| Frames | Gender inequality - F1 | Decreasing economic competitiveness and welfare state reform - F2 | Demography (fertility, greying population) - F3 |
| Normative dimension (values, moral beliefs) -What sort of values underlie one's perception of social reality? | Human rights, equality among people regardless of gender, right to personal growth and self-improvement, equal rights and responsibilities within the family, sharing | Economic efficiency and growth, material wellbeing, efficient collective provision of welfare. | Social reproduction and cohesion, economic efficiency |
| Constitutive dimension (need for public intervention) - What is the problem? | Women are oppressed, genders are unequal, unpaid work is not considered valuable and is hardly ever equally shared between the sexes | Economic growth is slow, the relative (global) competitive position of Europe is not strong enough. The Welfare state needs restructuring in direction of greater efficiency. | Demographic crisis (low number of births, greying population, pension gap, shrinking labour force) |
| Cognitive dimension (narrative about the phenomenon and cause effect relations) - what has led to the problem? | Women are restricted to activities within the private sphere, do not have access to paid work, nor to active participation in public life, which leads to their dependence, lack of dignity and equality. Women live in an androcentric (man-made and man-focused) world, where unpaid work is not valued. | Women are not sufficiently economically active. Women's labour market non-participation represents untapped potential. The more women enter the labour market, the greater the labour force, the larger the GDP, the higher the economic growth and competitiveness. | Women bare less children later in their lives (if at all) because of individualisation processes, career demands, economic difficulties. The state does not support sufficiently families to have as many children as they would ideally want. |
| Policy dimension (public actions) - what can be done about it? | Women's economic independence could be fostered through provision of accessible and affordable childcare facilities. | Provision of accessible and economically affordable childcare facilities. | Provision of accessible and economically affordable childcare facilities. |
| Search term | No of hits | Relevant hits | New hits |
| EES acquis: All EES guidelines |
11 | 11 | 11 |
| All EES implementation recommendations | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Presidency Conclusions | 46 | 41 | 41 |
| Search terms: "child-care' and "child care" |
44 | 15 | 13 |
| "childcare" | 99 | 25 | 9 |
| "child-minding" | 9 | 3 | 2 |
| "crèche" | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| "daycare" | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| "child" AND "rear" | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| "child" AND "rearing" | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| Month/Year | Eur. Council of: | Nr of references to childcare | |||
| Total | F1 | F2 | F3 | ||
| Jun-97 | Amsterdam | 0 | |||
| Nov-97 | Lux_Empl | 1 | 1 | ||
| Dec-97 | Lux | 0 | |||
| Jun-98 | Cardiff | 1 | 1 | ||
| Dez-98 | Vienna | 0 | |||
| Mar-99 | Berlin | 0 | |||
| Jan-99 | Cologne | 0 | |||
| Oct-99 | Tampere | 0 | |||
| Dez-99 | Helsinki | 0 | |||
| Mar-00 | Lisbon | 1 | 1 | ||
| Jun-00 | Feira | 0 | |||
| Oct-00 | Biaritz | 0 | |||
| Dec-00 | Nice | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Mar-01 | Stockholm | 1 | |||
| Jun-01 | Goeteborg | 0 | |||
| Oct-01 | Ghent | 0 | |||
| Dec-01 | Laeken | 0 | |||
| Mar-02 | Barcelona | 4 | 1 | 2 | |
| Jun-02 | Seville | 0 | |||
| Oct-02 | Brussels | 0 | |||
| Dec-02 | Copenhagen | 0 | |||
| Mar-03 | Brussels | 1 | 1 | ||
| Jun-03 | Thessaloniki | 0 | |||
| Oct-03 | Brussels | 0 | |||
| Dec-03 | Brussels | 0 | |||
| Mar-04 | Brussels | 0 | |||
| Jun-04 | Brussels | 0 | |||
| Nov-04 | Brussels | 0 | |||
| Dec-04 | Brussels | 0 | |||
| Mar-05 | Brussels | 2 | 1 | ||
| Jun-05 | Brussels | 0 | |||
| Dec-05 | Brussels | 0 | |||
| Mar-06 | Brussels | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Jun-06 | Brussels | 0 | |||
| Dec-06 | Brussels | 0 | |||
| Mar-07 | Brussels | 0 | |||
| Jun-07 | Brussels | 0 | |||
| Dec-07 | Brussels | 0 | |||
| Mar-08 | Brussels | 1 | 1 | ||
| Jun-08 | Brussels | 0 | |||
