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SUMMARY:State Of The European Union for families
DESCRIPTION:COFACE Meet&Connect event – 15th May 17.30-19.30\n  \nOn 15th May from 17.30-19.30 in the Schuman area of Brussels\, COFACE Families Europe invited friends to assess the results of the last 5-year mandate of the von der Leyen Commission and highlight some key messages ahead of the European elections. \nThis was also be the occasion to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the International Year of Families. \nCOFACE Families launched its “State Of The European Union for families” assessment of the last 5-year mandate of the von der Leyen Commission and how it contributed to achieving eight specific outcomes for families. We also presented our #ActNow for Families of Today call to action\, which comprises 10 specific actions that COFACE believe should be integrated into the EU’s 2024-2029 programme. Also available in Easy-to-read version here. \nLast but not least\, a COFACE song has been developed with the aim to push our message in a creative and engaging way. \n_____________________ \nBackground\nIn 2019\, COFACE Families Europe mobilised voters locally through its member organisations (representing families of all types\, without discrimination). A call was launched to the COFACE network to vote and speak out in May 2019 using 10 key values as a compass: non-discrimination\, equal opportunities\, empowerment\, internet for all\, social inclusion\, sustainability\, respect of human rights\, solidarity\, child well-being\, accessibility. \nFollowing the 2019 election of the new European Parliament and the publication of the European Commission’s political guidelines\, COFACE Families Europe published its New Deal for Families of Today which is a list of key short-term demands (also available in Easy-to-Read language) to be achieved by the new European Commission from 2020-2024. They are to be seen as concrete steps to meet the long-term goals of the European Pillar of Social Rights and the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. \nThese demands reflect the needs and challenges of families of today and call for a mix of European actions (policy\, law\, funding\, benchmarking\, innovation) to drive real change. 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. \nIt is on this basis that we have assessed the work of the European Union’s work from 2019 to 2024\, and how it contributes to achieving positive outcomes for families of today. \n 
URL:https://coface-eu.org/event/state-of-the-union-for-europes-families/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20240508T080000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20240508T170000
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SUMMARY:Study Seminar on child abuse in the digital world
DESCRIPTION:European Study Seminar on child abuse in the digital world\n9.30-17.30\, Wednesday 8th May 2024 \nZagreb\, Croatia \nThe Child Assault Prevention (CAP) Programme is one of the most comprehensive and innovative prevention programmes for child abuse in the world. The original CAP programme began to be implemented in the United States in 1978. The International Center for Assault Prevention (ICAP)\, founded in 1985\, has expanded the programme to other countries around the world. This central organisation does not exist anymore\, but the programme continues to be implemented in Regional Training Centres. \nCOFACE member\, Step by Step Parents Association\, is such a Regional Training Centre in Croatia where they train facilitators to implement the CAP programme. The CAP programme equips children with effective prevention strategies to reduce their vulnerability and exposure to various forms of violence. Additionally\, it ensures better support for parents\, legal guardians\, and educators. The programme has several variants that are intended for children of different ages and needs: preschool\, kindergarten\, teenagers\, and children with disabilities. \nThe aim of this study seminar was to learn more about the CAP approach in Croatia\, exchange ideas with practitioners from other countries working also to prevent child abuse\, assess together how to upgrade programmes to prevent child abuse online\, and finally to build partnerships between family organisations and Safer Internet Centres. \nIn the afternoon\, COFACE hosted a working group on safer internet with its members and partners. \nWorking languages: English and Croatian \nSee full programme here. \nSpeaker presentations \n\nGorana Hitrec\, Step by Step Parents Association (Croatia)\, Spotlight on the CAP Programme in Croatia\nAndreas Rentzis\, KMOP (Greece)\, Presentation of Actions\nPatricia Cardona Roca\, Brave Movement (Spain)\, Prevention of child sexual abuse online: perspectives from European countries\nBeatrijs Gelders\, COFACE Families Europe\, EU Developments Safer Internet\nVineeca Kuo\, INHOPE\, Fighting CSAM\nAntoaneta Vassileva\, Bulgarian Safer Internet Centre\, Cooperation with Insafe and INHOPE network\nTomislav Ramljak\, Croatian Safer Internet Centre\, Introduction to the Center for Missing and Exploited Children\nAmaia Echevarría\, UNAF Spain\, Safer Internet initiatives for families\n\nFurther links \n\nChild Sexual Abuse Prevention and Education (CSAPE) Project \nIWF Report: How AI is being abused to create child sexual abuse imagery\nIWF Resource for parents: TALK Checklist\nUNAF Campaign: Elige tu rol – Choose your role
URL:https://coface-eu.org/event/study-seminar-on-child-abuse-in-the-digital-world/
LOCATION:Zagreb\, Croatia (Local Name: Hrvatska)
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20240416T090000
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SUMMARY:Life-long learning:  Bringing the family perspective to the education field
DESCRIPTION:European expert meeting on families and life-long learning\n16th April 2024\nDublin\, Ireland\nRead the key findings here. \nSee presentations from speakers below. \n\nEuropean context\nThe European Pillar of Social Rights puts a strong focus on education and lifelong learning\, and namely on guaranteeing the right to quality and inclusive education\, training and life-long learning in order to maintain and acquire skills that enable them to participate fully in society and manage successfully transitions to the labour market. The 2023 European Year of Skills agenda aims to raise awareness around skills and the need to improve and develop skills to address skills shortages\, while also helping people to get the right skills for good quality jobs through reskilling and upskilling. \nAdvocacy and collaboration between education and social rights NGOs further supports equitable education. COFACE advocates for educational policies and initiatives that support the diverse needs of families\, ensure educational equity\, and foster a supportive learning environment for all types of families. It does this especially through its European Family Lab. \nObjectives of the European expert meeting\nThis expert meeting brought together speakers from Ireland and Europe to help pave the way for family-centred education and learning systems. The expert meeting was an opportunity to: \n\nDiscuss the links between education and social rights\nSpotlight the diversity of educational approaches by featuring professionals working with families in different EU countries\, to share their insights on developing learning materials by-with-for families;\nBuild partnerships with key education stakeholders at national and European level\n\n  \nWorking language: English\nParticipation on invitation only: NGOs representing families\, policy-makers\, and researchers.\nSee full programme in English \nResources\nRead the key findings of the meeting here. \nPresentations Session 1: Setting the scene. Bringing the family perspective in education: diversity of approaches \n\nBeybin Elvin Tunç\, Education Programme Coordinator\, COFACE Families Europe\nAndrea Lapegna\, Deputy Director\, Life-Long Learning Platform\nDearbhail Lawless\, CEO\, National Adult Learning Organisation of Ireland (AONTAS)\n\nPresentations Session 2 The family perspective in education – country spotlights \n\nVictoria Forget\, Operational Assistant for life-long education\, Ligue des Familles\, Belgium\nRachel Cassen\, Director\, LEAP Ireland\nDaniel Martinovic\, President\, Rainbow Families Croatia\n\nPresentations Session 3 Opening up education to bring the perspectives of families \n\nDr. Justin Sinnott\, Manager\, Transformation Project Management Office\, SOLAS-Learning works\, Ireland\nDr. Antonia Torrens\, General Manager\, KMOP\, Greece\nDavide Muraro\, Policy and Project Coordinator\, European Association for the Education of Adults
