COFACE liaises with the European institutions in all sectors relating to the rights and interests of families.

COFACE informs national organisations of developments in the European Union, and encourages greater awareness of the Community dimension.

COFACE organises exchanges of ideas and experiences as well as mutual aid between family organisations in different countries, e.g. via projects.

COFACE collaborates regularly with other important stakeholders at EU level:

European institutions

• European High Level Group on Disability
• ICT principles coalition
• Early School Leaving thematic Working Group
• Early Childhood Education and Care Working Group
• European Platform for Action on Diet, Physical Activity and Health
• European Consumer Consultative Group (ECCG)
  
• Member of the ECCG expert sub-group on Energy
  
• Several Agricultural Advisory Groups: Common Agricultural Policy, Fruit and Vegetables, Forestry and Cork, Quality of Agricultural Production, Women in Rural Areas, Agriculture and Environment and Rural Development
• European Integration Forum
• Civil Society Liaison Group

European Networks/NGOs

COFACE is a founding member of:

• The Social Platform of European NGOs
• The European Disability Forum (EDF)
  
• The European Brain Injury Society (EBIS)
  

COFACE collaborates regularly with other important stakeholders at EU level such as the social partners and other European NGOs:

• European Expert Group on Transition from Institutional to community based care (D-I)
• NGO Platform on Migration and Asylum
• The Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation (ALTER-EU)
  

European projects

• Board member of the SIP-Bench II project (parental control tools review project)
• Member of the European Year 2012 Coalition
• Member of the European Year 2013 Alliance