Poverty and social exclusion remain significant challenges across the European Union. In 2024, around 93,5 million people in the EU were at risk of poverty or social exclusion, including a large number of children and families.
Hosted by COFACE Families Europe and KMOP, European and international community leaders and AI experts from 20+ countries met in Athens on 17th March to take stock of the state of play of artificial intelligence today, while also looking towards the future and its impact on families.
Hosted by COFACE Families Europe and KMOP in Athens (Greece), and welcomed by a high-level panel including Dimitris Papastergiou (Minister of Digital Governance, Hellenic Republic), European and international community leaders and AI experts from 20+ countries met in Athens on 17th March to take stock of the state of play of artificial intelligence today, while also looking towards the future and its impact on families.
OPINION - Legalising surrogacy in Europe: a basic right any parent should have access to It is true that in most European Nations, Surrogacy is a complex and...
This webinar will put the spotlight on the Belgian organisation Ouders voor Inclusie (Parents for Inclusion).
Glossary of key terms in EU family and social policy Accession – The term accession refers to the process in which a country’s candidature is accepted, and it...
The COFACE Disability Platform for the rights of persons with disabilities and their families has carried out a review of EU policies in the fields of employment and work-life balance, to assess whether they provide for targeted measures in support to working parents with disabilities. We had the pleasure of discussing the results of the review with Kamil Goungor from the European Network for Independent Living.
COFACE is partner in the Horizon Europe research project "PATHS2INCLUDE". In this framework, we are organising the project final conference in Brussels, Belgium on 3 February 2026. We aim to make this conference a key tool for dissemination and an incubator for new partnerships for the take-up of PATHS2INCLUDE data in policy and practice.
The objective of this working group is to bring together COFACE members and partners working on financial inclusion, to discuss EU developments and exchange information on key national trends. We will discuss relevant EU legislation, and collect information on challenges and good practices from our Member organisations. If you are a COFACE member, register here!