URL:https://coface-eu.org/event/life-long-learning-bringing-the-family-perspective-to-the-education-field/
LOCATION:Dublin
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20240312T113000
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SUMMARY:Online capacity-building on EU funding and social services for families
DESCRIPTION:Online capacity-building on EU funding\nand social services for families \n12th March 11.30-12.30 CET\nIt is widely acknowledged that social services are facing significant difficulties\, such as chronic underfunding\, staff shortages and challenges in transitioning to community-based and person-centred forms of services. Receiving adequate funds and making sure that these are easily accessible and used to fund quality interventions in the field is critical to overcome these obstacles. \nA representative from the Helpdesk on EU funds for social services (run by EASPD) provided an overview of key funds and how they support the development of social services linked to the implementation of different European strategies. \n  \n 
URL:https://coface-eu.org/event/online-capacity-building-on-eu-funding-and-social-services-for-families/
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SUMMARY:EU policy webinar - European Child Guarantee
DESCRIPTION:EU Policy Webinar on the implementation of\nthe European Child Guarantee\n10.30-12.30 CET on 23rd January 2024 \n  \nSpeakers \n• Rute Guerra\, Chair of the EU Social Protection Committee (Full presentation)\n• Mathis Porchez\, Policy Officer\, Child Guarantee\, DG EMPL\, European Commission (Full presentation)\n• Jeroen Jutte\, Head of Unit\, European Social Fund +\, DG EMPL\, European Commission (Full presentation)\n• Ciresica Feyer\, Deputy Head of Unit\, Labour market\, Education\, Health & Social services\, DG REFORM\, European Commission (Full presentation) \nBackground \nEU Member States agreed through the Article 11(c) of the Council Recommendation establishing a European Child Guarantee to submit National Action Plans on the implementation of the European Child Guarantee (NAPs) by the 15th of March 2022.[1] These should include actions across the four identified areas notably through targeted measures for the different target groups identified considering the national circumstances. \nCOFACE advocates for a two-generation approach in policy and practice to tackle child poverty\, which is based on the interrelated well-being of children and their caregivers\, as highlighted in the COFACE Child Compass 2030.[2] This is the vision that was put forward in the Child Guarantee adopting a two-generation approach. \nTo support the development and implementation of the Child Guarantee\, COFACE and the Association of German Family Organisations (COFACE member)\, has already jointly organised two expert meetings in Berlin bringing together civil society organisations and family policy-makers.[3] \nObjectives of the EU policy webinar \nThis webinar brought together speakers from the EU institutions\, and ministries working on the Child Guarantee and COFACE member organisations\, in order to : \n\nDiscuss tools for monitoring and evaluation of Child Guarantee implementation;\nFoster stronger links between different policy and funding initiatives taken at EU and national level;\nShare knowledge from national and EU level in order to strengthen the policy and funding levers to boost implementation;\nDevelop recommendations to feed into frameworks which are key in the implementation process such as the National Action Plan reviews\, the EU Child Guarantee Monitoring and Evaluation Framework\, the mid-term review of the EU Multi-annual Financial Framework\, and the future of EU Cohesion policy.\n\nWorking language: English\nSee full programme here. \n_______________ \n[1] Article 11(c) Council Recommendation (EU) 2021/1004 of 14 June 2021 establishing a European Child Guarantee.\n[2] COFACE Families Europe\, “Child Compass 2030 – For a Europe which invests in shaping a healthy society\, environment and economy fit for children”\, 2020.\n[3]  COFACE Families Europe\, Berlin Meeting 2022: Stepping up implementation of the EU Child Guarantee – National action plans in the spotlight; COFACE Families Europe\, Berlin Meeting 2020: The Child Guarantee – A tool to tackle family poverty?
URL:https://coface-eu.org/event/eu-policy-webinar-european-child-guarantee/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20231115T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20231115T153000
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SUMMARY:Research webinar: European Observatory on Family Policy
DESCRIPTION:RESEARCH WEBINAR\n  \nTowards greater family policy integration across Europe:\nOvercoming sectoral fragmentation in supporting families with young children\n15th November\, 14.00-15.30 CET \nThis research webinar was open to anyone interested in research on family policies (from a design or implementation perspective). \nIt was the occasion to discuss the results of the first research report of the European Observatory on Family Policy with COFACE Families Europe and the Centre for Family Studies of ODISEE University of Applied Sciences\, founders of the Observatory. Download the full Observatory report here and watch the recording of the webinar here. \nThe Observatory aims to serve as a platform for the observation\, analysis\, and dissemination of evidence on family policy and other social concerns directly relevant to family well-being across the European Union. \nProgramme\n14.00-14.10 Welcome\nAnnemie Drieskens\, President of COFACE Families Europe\nKathleen Emmery\, Coordinator of ODISEE Knowledge Centre for Family Studies \n14.10-14.50 Presentation of the research findings\nMartino Serapioni\, Research Programme Coordinator\, European Observatory on Family Policy\nSee full presentation here \n14.50-15.20 Q&A with participants \n15.20-15.30 Conclusions and next steps \nWorking language: English\nWebinar platform: Zoom \n  \n________ \nAbout the report\nFamily policy is a complex and multifaceted domain that encompasses a wide spectrum of policies\, programmes and services aimed at supporting families and promoting their well-being. This first Observatory report aims to provide a comparative description of the state of this field in five countries of the European Union (EU). The report focuses especially on processes of alignment and integration between policy areas catering to families with young children\, as well as on the specifics of coordination between education\, care\, and health services. \nToday\, many signs point to the heightened significance of these policies. Within the framework of the EU\, following the unveiling of the European Pillar of Social Rights in 2017\, activity in the broader family domain has increased rapidly. The Pillar has been a catalyst for strengthening national parental leave legislation\, tackling child poverty\, raising targets for participation in early childhood education and care (ECEC)\, and developing national frameworks in the areas of long-term care and disability rights. \nFamilies with young children face a complex array of needs prior to their children’s compulsory schooling. These needs\, which are often intertwined with specific circumstances and contexts\, span across different areas of the public sector. They cannot simply be defined on the basis of existing public administrations\, as educational desires\, healthcare demands\, or caregiving wants. Addressing these needs requires the involvement of various public administrations\, services\, and professionals in a collaborative manner. Furthermore\, this does not constitute a one-time event\, but rather requires ongoing coordination between different services over an extended period of time. \nIn light of this\, the report seeks to delve into three distinct scenarios of complex needs faced by families with very young children: balancing care\, family life\, and return to employment; managing early childhood development and education; and ensuring access to guidance and support during and after the perinatal phase. To achieve this objective\, the report conducts an in-depth analysis of five country case studies\, namely Finland\, Germany\, Italy\, Poland and the Belgian region of Flanders. These case studies will provide valuable insights on how services that fall within the purview of related family policies can either effectively integrate or remain fragmented while addressing these complex needs across multiple sectors. \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://coface-eu.org/event/webinar-of-the-european-observatory-on-family-policy/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20231024T093000
