POLICY BRIEF. Making families visible: Closing EU data gaps for better policies
This policy brief explores the role cross-country comparative data plays across Europe in achieving positive outcomes for families and society.
These are short briefs, reflecting on key topics of importance to COFACE (challenges and opportunities) set in an EU context.
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.
EU policy-makers must ensure that all families are given support and guidance to access and navigate the digital environment in a meaningful way. This includes strong legal frameworks as well as strong and “low-threshold” evidence-based support and prevention measures for families. COFACE has produced a policy brief highlighting the importance of digital technologies for children and their families, and analysing whether existing and currently debated EU frameworks aimed at ensuring safe and empowering digital experiences for children integrate a families perspective.
Our world is becoming more and more “digital”, however, maintaining a healthy balance between our “online” and “offline” lives is more important than ever.
During the COFACE Conference on Inclusive Education in Graz, Workshop 1 looked into the legislative framework on inclusive education in Italy, Luxemburg and Portugal.
As the date of the effective application of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) draws near, organisations big and small are examining how its various provisions will apply to them. Indeed, from the 25th of May 2018, there are a number of features and...
Big Data is understood as being extremely large data sets that may be analysed computationally to reveal patterns, trends, and associations, especially relating to human behaviour and interactions.
As a result of the conference, we produced a series of short briefs summarising some of the emerging trends and challenges. This brief focuses on connected children.
As a result of the conference, we produced a series of short briefings summarising some of the emerging trends and challenges. This briefing focuses on Smart Work.