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Preparedness Education in Europe - 2025

26 February 2026

In response to the increasing frequency of climate-related incidents, cyber threats, and geopolitical instability in Europe, the European Union has developed a Preparedness Union Strategy, aiming to support Member States’ capacity to respond effectively, which is both a national and a shared European duty. The strategy comprises actions to bolster Europe's capacity against geopolitical tensions...

Key data on early childhood education and care in Europe - 2025

24 January 2025

Early childhood education and care (ECEC) is a basic right for all children and a foundation for lifelong learning. It plays a critical role in reducing inequalities and enhancing women’s participation in the workforce. This third edition of Key data on early childhood education and care in Europe aims to help build accessible, inclusive and...

Structural indicators for monitoring education and training systems in Europe - 2023: Early childhood education and care

30 November 2023

This report explores a few main aspects of the situation in Europe regarding the right to affordable early childhood education and care (ECEC) of good quality for all children. It reveals large variations between European countries regarding the public commitment to provide a place in ECEC, the requirements for staff and educational guidelines. The report...

Structural indicators for monitoring education and training systems in Europe - 2022

18 November 2022

This year’s edition analyses more than 20 key structural indicators on education policies in early childhood education and care, achievement in basic skills, early leaving from education and training and higher education. It provides a short overview of major reforms since the 2014/15 school/academic year in these policy areas. The report includes for the first...

Structural Indicators for Monitoring Education and Training Systems in Europe - 2021

15 October 2021

This year’s edition analyses more than 20 key structural indicators on education policies in four areas: early childhood education and care, achievement in basic skills, early leaving from education and training and higher education. It additionally provides a short overview of major reforms since the start of the 2014/15 school/academic year in these policy areas...

Structural Indicators for Monitoring Education and Training Systems in Europe – 2019: Overview of major reforms since 2015

18 October 2019

This report contains more than 35 updated structural indicators on education policies for the 2018/19 school/academic year in six policy areas: early childhood education and care (ECEC), achievement in basic skills, early leaving from education and training (ELET), higher education, graduate employability and learning mobility. It additionally provides a short overview of the major reforms...

Eurydice Brief: Key Data on Early Childhood Education and Care in Europe

01 October 2019

Full version BG BS CNR CS DE EL EN FR MK SK SL SV TR This Eurydice Brief highlights some of the main findings of the second edition of Eurydice report on ' Key Data on Early Childhood Education and Care in Europe'. After a short introduction of the European policy context on early childhood...

Key Data on Early Childhood Education and Care in Europe – 2019 Edition

24 June 2019

Full version DE EN ES FR HR IT LT LV PL PT RO SLA SR TR Epub DE EN FR Eurydice Brief BG BS CNR CS DE EL EN FR MK SK SL SV TR European Commission Press release Early childhood education and care (ECEC) – the phase before primary education – is increasingly acknowledged...

Structural Indicators for Monitoring Education and Training Systems in Europe – 2017

19 December 2018

This document contains data tables with more than 35 structural indicators on education policies in six areas: early childhood education and care (ECEC), achievement in basic skills, early leaving from education and training (ELET), higher education, graduate employability and learning mobility. It is an update of the report Structural indicators for Monitoring Education and Training...

Structural Indicators for Monitoring Education and Training Systems in Europe – 2018

19 December 2018

This document contains more than 30 structural indicators on education policies in five areas: early childhood education and care (ECEC), achievement in basic skills, early leaving from education and training (ELET), higher education and graduate employability. It is an update of the report Structural indicators for Monitoring Education and Training Systems in Europe 2016. The...