| Oct-08 | Brussels | 0 | |||
| Total | 17 | 6 | 8 | 1 | |
| Year | Document type | Topic | Nr of references | |||
| Total | F1 | F2 | F3 | |||
| 1986 | Council Resolution | Equal opportunities | 1 | 1 | ||
| 1988 | Council Resolution | Workforce participation of women | 1 | 1 | ||
| 1992 | Council Recommendation | Childcare | 15 | 6 | ||
| 1994 | Council Resolution | Workforce participation of women | 2 | 2 | ||
| 1995 | Council Decision | Equal opportunities | 1 | |||
| 1996 | Council Recommendation | Equal opportunities | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1997 | Presidency Conclusions | Luxembourg European Council | 1 | 1 | ||
| 1998 | Commission Recommendation | Home work | 1 | 1 | ||
| 1998 | Council Recommendation | BEPG | 1 | |||
| 1998 | Commission Special Report | Equal opportunities via ESF | 5 | 1 | ||
| 1998 | Presidency Conclusions | Cardiff European Council | 1 | 1 | ||
| 1998 | Council Resolution | EES guidelines | 2 | 1 | ||
| 1999 | Council Recommendation | BEPG | 2 | 2 | ||
| 1999 | Commission | Structural funds | 5 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1999 | Council Resolution | EES guidelines | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2000 | Council Recommendation | EES implem. | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2000 | Council Recommendation | BEPG | 2 | 2 | ||
| 2000 | Presidency Conclusions | Lisbon European Council | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2000 | Council Resolution | Balanced sharing of family respons | 2 | 2 | ||
| 2000 | Council Decision | EES guidelines | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2000 | Presidency Conclusions | Nice European Council | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2001 | Council Decision | Gender Equality | 2 | 1 | ||
| 2001 | Presidency Conclusions | Stockholm European Council | 1 | |||
| 2001 | Council Recommendation | EES implem. | 6 | 3 | 2 | |
| 2001 | Council Recommendation | BEPG | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2001 | Council Decision | EES guidelines | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2002 | Council Recommendation | EES implem. | 13 | 5 | 3 | |
| 2002 | Presidency Conclusions | Barcelona European Council | 4 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2002 | Council Recommendation | BEPG | 8 | 1 | 5 | |
| 2002 | Council Decision | EES guidelines | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2003 | Presidency Conclusions | Brussels European Council | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2003 | Council Recommendation | BEPG | 3 | 3 | ||
| 2003 | Council Decision | EES guidelines | 5 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2003 | Council Recommendation | EES implem. | 12 | 3 | 5 | |
| 2004 | Council Recommendation | EES implem. | 11 | 1 | 10 | |
| 2004 | Council Decision | EES guidelines | 5 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2005 | Presidency Conclusions | Brussels European Council | 2 | 1 | ||
| 2005 | Council Decision | EES guidelines | 2 | 1 | ||
| 2006 | Council Conclusions | Youth Pact | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2006 | Directive of EP and Council | Equal opportunities | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2006 | Presidency Conclusions | Brussels European Council | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | Council Decision | EES guidelines | 2 | 1 | ||
| 2006 | Council Decision | Rural Development | 3 | 1 | ||
| 2006 | Regulation of EP and Council | ESF | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2006 | Corrigendum to Council Regulat | ESF, ERDF, Cohesion fund | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2006 | Council Decision | guidelines on cohesion | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2007 | Council Conclusions | Alliance for Families | 9 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2007 | Council Recommendation | BEPG and EES impl. + update | 9 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2007 | Council Decision | EES guidelines | 2 | 1 | ||
| 2008 | Council Recommendation | BEPG and EES impl. + update | 10 | 1 | 5 | |
| 2008 | Presidency Conclusions | Brussels European Council | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2008 | Council Decision | EES guidelines | 3 | 2 | ||
| Total: | 182 | 52 | 71 | 1 | ||
