Introduction 1. As a follow-up to the international conference on “Statelessness and the right to a nationality in Europe: progress, challenges, and opportunities”, organised jointly with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in 2021, and the updated Analysis of current practices and challenges regarding the avoidance and reduction of statelessness in Europe, the European Committee on Legal Co-operation (CDCJ) decided to focus during the period 2024-2026 on the statelessness of children and their access to nationality. These activities contribute to the Council of Europe Action Plan on Protecting Vulnerable Persons in the Context of Migration and Asylum in Europe (2021-2025) and its Strategy for the Rights of the Child (2022-2027) as well as the Global Alliance to End Statelessness launched by the UNHCR in 2024 and joined by the Council of Europe. The CDCJ has been tasked by the Committee of Ministers to prepare 2. a compendium of good practice in respect of legal aid and representation, access to information and to justice for children in procedures relating to the determination of nationality or statelessness. To this end, the Limited working group on migration (CDCJ-MIG) has prepared a questionnaire to collect information from member states regarding procedures governing statelessness and access to nationality in respect of children. A total of 29 states responded to the questionnaire. The compendium, based on the responses of states to the questionnaire, 3. is a reflection of their national situations and aims to inspire and encourage member states to adopt good practice to address and prevent the statelessness of children and to enable stateless children to access nationality. The examples illustrate particular aspects of promising practices that may be replicated or adjusted as necessary. ► Page 6