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COFACE’s mission is to contribute to better policy making at EU level to make a positive change in the lives of the millions of families living in Europe. To this end, our advocacy is organised in three areas of action:
Mainstreaming: Providing a voice for families in the EU political arena to mainstream the family perspective as far as possible. EU politics cannot disregard this fundamental part of the nature of being human.
Linking up: We strive to strengthen EU social and employment policies, ensuring links between local grassroots organisations, national family policies, and EU realities. We also facilitate links across EU countries, driving innovation through transnational exchanges.
Monitoring: We monitor the positive and negative impacts of EU policies and legislation beyond the social/family policy fields (see other policy fields on the website)
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Brussels, 11th September 2019, MEDIA RELEASE COFACE Families Europe responds with proposal for a New EU Deal for Families of Today to support implementation of new Commission mandate. On 10th September, President-elect Ursula von der Leyen presented her team and…
Full version here According to Esping-Andersen’s “The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism” (1990) , there are three key players in the production of welfare: the state, the market and family. The demographic transition and evolving family patterns, coupled with low…
The challenges Europe is facing today are unprecedented. A rise in nationalism, driven by a loss of citizens' faith in the European project, is threatening to overturn democratic values and undermine social and political stability. At the same time, the…
Despite the European Union’s commitment to leave no one behind, millions of people in Europe are falling victim to widening inequalities, the major EU-wide report concludes: ‘Falling through the cracks: Exposing inequalities in Europe and beyond’ The report shines a…
The month of June was fully packed for the newly elected MEPs. Two plenary sessions were in place, where important top position were elected, among them the president of the European Parliament, the president of the European Commission and the…
What do you think are the most pressing challenges that EU-funded research and innovation should tackle? What are the most important impacts – scientific, technological, economic, societal – that EU-funded research and innovation should target? Now you can share your…
La Ligue des Familles has just launched a thorough and very interesting report on the Work-Life Balance Directive and its implications for Belgium. The report is divided into two main parts – the explanation of the Directive per se, which…
Ministers held a public policy debate on the economy of well-being, based on a EU Finnish presidency steering note. Ministers broadly agreed that reducing inequalities had to be a policy priority and that the concept of an economy of well-being…
On the 11th of July Eurofound published a report, based on data from its European Quality of Life 2016 Survey, looking at the use, access to, and perceptions of quality in relation to health services long-term care and childcare across…
The European Trade Union Committee for Education (ETUCE) is leading project on education and democratic citizenship: EU CONVINCE. COFACE Families Europe is associate partner of this project, which is covering various topics including: Civic education and democratic-school culture; Teaching in…
In regard of the UN Climate Action Summit in September 2019 in New York, a broad alliance of German civil society organisations has drawn up a joint declaration titled: “Enough is Enough: UN SDG Summit in sight - Germany needs…
The pressing need for action to mitigate climate change includes a significant contribution from housing to carbon emission reduction targets. Buildings represent 36% of Europe’s CO2 emissions. Getting to zero emissions in 2050 across the whole economy without decarbonising the…
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