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SUMMARY:School Bullying Management – Effective Skills for Educators
DESCRIPTION:School Bullying Management – Effective Skills for Educators.\nA benefit for Children\, Families and Schools\nDate\n24th October 2023 from 9.30-11.00 CET \nTitle\nSchool Bullying Management – Effective Skills for Educators.\nA benefit for Children\, Families and Schools \nSpeakers \n\nDr Antonia Torrens – Educational psychologist – Creator of the Live Without Project in Greece\, and the recently launched e-learning course on school bullying management.\nIrene Pateraki\, Pedagogical and Monitoring Manager\, Central Support Service for the European School Education Platform\n\nDescription\nThis breakfast byte webinar is being organised in the run-up to the 2023 UNESCO international day against bullying\, as a contribution to awareness-raising and capacity-building around the topic of bullying. Dr Torrens will kick off the webinar with a deep dive into the LINK e-learning course focusing on school bullying prevention and management\, which aims to provide effective skills for teachers mainly\, but also for all professionals in any educational setting who work with children\, adolescents\, and their families. The course follows an interactive approach to ensure each thematic unit is fully understood and can be implemented successfully.\nIrene Pateraki from the European School Education Platform will be invited to respond to this presentation from their perspective. More specifically she will talk about the professional development initiatives organised on the theme of bullying in the European School Education Platform taking into account the European Commission recommendations/frameworks and making specific reference to the Pathways to school success and the LifeComp\, as well as reference to some key eTwinning projects on the topic of bullying. \nFurther information \nLINK programme\nPathways to school success\nLifeComp \nWebinar resources shared by speakers and participants \nProgramme used in Estonian kindergartens and schools which is originally Danish\nFUSE programme developed by University College Dublin in Ireland\neTwinning schools factsheet \n_______________ \nBackground\nAfter two great years of connecting with the COFACE Family Lab community through regular breakfast byte webinars looking at different types of supports to families (a support service\, a campaign\, a policy\, a project\, and more)\, we are organizing more breakfast bytes in 2023.With these breakfast bytes\, we aim to increase critical thinking and understanding of different family support systems. The target group of the webinars is especially professionals working with families and children but is open to all (researchers\, policy-makers\, teachers\, health workers\, families\, and more). It is more important than ever to connect professionals through transnational exchanges for cross-border mutual support and care. \n 
URL:https://coface-eu.org/event/school-bullying-management-effective-skills-for-educators/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20231017T090000
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SUMMARY:Leaving nobody behind: Making social rights available to all families
DESCRIPTION:European expert meeting on family diversity\nco-organised by COFACE Families Europe and UNAF Spain\n9.00-18.00Tuesday 17th October 2023 \nMadrid\, Spain \nA 2020 OECD working paper “Treating all children equally? Why policies should adapt to evolving family living arrangements” refers to modern family life and the profound changes to children’s family living arrangements.  An increasing number of children live with unmarried parents whose informal cohabitation implies unequal rights in terms of access to welfare benefit and social protection programmes compared to those in married life. In addition\, children experiencing family dissolution are increasingly likely to share their time between the two homes of the separated parents\, and/or to live in a stepfamily. The partnerships of rainbow families are still not recognised in many countries (even if progress is being made to ensure more inclusive data collection for same-sex families (OECD 2023); while single parent families and parents of children with disabilities are often overlooked by family policy/support systems. Family living arrangements are very diverse and not fully identified by official statistics and addressed by national family policies\, with consequences on families’ living standards and their capacity to take risks and be resilient. \nThe context is one of fast-paced changes in labour markets and income security to which families have to act as key responsive entities\, cushioning potentially negative impacts and enabling/disabling risk-taking and change.  As well as being under care and work pressure\, families are time-starved with negative impacts on their mental health and well-being. \nPolicy and support systems need more than ever to be inclusive\, flexible\, connected and complementary to ensure that families can be resilient to internal and external shocks. However\, are these policies and services truly accessible to all types of families and are they designed with family diversity in mind? Families whose composition is less traditional are especially vulnerable and can be affected much more by social and economic hardships. \nThe European Union is taking different policy and legal initiatives to support this process under the European Pillar of Social Rights (e.g. EU Work-life balance directive\, European Care Strategy\, EU Child Guarantee)\, but more could be done to ensure that new social rights are fully accessible to all without discrimination. \nThe family policy mix generally consists of measures to address typical care and poverty challenges for families\, such as work-life reconciliation\, child-rearing support\, long-term care\, and financial and nonfinancial assistance for families in vulnerable situations. These measures are often designed and funded in different policy fields (education\, employment\, social\, migration\, housing). \nThis expert meeting co-hosted with UNAF Spain will: \n\nProvide an overview of the social rights of families at national and EU level\nStudy policies to support families in Spain\nTake specific look at early childhood services and policies and their availability for different types of families\nFacilitate cross-country exchanges of good practices in family diversity policies\nIdentify any gaps in eligibility or family policy designs\nConsider what adaptations of social protection systems and EU policies are needed.\n\nWorking languages: English and SpanishParticipants on invitation only: NGOs representing families\, policy-makers\, and researchers. \nFull programme available in English here and in Spanish here. \nSee full Meeting report here. \n———– \nLinks and presentations shared during the meeting \nText of the Spanish proposal for a Family Diversity law \nEU Social Policy Through a Family Diversity Lens (presentation of Attila Böhm) \nState of play on family policies in Europe: spotlight on 5 countries (presentation of Martino Serapioni) \nFamily diversity workshop (presentation of Beybin Elvin Tunç) \nActivity on social media: \nPolicy and support systems for families need more than ever to be inclusive\, flexible\, connected\, and complementary (Facebook) \nCOFACE connects with its supportive network in Madrid (Twitter/X) \nPeek into the heart of COFACE’s creativity (LinkedIn) \n 
URL:https://coface-eu.org/event/leaving-nobody-behind-making-social-rights-available-to-all-families/
LOCATION:Madrid\, Spain
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SUMMARY:Study session on Deinstitutionalisation practices
