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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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Paris, le 16 avril, 2018 Monsieur le Président de la République, Alors qu’une proposition de directive concernant l'équilibre vie professionnelle - vie privée des parents et des aidants familiaux est en discussion au Conseil de l’Union Européenne, nos 51 associations représentant des…
From 1 to 8 March, we asked our penguins to go around social media to spread the message that Work-Life Balance is not only a means to get more women into the labour market but first and foremost a measure…
If you have subscribed to the COFACE newsletter and/or you follow us on Social Media, you have probably seen our “March of the Penguins”, an action in support of the EU work-life balance directive that we launched in the run-up…
On the 13th of March 2018, the Greek Carers Network EPIONI held a workshop on the topic “Caring for the caregiver: connecting to clinical and basic research update resources” in Athens. The event was organised under the auspices of World…
Action grant awarded under the Annual Work Programmes 2018 of the Justice Programme, the Rights Equality and Citizenship Programme (REC). There are five funding priorities: Prevention of gender-based violence (GBV): The focus of this priority is on primary prevention, in…
On the 21st of March, European Commissioner for the Digital Economy and Society, Mariya Gabriel, hosted a high level meeting of the Alliance to better protect minors online in order to discuss the progress of the work carried out under…
APF supports the bill aiming at providing social recognition to 8.3 million caregivers in France (“loi pour la reconnaissance sociale des aidants”). This proposal responds to the main requests of APF concerning carers’ leave: its financial compensation and its duration…
The Foundation Single Parent Families Isadora Duncan and UNAF joined the labour, care and consumption strike convened on the International Women's Day in Spain to call for equality in the workplace and home, and greater action against gender-based violence. Under…
On 8-9 March 2018, COFACE Families Europe participated in the Second fi-compass ESF Conference ‘Financial instruments funded by the European Social Fund – boosting social impact’ in Brussels. Fi-compass is a platform for advisory services on financial instruments under the…
On 15th March in Brussels, the EPSCO Council (the meeting of EU28 ministers responsible for social and employment affairs) convened to discuss numerous topics on the EU social and employment agenda. They also held a debate on the future of…
In March, the European Commission published its annual analysis of the economic and social situation in the Member States, including progress in implementing country-specific recommendations and an assessment of possible macro-economic imbalances. Check out the country-specific reports here. In addition,…
The European Commission announced a new package of measures in the social and employment field. The package consists of the following elements: A legislative proposal for a new European Labour Authority. The Authority will aim to strengthen fairness and efficiency…
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