Visegrád workshop 2009

The evolution of day care provision for children under 4 in Visegrad countries
11-12 November 2009, Budapest
Institute of Sociology, Budapest, I. Úri utca 49., 1st floor, Library room

11 November, Wednesday
chair:  Judit Takács

14.00-14.10  welcome and introduction by Ágota Scharle
14.10-14.50  Éva Fodor - Gender and welfare in Hungary and Poland: A comparison of family policy regimes
        Abstract        Presentation
14.50-15.30  Dorottya Szikra - Hungarian and Polish family policy poilcies in a historical perspective
        Abstract        Presentation
16.00-16.45  Hana Hašková - The decline in daycare services for children under three in the Czech Republic
        Abstract        Presentation
16.45-18.00  panel discussion moderated by Blanka Plasová

12 November, Thursday
chair:  Márta Korintus

09.30-10.10  Vera Kucharova - Supply and demand for child daycare facilities and its determinants in the Czech Republic
        Abstract        Presentation
10.10-10.50  Andrea Gyarmati - Political influences on Hungarian family policy since transition years
        Abstract        Presentation
11.10-12.00  panel discussion moderated by Márta Korintus
13.30-14.10  Blanka Plasová and Jana Válková - What is the direction of Czech childcare policy?
        Abstract        Presentation        Paper
14.10-15.00  panel discussion moderated by Ágota Scharle

For further detail, please visit the project page or download the e-book, which contains some of the papers presented at the workshop.

Government is merely a means to an end, viz. the happiness of the whole community and the individuals composing it. (James Mill, 1820)