DESCRIPTION:Looking at deinstitutionalisation practices in EU national contexts: Spotlight on Czechia\, Malta and Spain\n 12 October 2023\, 14.00 to 16.00 CET\nRegister here\n  \nThis public study session organised by the European Expert Group on the transition from institutional to community-based care will take place in the afternoon of 12 October 2023.  \nIt aims to bring together professionals\, persons concerned by deinstitutionalisation\, their families and representative organisations to discuss the shift toward meaningful inclusion in the community.  \nA diverse group of people in the European Union are still institutionalised\, and de-institutionalisation processes are at different stages.  \nThe study session is an opportunity to help improve understanding of the deinstitutionalisation (DI) process in the EU where participants will discuss the initiatives in place in their country to advance the DI process for several concerned communities.  \nWe have invited expert speakers from both civil society and governments from Czechia\, Malta and Spain to present and discuss with the audience the different deinstitutionalisation processes in their countries.  \nMore specifically\, the study session will focus on large-scale mental health reforms in Czechia\, deinstitutionalisation of people with disabilities in Malta\, and a pilot project on deinstitutionalisation of people who are homeless in Spain. \nSee the full programme here
URL:https://coface-eu.org/event/study-session-on-de-institutionalisation-practices/
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SUMMARY:COFACE online exchange on the EU Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) regulation
DESCRIPTION:COFACE online exchange on\nthe EU Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) regulation\n4th October 2023 09.00-10.00 CET \n  \nThis exchange will be a space for COFACE to : \n\nbrief its members about the state of play on the Child Sexual Abuse regulation currently being discussed in Brussels\nconnect different organisations working on this subject and exchange any updates about their work in this field\n\nThe CSA regulation was proposed in May 2022 aiming to better regulate risk assessments and detection of CSA online\, imposing different obligations on tech industries\, and also setting up an EU centre responsible for the monitoring and implementation of the regulation. \nFor further information\, please contact Beatrijs Gelders\, Policy and advocacy officer on safer internet and digital citizenship bgelders@coface-eu.org \n______________________ \nBackground information\nEuropean Child Sexual Abuse Legislation Advocacy Group\nEuropean Commission website\nEuropean Parliament briefing\nFlash Eurobarometer survey (July 2023) on the protection of children against online sexual abuse \n 
URL:https://coface-eu.org/event/coface-online-exchange-on-the-eu-child-sexual-abuse-csa-regulation/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20230919T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20230919T123000
DTSTAMP:20260418T155911
CREATED:20230703T072227Z
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SUMMARY:COFACE working group on education for social rights
DESCRIPTION:COFACE working group on education for social rights\n\n19th September 10.30-12.30 CET \nREGISTER HERE \nThis online working group meeting is being organised in the context of the L.I.N.K. education programme\, a joint initiative of COFACE Families Europe and KMOP education hub\, which is part of the European Family Lab launched in 2020. \nThe meeting is aiming to create an informal and collaborative space\, serving as an education hub\, where members from different countries can learn from one another\, exchange ideas\, build partnerships and explore ways to improve and promote their education practices. \nThe working group will bring together committed professionals and staff in the COFACE network who are actively involved or interested in education programmes within their organisations\, aiming to support both families and professionals through upskilling and life-long learning. REGISTER HERE \nFor further information\, contact Beybin Elvin Tunç\, Education Programme Coordinator btunc@coface-eu.org  \n________________________ \nBackground about L.I.N.K.\nL.I.N.K. (Learning and Innovating through New Knowledge) focuses on key social challenges of our times. L.I.N.K. educational tools and courses of are based on values of human rights\, non-discrimination\, gender equality\, social inclusion\, diversity\, empowerment\, and intergenerational solidarity\, and are designed for contributing to addressing important challenges that modern societies face. \nThe L.I.N.K. programme is a result of the collaboration between COFACE Families Europe and KMOP Education Hub. COFACE offers the programme its extensive knowledge on issues related to families at the European level\, while KMOP\, based on its long-term experience in actions supporting children and young people\, as well as its knowledge in educational planning\, provides documented and modern educational methods. \nL.I.N.K reflects the joint goal of COFACE and KMOP to create a modern educational center aiming at supporting education and lifelong learning for a range of challenges\, in which families\, professionals and modern societies in general need support and continuous guidance. \nIn general\, the goal of L.I.N.K. is to develop learning courses and tools. The courses may follow asynchronous\, synchronous\, and blended e-learning methods\, through all the series of educational modules that are developed.  These educational modules provide learners with new skills and solutions to societal challenges affecting families of today\, supporting also the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals and the European Pillar of Social Rights. \nMore here.
URL:https://coface-eu.org/event/coface-working-group-on-education-for-social-rights/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20230914T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20230914T120000
DTSTAMP:20260418T155911
CREATED:20230602T164557Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230727T115210Z
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SUMMARY:COFACE Disability working group on age and disability
DESCRIPTION:Disability and Ageing. \nThe needs and challenges for persons with disabilities and family carers\nWorking group (online)\n14th September 11.00-12.00 CET \nCOFACE Disability members are invited to this online information session to follow up\nfrom the discussions in Monza end of March 2023. \nFor further information contact Camille Roux\, Senior Policy and Advocacy Officer on disability rights and gender equality croux@coface-eu.org \n___________ \nBackground\nEU strategy for rights of persons with disabilities\nEuropean Care Strategy
URL:https://coface-eu.org/event/coface-disability-members-exchange-age-and-disability/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20230628T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20230628T113000
DTSTAMP:20260418T155911
CREATED:20230501T091327Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230602T163627Z
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SUMMARY:COFACE online exchange: Recognition of parenthood between Member States
DESCRIPTION:28th June from 10.00-11.30 CET\nCOFACE members are invited to join the discussion on a regulation proposed by the European Commission in December 2022  aimed at harmonising at EU level the rules of private international law relating to parenthood. The proposal is focused on the best interests and the rights of the child. \nIt aims to provide legal clarity for all types of families\, who find themselves in a cross-border situation within the EU\, be it because they move from one Member State to another to travel or reside\, or because they have family members or property in another Member State. \nOne of the main elements of the proposal is to create  a European Certificate of Parenthood: children (or their legal representatives) can request it from the Member State which established parenthood\, and choose to use it to prove their parenthood in all the other Member States. The Commission proposes a harmonised template\, common to the whole EU. The use of the Certificate would be optional for families\, but they have the right to request it and to have it accepted all over the EU. \nRegistrations open. \n  \nBackground information\nThe Rainbow Europe Index: an annual benchmarking tool developed by ILGA-Europe\, providing a comprehensive overview of LGBTQ+ rights and protections in European countries. The 2023 rankings showcase both progress and challenges within Europe. See more here.
