摘要:Based on the results of Sustainable Child Care Services,a research project in two stages in 2006 and 2007,the text of this contribution deals with the out-of-school care for children in Europe. The second phase of the project,Out-of-school Care for Children Living in Disadvantaged Areas in Europe,was focused on the analysis of the services offered to children aged 5 to 12 in disadvantaged areas of selected EU member states.