While children in general are usually seen as a societal priority, many children are disadvantaged by marginalization, with adverse effects on health and development. Following feasibility studies, the European Commission has now adopted a formal Child Guarantee of service access. This paper links the Feasibility Studies to other reports on the need to address marginalized and institutionalized children. The problems in identifying and quantifying such children are outlined, as are the challenges of planning for these groups of children and the difficulty of finding universal definitions and data. This European Union initiative is timely, given that around a quarter of European children are marginalized, while the effects of Covid-19 will add to this marginalization.

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对欧盟边缘化儿童的承诺：欧盟儿童保障的希望和挑战

虽然儿童通常被视为社会优先事项，但许多儿童因边缘化而处于不利地位，对健康和发展产生不利影响。经过可行性研究，欧盟委员会现已通过了一项正式的儿童服务获取保障。本文将可行性研究与其他关于需要解决边缘化和机构化儿童问题的报告联系起来。概述了识别和量化此类儿童的问题，以及为这些儿童群体进行规划的挑战以及寻找通用定义和数据的困难。鉴于大约四分之一的欧洲儿童被边缘化，这一欧盟倡议是及时的，而 Covid-19 的影响将加剧这种边缘化。