Women and Youth (Bundesministerium für Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend – BMFSFJ) promotes the structures and
expansion of day-care for children. In June 2009 a quality label was introduced for educational institutions destined to ensure that new day-care staff throughout Germany have a minimum qualification based on a professionally recognized standard. The programme is carried out in cooperation with the Federal Employment Agency (Bundesagentur für Arbeit) and the majority of the Länder