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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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A new report on burnout at the workplace was published on 10th September by Eurofound, European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions. Burnout is a topic that has triggered widespread interest among the general public and the…
The European Platform for Investing in Children (EPIC) has different resources on its platform including: A round-up of the latest developments in child and family policy in EU member states. Every month, a news item will be published, collating information…
SDG Watch Europe, an EU-level, cross-sectoral CSO alliance of NGOs from development, environment, social, human rights and other sectors, has launched a joint manifesto on the 25th of September, the Global Day of Action on the SDGs. The manifesto, which…
Eurostat is presenting for the first time a digital publication, “SDGs & me”, which is an interactive visualisation tool. It aims to help EU citizens to understand the 17 interconnected sustainable development goals which relate to social, economic and environmental…
On the 18th and 19th of September, a variety of stakeholders and several political groups of the European Parliament held the 2018 edition of the “post-growth” conference. The event tackled the complex topic of the interplay between our economic and…
The global population is growing continuously and, at the same time, a growing percentage of it chooses to live in urban areas. Cities are meant to be centres of high technology, globalisation hubs and of socio-economic opportunities. As a result…
Following a United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs open call for oral and written statements issued earlier this year for the 2018 session of the ECOSOC High-Level Segment (HLS) for NGOs, on the topic “From global to local:…
During the month of June, the main appointment for the Work-Life Balance Directive has been the EPSCO Council held on 21 June, where Member States adopted a General Approach. In view of the EPSCO Council, COFACE sent a letter to…
The European Commission issued its 2018 country-specific recommendations (CSRs), setting out its economic policy guidance for Member States for the next 12 to 18 months. Europe's economy is growing at its fastest pace in a decade, with record employment, recovering…
On the 22nd of June, the three European Supervisory Authorities (ESA) looking over the European financial system, held the 2018 edition of the joint ESAs Consumer Protection Day centred around the theme “navigating new challenges together”. The event focused on…
Informal care forms a cornerstone of all long-term care (LTC) systems in Europe and is often seen as a cost-effective way of preventing institutionalisation and enabling users to remain at home. Most recent LTC reform packages have included important components…
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