URL:https://coface-eu.org/event/coface-online-member-exchange-on-parenthood-recognition-regulation/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20230516T093000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20230516T110000
DTSTAMP:20260418T155911
CREATED:20230412T084605Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230517T125334Z
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SUMMARY:High Quality ECEC: The importance of Child-Staff ratios for children’s well-being and families’ engagement
DESCRIPTION:WEBINAR\nSee the full presentation here. \nDateTuesday\, 16 May 2023 9.30-11.00 CET \nTitleHigh Quality ECEC: The importance of Child-Staff ratios for children’s well-being and families’ engagement \nSpeakers \n\nMartino Serapioni\, Research programme coordinator\, COFACE Families Europe\nIrene Bertana\, Senior Policy Officer\, European Association of Service providers for Persons with Disabilities (EASPD)\nTuscany Bell\, Policy Coordinator\, Social services and Youth\, European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU)\nDr. Stefan Iszkowski\, Policy Officer\, Social rights and inclusion\, European Commission\n\nDescription \nIt is the ambition of COFACE Families Europe to support all children’s right to education and the reconciliation of work and family life by developing policies and workplace measures around three pillars: access to Resources\, Services and Time. Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) is an essential part of the Services pillar. COFACE Families Europe has been advocating for quality ECEC settings that are accessible\, inclusive\, and function as a two- and multi-generational tool benefiting children and adults. \nHigh-quality ECEC systems ensure that every child has regular access to a variety of responsive\, sensitive interactions with adults\, peers\, and materials in playgroups and early education classrooms. COFACE highlights the multiple socio-economic benefits of children’s regular participation in this type of nurturing and engaging environment. For day-care and preschool centres to offer a high-quality service to all children\, however\, several enabling elements must be in place. \nFor the 2023 International Day of Families\, COFACE is hosting a webinar focused on a crucial aspect of quality ECEC services: the ratio of children to staff in daycare settings (child-staff ratio). Adequate child-staff ratios can yield multiple benefits for the children and all the other actors involved in the system\, particularly when developed as part of a broader effort to improve the working conditions and professional status of the ECEC workforce. \nJoin us to learn about the different benefits of low child-staff ratios for children\, families\, and staff\, build partnerships with key organizations\, and discuss how to make this a reality\, as part of the implementation of the European Care Strategy and the European Child Guarantee. \n(1) See the 2014 publication of a Proposal for key principles of a Quality Framework for Early Childhood Education and Care (report of the Working Group on Early Childhood Education and Care under the auspices of the European Commission). \n____________________________________________________ \nEU POLICY CONTEXT \nThe European Pillar of Social Rights Principle 11 states that children have the right to affordable early childhood education and care (ECEC) of good quality. Since its adoption\, the European Commission has been actively engaged in developing policy proposals and indicators to improve the availability and quality of ECEC in the European Union. The most recent framework is the European Care Strategy\, including the Council Recommendation on early childhood education and care: the Barcelona targets for 2030. \nIt came to reinforce other actions such as the EU Strategy for the Rights of the Child and the European Child Guarantee that also calls for free access to quality accessible ECEC services for children in vulnerable situations. Both frameworks were adopted by the Council Recommendations\, following the steps of the 2019 Recommendation on High-Quality Early Childhood Education and Care Systems. Other policies such as the Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021-2030 also put forward actions to make ECEC more accessible to children with disabilities. \nPRESENTATION AND LINKS \nYou can find the presentation of Martino Serapioni here\, and the full COFACE Thematic Note on child-staff ratios in ECEC here. \n  \nSee the full presentation here. \n\nFurther links were shared by participants during the webinar: \n\nIn Germany there was a joint call on 15th May 2023 by 30 something organizations\, trade unions etc. on the need of high quality care and education.\nIn France\, the social regulatory authorities (IGAS) monitoring quality in ECEC published a report in March 2023 denouncing the lack of quality in ECEC.\nThere is a European Commission expert group working on monitoring and evaluation of ECEC.\nRecommended book on interactions between ECEC funding and ECEC quality “The Decommodification of Early Childhood Education and Care: Resisting Neoliberalism”\nQuality for everyone: Scientific based standards for ECEC\nA literary review made by researchers in France concluded : “The internationally recommended ratio is 1:3 for children under two years of age\, and a maximum of 1:5 for children aged 2 to 3 years\, in groups of no more than 8 children (Ahnert et al.\, 2006; Melhuish et al.\, 2015; Slot\, 2018; Tardif\, 2012).”\nEASPD position paper on ECEC\nEMBRACE project on the inclusion of children with intellectual disabilities in ECEC
URL:https://coface-eu.org/event/high-quality-ecec-the-importance-of-child-staff-ratios-for-childrens-well-being-and-families-engagement/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20230511T093000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20230511T120000
DTSTAMP:20260418T155911
CREATED:20230504T142607Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230504T142607Z
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SUMMARY:Transnational family dynamics in Europe - online meeting
DESCRIPTION:Social rights of transnational families\nMay 11th 2023\, 9.30-12.00 CET \nIn the framework of the TraFaDy COST network\, COFACE is co-organising an online expert meeting on transnational families and social rights. Key topics to be addressed will be the following: \n\nSocial challenges and social protection of young migrants\nSocial protection of migrant academics\, diplomats\, artists\, and members of their families\,\nSocial challenges and social protection of adult migrants\nCare issues of elderly in families of migrants\n\nFor further information contact Attila Böhm abohm@coface-eu.org \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://coface-eu.org/event/transnational-family-dynamics-in-europe-online-meeting/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20230414T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20230414T120000
DTSTAMP:20260418T155911
CREATED:20230221T103341Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230223T102137Z
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SUMMARY:COFACE member exchange on financial inclusion
DESCRIPTION:COFACE member online exchange on\nfinancial inclusion\n14th April 2023 10.00-12.00 CET\nThis is a internal space for COFACE members to take stock of key developments in the field of financial inclusion at EU level\, including the transposition of the Consumer Credit Directive\, the work of the European Central Bank on the Digital Euro\, and personal insolvency. \nPartnerships\nCOFACE Families Europe is member of Finance Watch. \nEU context \n\nFamilies Corner Newsletter May 2022: OPINION piece by Peter Norwood is a Senior Research and Advocacy Officer at Finance Watch: Will the revised EU Consumer Credit Directive fully protect vulnerable consumers?\nFamilies Corner Newsletter July 2022 OPINION piece by Martin Schmalzried\, COFACE Senior policy and advocacy manager: Digital euro= Digital cash?\nFamilies Corner newsletter December 2022: COFACE-Families Europe welcomes the agreement on the revision of the Consumer Credit Directive
URL:https://coface-eu.org/event/coface-member-exchange-on-financial-inclusion/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20230328T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20230328T173000
DTSTAMP:20260418T155911
CREATED:20230115T163810Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230614T091709Z
