On 12 June 2012, the European Alliance for Child Safety EuroSafe will publish the National Child Safety Reports for more than 30 European countries. The release of the National Reports is supported by Malcolm Harbour, Member of the European Parliament from Strasbourg, chair of the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection, and John Dalli, European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Policy.
The publication of the reports is being prepared simultaneously in the participating countries. The National Child Safety Reports and Country Profiles will be available for Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Scotland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and Wales. For 4 countries (Bulgaria, Croatia, Slovakia and Romania), the National Report in 2012 will be the first, for 14 countries it will be their third, and for 15 countries it will be their second. This means that in 2012, we will be able to compare progress in 29 countries.
The 2012 National Reports and Profiles describe:
- how well the country is doing in terms of child safety,
- what gaps exist in work on unintentional injuries that need to be addressed,
- which best practices should be adopted to prevent injury and save more children's lives.
The National Reports assess the scope of child safety measures by auditing, classifying the uptake, implementation, and enforcement of evidence-based national policies focused on unintentional injuries. The 30+ country summary report card provides a multi-country overview to facilitate planning at the European level, in order to support national-level efforts, including a new section on inequalities and child safety. The National Reports are part of benchmarking and monitoring activities on child injuries within the EU-funded TACTICS project. The National Child Safety Reports were awarded the European Health Prize at the 2011 European Health Forum Gastein.
9 safety areas concerning children and adolescents: Passenger safety, Motor scooter and moped safety, Pedestrian safety, Cyclist safety, Water safety / drowning prevention, Fall prevention, Burn prevention, Poisoning prevention, Suffocation prevention
3 strategy areas to support efforts in child safety: Leadership, Infrastructure, Competencies.
For more information on 12 June 2012, visit: www.childsafetyeurope.org
TACTICS funding and partnership: The coordinator of the TACTICS project is the European Child Safety Alliance. Project partners are: European Commission, RoSPA, Maastricht University, Nordic School of Public Health, Dublin City University, Swansea University, European Public Health Alliance and Association, Schools for Health in Europe, European Transport Safety Council, UNICEF, World Health Organization (WHO), and the national partner organizations in each participating country (the full list of participating organizations is available at www.childsafetyeurope.org). The Slovak Republic is represented in the project by the Public Health Office of the Slovak Republic.