Typology: Tools & Frameworks
Language: EN

Relevant actions: Action 2

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see how to embed new initiatives within routine services that families already use, while ensuring alignment with education and social protection systems

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Chapter 5 sets out areas for policy intervention across the health, education and social care sectors.

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Early Childhood Development: sub-report of Children's Realities in Europe: Progress and Gaps. [2.3]

Topic: ECD
Typology: Best practices
Language: EN

Relevant actions: Action 1-3

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identify recommendations for ECD policy based on evidence from across Europe

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-Pages 8-9 set out key recommendations and summary of findings from across European countries

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Family-centred services for early childhood intervention: Highlighting initiatives in Croatia and Serbia [2.2]

Family-centered services for early childhood intervention: Highlighting initiatives in Croatia and Serbia

Topic: Early Intervention
Typology: Best practices
Language: EN

Relevant actions: Action 5

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use examples of how family‑centred ECI principles can be operationalised within public systems

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Pages 3-7 outline best practice examples for using situation analyses to identify evidence, and for improving design and delivery of ECI services

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Ireland's First 5 Annual Implementation Reports (Reporting Progress) [3.1]

Topic: ECD
Typology: Best practices
Language: EN

Relevant actions: Action 1-3

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understand how countries can monitor implementation of a national ECD strategy

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An example of monitoring and evaluation of national ECD policies, with implementation and accountability mechanisms

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Parent Support Workforce Needs Assessment Tool [1.3]

Parenting Support Workforce Needs Assessment Tool

Topic: Parental support
Typology: Tools & Frameworks
Language: EN

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it provides evidence to support workforce planning decisions critical for scaling parenting support services and ensuring quality and consistency.

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It provides evidence for the need for responsive parenting in the early years (p.10), and how disadvantage affects parents ability to provide nurturing care (Annex I)

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Policy brief: The effects of home visiting programmes on key dimensions of the well-being of children and families in high and middle-income countries. Evidence for policy and programme design [2.2]

Topic: Parenting support, ECD
Typology: Studies
Language: EN

Relevant actions: Action 10

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advocacy and policy guidance for promoting home visiting for young children and families as a key strategy to improve health and development in early childhood.

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Advocacy and policy guidance for promoting home visiting for young children and families as a key strategy to improve health and development in early childhood.

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