Despite some similarities, the Finish and Spanish ECEC are substantially differently conceived, organized, financed and linked to other substantial pillars of the Welfare Systems: Whereas Finish families count with the support from their institutions to organize child care according to their needs and priorities, many Spanish families have to rely in other sources such as self financing and/or extended family until children are age 3.

1. September 29th, 2014
Early Childhood Education and Care
in Finland and Spain
Daniel Gabaldón-Estevan
Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, University of Valencia (ES)

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Introduction
Facts about ECEC in Finland and Spain based on
Eurydice, OECD, and MECyD
• Context
• Organisation
• Participation
• Funding
• Staff
• Teaching Processes
• Support Measures for Disadvantage Children
Index

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Facts about ECEC in Finland and Spain based
on Eurydice and OECD
http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/education/eurydice/do
cuments/key_data_series/166EN.pdf

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Overview

5. EU-28 Finland Spain
Context
Proportion of the population in the 0-5 age group, 2013 6.3 6.7 6.3
Fertility rate 2012 1.58 1.8 1.32
Projections for the change in the population of the 0-5
age group, 2013-2030
-7.6 0.7 -16.6
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Percentage of children aged 0-5 at risk of poverty or
social exclusion, 2012
25.9 15.4 27.4
Percentage of jobless households among households
with children aged 0-5, 2012
11.2 5.9 12.9
Percentage of children aged 0-5 with foreign citizenship,
1/1/2013
-- 3.6 11.8
Percentage of children aged 0-5 born abroad, 1/1/2013 -- 1.5 1.8

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Context
Source: MECyD, 2014

7. EU-28 Finland Spain
Percentage single-parent households with children aged
0-5, 2012
10.5 3.1 5.1
Percentage of other type of households with children
aged 0-5, 2012
11.4 3.1 14.1
Percentage of two-parent households with children aged
0-5, 2012
78.1 93.8 80.8
Length of adequately compensated post-natal maternity
leave (in weeks), 2013
-- 13 16
Length of adequately compensated post-natal paternity
leave (in weeks), 2013
-- 9 2
Length of adequately compensated post-natal parental
leave (in weeks), 2013
-- 26 0
Legal entitlement starting age, 2012/13 3/4 3
Legal entitlement weekly hours, 2012/13 40 25
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Context

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Organisation

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Organisation

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Organisation

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Organisation

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Organisation

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Organisation

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Participation

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Participation

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Participation

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Participation

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Participation

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Participation

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Participation

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Participation

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Participation

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Participation

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Funding

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Funding
Source: MECyD, 2014

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Funding

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Funding

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Funding

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Funding

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Funding

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Staff

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Staff

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Staff

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Staff

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Staff

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Staff
Source: OECD, 2014

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Staff
Source: OECD, 2014

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Staff
Source: OECD, 2014

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Staff
Source: MECyD, 2014

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Staff

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Staff

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Staff

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Teaching Processes

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Teaching Processes

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Teaching Processes

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Teaching Processes

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Support Measures for Disadvantage Children

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Support Measures for Disadvantage Children
Source: MECyD, 2014

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Thank you for your attention,
comments and suggestions
Conclusions
Despite some similarities, the Finish and Spanish ECEC
are substantially differently conceived, organized,
financed and linked to other substantial pillars of the
Welfare Systems:
Whereas Finish families count with the support from
their institutions to organize child care according to their
needs and priorities, many Spanish families have to rely
in other sources such as self financing and/or extended
family until children are age 3.
Daniel Gabaldón-Estevan - University of Valencia- Valencia (ES)
Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, Faculty of Social Sciences
Email: Daniel.Gabaldon@uv.es
Web: http://www.uv.es/dagaes