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Eurydice

EACEA National Policies Platform:Eurydice

Austria

National Information

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Objectives and accessibility

Family daycare providers, also known as childminders (Tagesmütter/Tagesväter) mainly look after children in private households before they enter a crèche or kindergarten, but they also provide afternoon childcare for schoolchildren. Childminders can also provide care in companies.

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Place guarantee to ECEC

For children under the age of 5 years, there is no legal entitlement to a place in an ECEC service and no legal obligation to attend an ECEC service.