Profiles
Valentina Mutti
Social and Economic Policy Researcher
Valentina holds a Master Degree in Sociology and PhD in Cultural Anthropology with a thesis on childhood in Madagascar, both obtained at University of Milan-Bicocca. Her research interests include education in Africa, forced migration, reception system and African diaspora communities in Italy. Recently she worked in UNICEF ECARO - Outpost in Italy team, where she coordinates a research on the impact of Covid-19 on UASC and young migrants well-being. She joined UNICEF Innocenti - Global Office of Research and Foresight in November 2022 where she supports the operational research of Child Guarantee EU Program.
Publications
Publication
Delivering the EU Child Guarantee: Practical lessons for effective interventions
In 2019, the President of the European Commission announced the creation of the European Child Guarantee, an initiative that aimed to combat child poverty by making sure that every child who lives in poverty has access to free healthcare, free education, free childcare, decent housing and adequate nutrition.
With Delivering the EU Child Guarantee: Practical lessons for effective interventions, UNICEF Innocenti provides a synthesis of findings of operational research on 15 pilot models of intervention for children and families in Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece and Italy. The goal of the report is to learn from the experiences in these four countries to inform the rollout of the Child Guarantee programme throughout Europe. The study provides lessons learned in three themes: laying the foundations for the Child Guarantee work at the national level; developing interventions at the local level; supporting the Child Guarantee at the EU level.