The EU has presented its agenda for reinforcing the right of the child. On this agenda are listed eleven actions that the European Commission will adopt in the coming years. This program implements the principles of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU through specific actions on security policies and child welfare, including the promotion of justice more suited to smaller, more information children about their rights and try to make the Internet a safer space for them.

The Commissioner responsible for Justice, Viviane Reding, says that "the EU must ensure its protection for minors and that the best interests of the child are our guiding principles. Notably, child-friendly justice should make sure that the rights of the child are taken into account whenever children are involved, either as victims, suspects or when their parents divorced and do not agree on custody". Commission Vice-President, Antonio Tajani stressed the need to combat child sexual exploitation linked to tourism: "The fight against child sexual exploitation requires joint strategies, international cooperation, awareness raising and firm action."

EU Agenda lists 11 actions that the Commission will take over the coming years to protect child rights. These points can be summarized as follows: the Commission will adopt in 2011 a proposal for a directive that increases the rights of victims especially those considered as 'vulnerable', including children; in 2012 will present a proposal on special safeguards for suspected or accused persons who are vulnerable; in 2013, will review the European legislation in regard to facilitating the recognition and enforcement of decisions on parental responsibility  and promote the use of the 'Council of Europe Guidelines' on child friendly justice adopted in November 2010; will support and encourage activities involving the training of judges to ensure rights of children in judicial systems and implementing exchange of 'best practices' at European level; to give special attention to children in the context of EU Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies, and also that Member States ensure the swift introduction and full functioning of the 116 000 hotline for missing children as well as the fight against 'cyber-bullying' behaviour children through the 'Safer Internet Programme'; continuing the implementation of the 2007 EU Guidelines on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of the Child and the EU Guidelines on Children and Armed Conflicts.

This initiative has the aim to promote, protect and respect the rights of the child in all European policies and achieve concrete results. In the future, the EU policies that affect children directly or indirectly will have to be designed, implemented and monitored to ensure best interests of the child. The judicial systems have to be adapted to the children special needs. For children who have grown up in poverty and social exclusion environment or who suffer any disabilities may require some additional protection. Moreover, the Commission will take special account of children as part of a proposal on protecting victims of crime, proposing safeguards for child suspects and revising existing rules in cross-border custody cases.

In addition, information to children on using Internet safely will be actively provided to be able to cope with problems of 'cyber-bullying', grooming, exposure and exposure to harmful content, and other uncomfortable experiences of using online technologies, problems which were recently highlighted on the occasion of the celebration of the Safer Internet Day. Furthermore, to increase awareness and promote active citizenship among children, the Commission will establish a single entry point for children on the EUROPA portal with information on children's rights and EU policies. MEPs also adopted some amendments to the proposal for a directive on 14 February in the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, such as the possibility to immediately erase web pages containing child pornography when they are hosted on servers in EU Member States.