Education
Education is a huge policy area to cover. COFACE’s expertise focuses especially on three key areas: informal education and parenting support, early childhood education and care, and finally striving for inclusive education. Read more on this section.
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COFACE Families Europe developed six key principles in the framework of its #ToysAndDiversity campaign, aiming at raising awareness and analysing the representation of children in the media and in toy catalogues. These six principles offer a critical view of the…
Given the number of health related problems associated with obesity, childhood obesity has come under close attention in the last years due to its worrying trends. The WHO estimates that 1 child in 3 in Europe is overweight or obese.…
1 in 5 children in high-income countries lives in relative income poverty and an average of 1 in 8 faces food insecurity, according to the latest Report Card issued by the UNICEF Office of Research - Innocenti. Building the Future:…
The second Annual EU Compass Forum on Mental Health and Well-being took place in Luxembourg on 8-9 June 2017. The event gathered diverse stakeholders such as policy makers and Member State representatives, non-governmental stakeholders from advocacy groups and care organisations,…
The Isadora Duncan Foundation organises every year an “Equality Camp”, an urban camp for boys and girls between 7 and 14 years dedicated to science, robotics, art, 3D printing and technology in general. Girls have priority access to the camp…
Summer holidays mean summer camps for most children. La Ligue des familles in Belgium has carried out a survey on this issue (What kind of camp? For how long? At what price). Looking for a camp is often a burden, this…
On the 1st of June, Forum Europe hosted the 2017 edition of the Digital Festival, a yearly meet-up event which connects people with innovation, focusing on three key themes: smart living, smart working and smart society. COFACE Families Europe was…
Social Platform’s fact-finding visit to Spain allowed the participants’ to collect good examples of the social economy and social enterprises on the ground with a view to improving the visibility and understanding of these important models. Visiting local initiatives and…
On 18-19 May, the ministers for youth and family affairs of the German Länder came together to talk about future steps in improving the quality in childcare services in Germany. The aim was to adopt common key parameters for a…
The Gezinsbond has set up a programme consisting of tools and trainings directed at parents aimed to develop their skills in understanding and responding to the risks of online activities their children get involved in: 1) Website veiligonline.be (safety online)…
Liz Gosme, COFACE Director, took part in a lecture at the University of Utrecht in the framework of a course on intergenerational solidarity, with a specific focus on childcare. The following elements were discussed: The challenges of reviewing family policies to meet new…
COFACE Families Europe and two of its Belgian members Gezinsbond and La Ligue des Familles jointly organised the “Families On The Move” conference on 12 May at the Higher Institute for Family Studies-Odisee in Brussels. COFACE Families Europe took stock…
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