Europe
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)
RELATED NEWS:
Brussels, 21 February 2019, MEDIA RELEASE #AllFamiliesSpeakOut Speech by COFACE President, Annemie Drieskens, on the occasion of the European Economic and Social Committee event: “Civil Society for rEUnaissance” Thank you to European Economic and Social Committee President Luca Jahier for…
Brussels, 24 January 2019, MEDIA RELEASE EU strengthens social rights for families ahead of uncertain future After 5 months of trilogues on the EU work-life balance directive, the co-legislators have reached a provisional agreement. What is left of the original…
We at COFACE Families Europe have a busy year ahead. We hope to see many of your at our public event in Helsinki on 3-4th October. Save the dates 22nd February, Brussels, Belgium: Communications seminar (internal) 13-14th March, Dublin, Ireland:…
The use of parental leave by fathers notably varies between countries. However, the underlying reasons for cross-country differences have not been explicitly studied. In a recent article, researchers Eleonora Mussino, Jussi Tervola and Ann-Zofie Duvander used migration between Finland and…
As from 1 January 2019 a new law on family benefits came into effect in Austria. Under this new rule EU citizens working in Austria with children residing in another EU country face an indexation of family benefits and family…
On the 16th January, the European Parliament plenary adopted in Strasbourg the Report prepared by the Employment and Social Affairs Committee on the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+) in the European budget for 2021-2027. The Parliament Report, with its 160…
On the 10th of January, the Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) Committee of the European Parliament voted on the European Commission’s proposal to reform the European Supervisory Authorities (ESA), which include 3 bodies dealing with the financial supervision at the…
In their first scientific report, the Network of European LGBTQ* families Associations (NELFA) analysed the ‘Coman case’ before the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg, which had ended with a landmark ruling in early June 2018. The Court ruled that…
In view of the European elections in 2019, the European Economic and Social Committee organised in Athens an interesting two-day event entitled: Reasserting Europe's values - The role of civil society in protecting, promoting and reinforcing our heritage of values.…
In only a couple of months, polls all over Europe will open and give millions of citizens the chance to exercise their right to vote. Until the elections on 23-26 May it is vital to collect information on European politics…
On 18th December, the European Parliament and the Council reached a political agreement on the Electricity Directive and the Electricity Regulation that COFACE Families Europe followed together with the Right to Energy Coalition for the last year and a half.…
In this section, we collect links to everything that explains how the election works. Over time we will try to include all the practical information you need to go and vote. When to vote? Who to vote? Where to vote?…
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