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SUMMARY:European expert meeting: Inclusive Education for an Inclusive Europe
DESCRIPTION:Inclusive Education for an Inclusive Europe\nCOFACE Disability European expert meeting Tuesday 28th March 2023\, 9.00-17.30 Monza\, Italy \nRead the full meeting report here \nThe COFACE Disability Platform for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and their Families (COFACE-Disability) was founded by COFACE in 1998 to improve the representativeness of people with disabilities and their families. With more than 20 members\, COFACE-Disability fights for the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and for sufficient\, appropriate care provision and services\, close-to-home and in-home help services for people with support needs and their families to be made available in all Member States\, and for resources\, assistance and provision to be harmonised within the EU. COFACE-Disability defends the need to develop public care infrastructures supporting persons with disabilities and their families following a life cycle\, whole family approach\, boosting independent living and meaningful inclusion from birth to old age. This includes service provision that responds to the needs of persons with disabilities and their families but also to the removal of barriers in mainstream services. The topic of this event\, inclusive education\, lies at the intersection of these two necessary paradigm shifts. Recent EU frameworks such as the EU Child Guarantee\, the Strategy on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities\, the European Care Strategy\, have renewed the impetus around strengthening our education system for more inclusion and resilience. Building on the results of the 2018 COFACE conference on sustainable and future-proof education systems\, the COFACE-Disability back-to-school webinar of 2020\, the different practices highlighted in the 2021 S.H.I.F.T. report and the expertise of COFACE Disability members\, COFACE-Disability and AIAS Monza held a 1-day European expert meeting on inclusive education in Monza (Italy). Taking the Italian system as a starting point for discussion with European peers\, we brought together organisations of families of persons with disabilities and service providers\, education professionals\, persons with disabilities and their families and policy-makers from several countries to examine key actions to implement inclusive education in line with the UNCRPD and the General Comment n4. We aim to apply the COFACE whole-family lens to the topic of inclusive education as a way to build inclusive societies for persons with disabilities and their families: \n\nEducation for building independent living and meaningful inclusion in society;\nInclusive education from a life course perspective\, namely inclusive education beyond compulsory education;\nLooking at the continuum of services between formal and non-formal education with an added focus on culture and sports.\n\nWe hope this meeting will foster innovation and knowledge transfer between civil society organisations\, create new synergies between COFACE and COFACE Disability members and key Italian and European stakeholders\, and contribute to the S.H.I.F.T. towards more inclusive education systems in Europe. Working languages: English and Italian. Participation on invitation only. \nSee full programme in English. \nSee full programme in Italian. \nPresentations ‘From theory to practice: the challenges and successes of implementing the Italian inclusive school legislation’ \nLetter by Alessandra Locatelli\, Minister for Disabilities\, Italy \nThe challenges and successes of the implementation of Italian legislation on inclusive schools inclusive by Giuseppe Arconzo\, Associate Professor in Constitutional law and Rector’s Delegate for Disabilities and Specific Learning Disorders in the University of Study of Milan\, Italy \nInclusive education for an inclusive Europe by Elisabeth Lammers\, Vice president in charge of European affairs\, UNAPEI\, France \nPresentations ‘Inclusive education at all ages: building blocks for inclusive society’ \nInclusive ECEC Services- Special responses for children with disabilities by Renata Nacinovich\, MD\, Professor of Child Neuropsychiatry University of Milano Bicocca Head of Child and Adolescent Neuropsychiatry Unit\, S. Gerardo Hospital – ASST Monza Brianza\, Italy \nBoosting the profession of support teachers in schools by Prof. Antonio Prizio\, Head Teacher Istituto Comprensivo Statale “Via Raiberti” Monza\, Italy \nPresentations ‘Inclusion in non-formal education and lifelong learning’ \nSport for inclusion programmes: enriching and empowering persons with disabilities through sports by Cristian Fiora\, Certified Club Manager\, PGA Elite Golf Professional and AIAS Golftherapy trainer and Training Director AIAS\, Italy \nThe power of artistic collaboration between performers with and without disabilities by Gonçalo Solla\, Director\, Fundaçao Liga\, Portugal. Watch the video of Fundacao Liga’s dance programme ” Plural” here. \nInspiring society with learning hubs for the future of inclusive learning\, living and working in Flanders by Femke Houbrechts\, Social Innovation and Education Coach\, Konekt\, Belgium \nPresentations ‘What is Europe doing to boost inclusive education?’ \nAgency work on inclusive education by Antonella Mangiaracina\, Policy Officer\, European Agency for Special Needs and Inclusive Education \nHow do we contribute to building inclusion in education? by Eugenia Casariego Artola\, Development and Advocacy Coordinator\, European Schoolnet \nInclusive education in ESF Flanders by Caroline Meyers\, Expert transnational cooperation and knowledge management\, Department Werk en Sociale Economie\, Belgium \nRead the full meeting report here \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://coface-eu.org/event/european-expert-meeting-inclusive-education-for-an-inclusive-europe/
LOCATION:Monza\, Italy\, Italy
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20230309T113000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20230309T123000
DTSTAMP:20260418T155911
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SUMMARY:Online exchange on Quality in Early Childhood Education and Care
DESCRIPTION:You are welcome to join us on 9th March from 11.30-12.30 CET for an online exchange on quality in Early Childhood Education and Care.\n  \nThis online meeting is open to all COFACE and COFACE Disability members. \nThe session will kick off with a presentation by Professor Michel Vandenbroeck on the state of play of quality in ECEC\, with a focus on Belgium and Europe (including the Care Strategy and Child Guarantee). \nThe focus will especially be child-staff ratio as a primary driver for child well-being and family engagement. \nThis will be followed by a Q&A and exchange with COFACE members about the situation in their countries. \nTo receive information about registration\, please contact lgosme@coface-eu.org \n_____________________________ \nBackground information\n2022 European Care Strategy \n2022 Council Recommendation on ECEC \n2021 COFACE policy brief on ECEC \n2018 COFACE New Deal for ECEC
URL:https://coface-eu.org/event/online-exchange-on-quality-in-early-childhood-education-and-care/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20230215T093000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20230215T123000
DTSTAMP:20260418T155911
CREATED:20230110T142400Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230203T155759Z
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SUMMARY:COFACE Communication capacity-building on diverse participation in the 2024 European elections
DESCRIPTION:COFACE Families Europe is bringing together its members\, EU institutions\, and European partner organisations for a half-day capacity-building event to discuss key tips and practices to boost diverse participation in the 2024 European elections through communications. \nJoin us for an opportunity to share your own good practices and learn actionable tips and strategies from other experts in the field to trigger further strategic dynamics in your organisations and communities. \nPlease note that this is an invitation-only event with priority access for COFACE members and its network. \nWorking language: English \nFor more information contact: Bettina Guigui bguigui@coface-eu.org. \n  \nSee full programme here.
