13 Jun, 2025

Associação Bravery Devotion joins COFACE network

The COFACE network welcomes a new member, Associação Bravery Devotion. Based in Portugal and founded in 2022, Bravery Devotion is a non-profit association dedicated to empowering women entrepreneurs, particularly those running microbusinesses, often while juggling caregiving responsibilities.

Their work combines practical business support, peer learning and advocacy for gender equality and inclusive entrepreneurship. Their mission is to support women, particularly those who are entrepreneurs or economically vulnerable, in overcoming structural inequalities and achieving economic autonomy. They do this by fostering peer collaboration, delivering capacity-building programmes, advocating for inclusive public policies and promoting research and awareness-raising initiatives aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, especially SDGs 5 and 8. Bravery Devotion believe that empowered women and equitable families are the cornerstone of thriving societies, and we work to ensure that no one is left behind in this mission.

Bravery Devotion is primarily dedicated to the economic empowerment of women, with a strong focus on supporting female entrepreneurship. Their main activities involve creating opportunities for knowledge exchange, capacity-building, mentoring and strategic networking among women entrepreneurs, especially those running micro and small businesses. They aim to strengthen their autonomy, visibility and resilience in the economy, while also raising awareness of the structural barriers they face. All their actions are grounded in a commitment to gender equality and social justice.

Bravery Devotion is currently involved in their very first Erasmus+ project: Skillful AID – Empowering Good Practices related to Creative Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Microbusiness Environment. This small-scale adult education partnership aims to support vulnerable creative microbusinesses, especially in rural areas, by promoting digital readiness and business resilience. Through a mix of online resources, training workshops and international collaboration, the project strengthens the capacity of adult educators and offers tailored support to creative entrepreneurs in Portugal and Romania.

Read more about COFACE’s new member Bravery Devotion here.

Monitoring Framework for Access to Affordable High-Quality Long-Term Care

On 27 May 2025, after more than two years of work, the indicators sub-group of the Social Protection Committee has released its Monitoring Framework for the Council Recommendation on Access to Affordable High-Quality Long-Term Care (Council Recommendation on LTC). The monitoring framework includes indicators that will allow the European Union to better gather and compare data on long-term care at EU level, as well as to measure the Member States progress towards achieving the objectives of the Council Recommendation on LTC, which was adopted in 2022.

2025 Insights on Family Policies – European Observatory on Family Policy

A new editorial series called 2025 Insights on Family Policies is dedicated to examining contemporary developments in family policy across European contexts. Published by the European Observatory of Family Policy, the Insights series engages with critical debates on the design, implementation, and coordination of policies that support families in diverse and evolving societal landscapes. These deliverables will be published in different issues - The first insights of the series focusing on Italy.