The childcare gap remains one of the most pressing challenges facing new parents across Europe today. This gap arises following the birth of a child, when well-paid parental leave has been exhausted, but access to state-supported full-time Early Childhood Education and Care is not yet available. Read this new Factsheet produced by the European Observatory on Family Policy.
COFACE Families Europe adopted 14 Digitalisation principles for creating a better Internet and web for all.
In October 2024, COFACE co-hosted a European expert meeting in Berlin on the role of local prevention systems for implementing the European Child Guarantee. Click here to see the key findings.
For International Women’s Day 2021, COFACE hosted a Policy and Advocacy session on gender inequalities in care and pay on 9th March.
COFACE response to the EU public consultation on the action plan for the European Pillar of Social Rights
On this Universal Children’s Day COFACE Families Europe is releasing its “Child Compass 2030.
**See full meeting report in English and German ** COFACE Families Europe advocates for all types of families, without discrimination, based on values of gender equality, human rights and social inclusion. We place our holistic family lens on different European and...
In October 2020, the German Presidency of the EU chaired an EPSCO Council meeting which included a debate on equal participation of women and men in the labour market.
This expert meeting put the spotlight on single parent families and large families as a starting point for discussions with counterpart organisations from other EU countries.