URL:https://coface-eu.org/event/coface-communication-capacity-building-on-diverse-participation-in-the-2024-european-elections/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20230208T093000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20230208T110000
DTSTAMP:20260418T155911
CREATED:20221221T093234Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230221T183457Z
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SUMMARY:Interventions to support children and youth in the digital environment
DESCRIPTION:Download the presentation slides of this webinar here.\nDate\n8th February 2023 from 9.30-11.00 CET \nTitle\nInterventions to support children and youth in the digital environment \nSpeakers\nHalla Holmarsdottir\, Professor\, Faculty of Education and International Studies\, Oslo Metropolitan University. Coordinator Horizon 2020 research ‘The Impact of Technological Transformations on the Digital Generation (DigiGen)’. \nHolly Shorey\, Project and advocacy officer\, COFACE Families Europe. Impact manager of DigiGen. \nDescription\nFollowing 3 years of EU Horizon 2020 research on the impact of digital transformations on children and youth\, the “Digital Generation”\, fresh insights and recommendations will be presented during the breakfast byte for use by families\, practitioners\, policy-makers and key industries. DigiGen starts putting a language to what we see\, as a society\, about children and young people’s everyday digital realities. Instead of relying on moral panics and paternalistic presumptions\, we respond to what hundreds of children and young people are telling us about their everyday digital lives. It is clear that the digital generation is made of active digital citizens who can be resilient and responsible participants in the digital civic space if adequately supported and recognised accordingly across their ecosystem: through schools\, leisure time\, families\, and other civic spaces. This can be done by employing a more holistic\, child-rights-friendly approach to digital access and competency. Namely that all children across Europe should have: \n\nAccess to digital devices\, connectivity\, and to a digital environment that enables their active participation as digital citizens\nRoom to develop competency across digital skills\, media literacy\, and social competences\n\nAchieving this relies on proper governance distribution between EU and national regulation\, industry self-regulation\, and awareness raising. \nMore information \nwww.digigen.eu \nLinks shared by participants \nThe OECD published information on regulatory frameworks to foster children’s protection in the digital environment\n\nApple published a post outlining features and Safer Internet Day activities across Europe in 2023\nDigiGen toolkit: “Talk!”  \nEurochild published a statement on child online safety \nSkills4Parents online HUB \nSafely online\, a European resource with tips for parents\, by Gezinsbond and Child Focus (Belgium) \nOnline course developed by COFACE and KMOP: School Bullying Management – Effective Skills for Educators \n“Más que un móvil” – A guide of the AEPD (data protection agency) in Spain \n  \nDownload the presentation slides of this webinar here.\n  \n_______________________ \n  \nAfter two great years of connecting with the COFACE Family Lab community through regular breakfast byte webinars looking at different types of supports to families (a support service\, a campaign\, a policy\, a project\, and more)\, join us for more breakfast bytes in 2023. \nIn 2023\, we are focusing on different EU supports for families\, including research\, policies\, education tools and more. \nWith these breakfast bytes\, we aim to increase critical thinking and understanding of family support systems. The target group of the webinars is especially professionals working with families and children but is open to all (researchers\, policy-makers\, teachers\, health workers\, families\, and more). It is more important than ever to connect professionals through transnational exchanges for cross-border mutual support and care. \nHave you missed our breakfast Bytes series so far or you would like to re-watch it? You can find it on COFACE TV\, our Youtube channel. \n 
URL:https://coface-eu.org/event/interventions-to-support-children-and-youth-in-the-digital-environment/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20230117T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20230117T120000
DTSTAMP:20260418T155911
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SUMMARY:COFACE member exchange on energy poverty
DESCRIPTION:COFACE member online exchange on energy poverty\n17th January 2023 10.00-12.00 CET\nThis is a internal space for COFACE members to take stock of the energy crisis and its impact on families. \nPartnerships\nCOFACE Families Europe is member of the Right to Energy Coalition. \nEU context\nFamilies Corner Newsletter November 2022 What has the EU done to address the energy crisis?\nEuropean Commission communication: Tackling rising energy prices: a toolbox for action and support\nEuropean Parliament briefing: Energy saving and demand reduction \n  \n 
URL:https://coface-eu.org/event/save-the-date-coface-member-exchange-on-energy-poverty/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20221213T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20221213T163000
DTSTAMP:20260418T155911
CREATED:20221125T133250Z
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SUMMARY:Transnational Family Dynamics - online brainstorm on the state of play
DESCRIPTION:Transnational Family Dynamics\nCOFACE online brainstorm/exchange\n13 December 14.00-16.30\nCOFACE Families Europe is part of a new COST network called Transnational Family Dynamics in Europe which aims to deepen the knowledge of the growing\, rapidly changing phenomenon and dynamics of transnational families (TNF) by bringing together researchers and stakeholders from different disciplines and countries to address the need for transnational insights and to formulate policy and practice-oriented recommendations with an impact on international\, national\, sub-local and local practices. We’re keen to examine to what extent EU social policies cover this reality\, kicking off with a brainstorm with researchers and policy shapers on 13th December. \nAlthough transnational families (TNFs) are not a new phenomenon\, they have only gained academic interest in recent decades. TNFs reflect critical social\, economic and political aspects of globalisation\,  separate from\, but still linked to\, the concept of “migrant families”. The shift from migrant families to TNFs can be seen as a reconceptualisation of migration as an “uprooting” life event to the idea that migrants maintain ties to their home societies in many ways. Altogether\, research on TNFs has led to the questioning of fundamental concepts and assumptions in research\, policy and practice\, as an exclusive ‘local’ and ‘sedentary’ focus conflicts with the mobile and/or transnational life of different TNFs and/or with the transnational nature of the challenges they face. Gradually\, the concept of transnational families is appearing in public and political debates where TNF ties are seen as both a challenge and an opportunity. While research has acknowledged TNFs as an important societal actor in both sending\, transit and receiving countries\, migration politics and policies as well as the general public are not yet aware of their central role in different migration regimes and their outcomes. One of the main goals of our Action is to address the relative invisibility of TNFs and to raise awareness among the general public\, institutions and policy makers of their existence and multiple realities that impact not only on the lives\, well-being and decision-making of migrants and their families but also on various aspects and policies of the societies in which they live\, such as the allocation of social protection and healthcare. \nJoin us for this first brainstorm and exchange! Agenda and registration link here \nFurther information: Attila Böhm COFACE policy and advocacy officer\, abohm@coface-eu.org \n 
