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State Of The European Union for Families: COFACE assessment of the European Union’s work from 2019-2024

In 2019, COFACE Families Europe mobilised voters locally through its member organisations (representing families of all types, without discrimination). These recommendations are addressed at EU-level policymakers in the European Commission, European Parliament and Council of the EU, from whom we expect joint leadership to ensure tangible results for Europe’s citizens. It is on this basis that we have assessed the European Union's work from 2019 to 2024, and how it contributes to achieving eight positive outcomes for families of today.

May 7, 2024 | 2 min read

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Key findings: Family diversity and access to social rights

In October 2023, COFACE and UNAF Spain co-hosted a European expert meeting on family diversity and making social rights accessible to all types of families. The context is one of fast-paced changes in labour markets and income security to which families have to...

Jan 18, 2024 | 2 min read

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Thematic Note on Ageing Family Carers

Principle 18 of the European Pillar of Social Rights stresses: the right to affordable long-term care services of good quality, in particular homecare and community-based services. Since its adoption in 2017, the European Union has been looking more intensively at the topic of Long-Term Care (LTC), most notably with the adoption in 2022 of the European Care Strategy and the Council Recommendation on Long-Term Care. In this important time, COFACE Disability Platform launch this thematic note to spark the debate on the diversity of family carers. While the lion’s share of family carers are currently of working age and need urgent actions to support them.

Nov 23, 2023 | 2 min read

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Key findings on large families

Using the COFACE Child Compass as a starting point, we organised a European expert meeting in Ljubljana in March 2022 focused on the features of large families and the challenges they experience in Europe today, taking stock of the situation in different countries and collecting good practices.

Apr 14, 2022 | 2 min read

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Key Findings: Study session on parent-child relationships in the digital era

The parent-child relationship has changed significantly in the last two decades with the advent of the digital age, even more since the ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1989, and the general perception is that technology has caused a...

Feb 5, 2022 | 2 min read

#FamilyTeamwork Practices Publications

Skills4Parents – Learning Guide for Parents

The Skills4Parents Learning Guide for Parents provides plenty of material for self-learning of parents in five areas: Communication, Empowerment, Mediation, Problem solving and Digital.

Jan 31, 2022 | 2 min read

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COFACE Families Europe Strategic Framework 2021-2030

In this COFACE Strategic Framework, we provide a comprehensive, integrated, and long-term strategy to develop appropriate 21st-century policies to support the achievement of 8 positive outcomes for all families.

Jan 17, 2022 | 3 min read

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POLICY BRIEF. Early childhood education and care: A tool for child education, reconciliation of work and family life, and a caring and inclusive economy

This policy brief examines early childhood education and care at the intersection of childhood, work-life balance and economics, acknowledging the impact of COVID-19 on families, underlining why it is key to invest in inclusive, affordable, accessible, and quality ECEC (the four elements must be there) and describes the socio-economic benefits of ECEC.

Dec 15, 2021 | 2 min read

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New report shedding light on the S.H.I.F.T. towards meaningful inclusion in Europe

New report shedding light on the S.H.I.F.T. towards meaningful inclusion in Europe.

Nov 15, 2021 | 5 min read

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Key findings: Family diversity and access to social rights

Thematic Note on Ageing Family Carers

Key findings on large families

Key Findings: Study session on parent-child relationships in the digital era

Skills4Parents – Learning Guide for Parents

COFACE Families Europe Strategic Framework 2021-2030

POLICY BRIEF. Early childhood education and care: A tool for child education, reconciliation of work and family life, and a caring and inclusive economy

New report shedding light on the S.H.I.F.T. towards meaningful inclusion in Europe

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+32 2 500 56 90

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