This policy brief explores the role cross-country comparative data plays across Europe in achieving positive outcomes for families and society.
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.
This COFACE position paper outlines a comprehensive, family-centred framework for preventing poverty and mitigating social exclusion, structured around a threetiered approach - primary (universal), secondary (targeted), and tertiary (crisis) prevention - and...
Early years are key in the social and cognitive development of every child and the impact that play and toys have on child development contribute to shape the child’s behaviour, interests and choices that he/she will make in later life. Therefore, to raise...
The first section of the discussion paper focuses on the content of the future Pillar, drawing out the policy principles which in our opinion are most relevant to address the immediate needs of families and challenges related to demographic changes in the last decade. The second section discusses process-related elements of the future Pillar, with a focus on the scope of the Pillar, on ways to make the Pillar relevant at local level, and how to ensure the link with other ongoing EU legislative processes.
COFACE has always considered financial inclusion as one of its priorities, especially since access to some financial services like a basic bank account is a pre-condition for social inclusion. The initiatives included in the “COFACE Compendium on Financial...
