This report provides a current analysis of Member States’ progress towards meeting the ‘Barcelona targets’. It initially examines the progress towards reaching the Barcelona targets by comparing and then extending the results presented in 2008. However, it also extends the previous 2008...

Introductory.--The changing mathematics of child welfare.--The changing social background.--The changing family background.--Changes with some general problems of child welfare.--A decade of dealing with special groups.--By way of perspective