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A better society

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COFACE Core Values

COFACE – FAMILIES EUROPE is a network promoting the well-being, health and security of families and their members in a changing society. And serves as a trusted entity for family mainstreaming and for the voice/needs of families in the EU and beyond.

COFACE Families Europe is rooted in a set of six core values:

COFACE key activities

We advocate for families of all types without discrimination, bringing their voice to the table of European Union decision-making, ensuring that EU policies and legislation work in the general interest.

Furthermore, we support transnational exchanges between COFACE members (civil society organisations representing and supporting families) in the form of expert meetings, trainings, campaigns, conferences, webinars and more.

COFACE members are regularly updated and partners via the Families Corner newsletter, and interact with our social media communities.

A New Deal for Families of Today – COFACE highlights priorities for 2020-2024
This list of key short-term demands to be achieved by the new European Commission from 2020-2024, are to be seen as concrete steps to meet the long-term goals of the European Pillar of Social Rights and the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.

HIGHLIGHTED COFACE NEWS

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News
First ministerial meeting of the Belgian presidency on the future of social Europe 

First ministerial meeting of the Belgian presidency on the future of social Europe 

In January 2024, the first ministerial meeting under the Belgian Presidency of the European Union brought together the Ministers for Employment and Social Affairs in the Walloon capital of Namur. During the first day, Ministers discussed how social policies should be reflected in the strategic agenda of the EU institutions after the European elections. 

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NewsOpinions
OPINION – Digital Services Act: New EU rules to protect and empower minors online

OPINION – Digital Services Act: New EU rules to protect and empower minors online

We can show kids and teens the path and we can even make it safer for them, but we can’t always be there to hold their hands nor keep them from going out into the world - and the world wide web. The environments that children are growing up in today are drastically different from the ones that we have known in the past. However, one thing is still the same: children and teens want to follow their curiosities, learn who they are and connect with other kids. Today they can do this from the palm of their hands.

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Explore more of COFACE work

COFACE develops different types of publications
including position papers, studies based on feedback from families, briefs on family and EU policies, meeting reports.

Our latest publications include a list of economic principles to help build an economy that cares.

You and the EU

The European Union develops different actions and laws to ensure family and child well-being.
And we at COFACE try to shape these actions based on our core values. These actions include:

  • key guidelines and laws for national governments to strengthen their social and family policies;
  • different long-term action plans to support governments;
  • funding mechanisms to boost NGOs and families.

European Family Lab

Family supports & resilience in challenging times

Family supports are an essential part of making social rights a reality, and civil society has grown over decades to create a wide range of supports to families and children to ensure health and well-being.

Now, more than ever, it is important to connect professionals in real time through transnational exchanges in order to tackle the social impacts of different transitions (digital, green, energy, health) on families and children.

We believe the European Family Lab is the place to connect them, serving as an innovation incubator for ideas and cross-country knowledge transfer to help family professionals deliver the best possible supports for Europeans. We are building the Lab virtual room by virtual room, with a newly launched Education&Training programme for upskilling of professionals and families: the L.I.N.K. Programme.   

COMING UP with COFACE

Events

Life-long learning: Bringing the family perspective to the education field

Life-long learning: Bringing the family perspective to the education field

16/04/202409:00 - 16:30Dublineducation families lifelonglearning non-formal education socialrights

This expert meeting will bring together speakers from Ireland and Europe to help pave the way for family-centred education and learning systems. The expert meeting will be an opportunity to spotlight the diversity of educational approaches by featuring professionals wor...

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Study Seminar on child abuse in the digital world

Study Seminar on child abuse in the digital world

08/05/202408:00 - 17:00Zagrebchild sexual abuse childrights digital parenting familieseurope prevention saferinternet

The COFACE network will meet in Zagreb to study the Croatian Child Assault Prevention (CAP) Programme, co-hosted with Step by Step Parents Association. There will also be a working group on safer internet building connections with Insafe and INHOPE networks, discussing ...

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