URL:https://coface-eu.org/event/transnational-family-dynamics-online-brainstorm-on-the-state-of-play/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20221213T093000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20221213T110000
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SUMMARY:Webinar: The Giant’s House – Child Safety and prevention on tour
DESCRIPTION:Download the presentation here\nDate\n13th December 2022 from 9.30-11.00 CET \nTitle\nThe Giant’s House –Child Safety and prevention on tour \nSpeaker\nErik Boon\, Event Manager – Project manager The Giant’s House/Reuzenhuis. Gezinsbond vzw\, Belgium \nDescription\nAccidents can happen in a tight corner\, up a staircase with very high steps\, with a saucepan\, at the bottom of a deep bath… After all\, most homes are not made for a child’s size. Step into the shoes of a young toddler and experience as an adult with an exhibition and new technologies the dangers and discover some useful prevention tips. Get to know how Gezinsbond and Ligue des Familles went on tour in Belgium. And why not … bring it to your country. During the webinar you will get to know more about the project and get some tips on child safety. \nMore information\nwww.reuzenhuis.org\nwww.maisondesgeants.org \nDownload the presentation here.\n_______________________ \n  \nAfter a great year 2021 connecting with the COFACE Family Lab community through regular breakfast byte webinars looking at different types of supports to families (a support service\, a campaign\, a policy\, a project\, and more) we launched a new breakfast byte series again in 2022. \nIt again focuses on diverse types of family supports across the EU\, including campaigns on inclusive education\, cross-border recognition of familial ties\, family leadership for an inclusive life\, employment supports to adults with disabilities\, tips for child safety in the home\, training of non-formal education staff for working with children with and without special needs\, building energy systems which put families before profits and more. \nWith these breakfast bytes\, we aim to increase critical thinking and understanding of family support systems. The target group of the webinars is especially professionals working with families and children but is open to all (researchers\, policy-makers\, teachers\, health workers\, families\, and more). It is more important than ever to connect professionals through transnational exchanges in order to tackle the social impacts of COVID-19 on families and children. \nDid you miss our breakfast Bytes series or you would like to re-watch it? You can find it on COFACE TV\, our Youtube channel. \n 
URL:https://coface-eu.org/event/webinar-the-giants-house-child-safety-and-prevention-on-tour/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20221122T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20221122T110000
DTSTAMP:20260418T155911
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Inclusive labour markets: a support service for persons with disabilities to match their skills with employment opportunities
DESCRIPTION:Download the presentation slides of this webinar here.\nDate\n22nd November 2022 from 9.30-11.00 CET \nTitle\nInclusive labour markets: a support service for persons with disabilities to match their skills with employment opportunities \nSpeakers\nGonçalo Solla\,  General Manager at Fundação LIGA\, PortugalEmília Mesquita\, Case Manager at OED\, Fundação LIGA\, Portugal \nDescription\nOperação de Emprego para Pessoas com Deficiência (OED) works directly with persons with disabilities to provide meaningful opportunities for employment. It works with persons with disabilities to find employment that fits their skills and needs\, whilst also providing follow-up support and training to ensure successful workplace integration. It also interacts directly with employers to ensure that workplaces and recruitment processes are accessible. \nOED provides individualised support to persons with disabilities to be able to match them with employment opportunities that fit their skillsets and wishes. This approach allows OED to support sustainable employment for persons with disabilities since they are invested in and supported before and after recruitment. Direct engagement with employers promotes a more diverse and inclusive workforce\, providing positive representations of persons with disabilities. \nThis initiative is a partnership between Fundação LIGA (NGO and COFACE Disability member)\, Câmara Municipal de Lisboa (Lisbon Municipality) and Instituto do Emprego e Formação Profissional (Institute of Employment and Vocational Training). \nMore information\nhttp://www.oed.com.pt \nEU context \nIn September 2022\, the European Commission presented Disability Employment Package to support Member States in ensuring that persons with disabilities enjoy social inclusion and economic autonomy through employment. The package is part of the Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021-2030 and is in line with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The package includes a Practitioner toolkit on strengthening PES to improve the labour market outcomes of persons with disabilities. \n\n_______________________ \n  \nAfter a great year 2021 connecting with the COFACE Family Lab community through regular breakfast byte webinars looking at different types of supports to families (a support service\, a campaign\, a policy\, a project\, and more) we launched a new breakfast byte series again in 2022. \nIt again focuses on diverse types of family supports across the EU\, including campaigns on inclusive education\, cross-border recognition of familial ties\, family leadership for an inclusive life\, employment supports to adults with disabilities\, tips for child safety in the home\, training of non-formal education staff for working with children with and without special needs\, building energy systems which put families before profits and more. \nWith these breakfast bytes\, we aim to increase critical thinking and understanding of family support systems. The target group of the webinars is especially professionals working with families and children but is open to all (researchers\, policy-makers\, teachers\, health workers\, families\, and more). It is more important than ever to connect professionals through transnational exchanges in order to tackle the social impacts of COVID-19 on families and children. \nDid you miss our breakfast Bytes series or you would like to re-watch it? You can find it on COFACE TV\, our Youtube channel. \n  \nDownload the presentation slides of this webinar here.
URL:https://coface-eu.org/event/webinar-inclusive-labour-markets-a-support-service-for-persons-with-disabilities-to-match-their-skills-with-employment-opportunities/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20221004T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20221004T163000
DTSTAMP:20260418T155911
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SUMMARY:Building effective policies to support single parenthood
DESCRIPTION:The COVID-19 pandemic has damaged our societies and economies\, and the war in Ukraine is adding further pressure (expanding the number of single parent families in Europe). The situation has also put centre stage the role of families as safety nets while magnifying the shortcomings of our systems which have been ignored for too long. This situation is unacceptable and now is the time to build back better using national and EU policy and legislative tools to achieve greater wellbeing of children and their families\, access to high quality\, inclusive and community-based services.  Co-hosted by COFACE and Women 4 Women Czech Republic\, this European expert meeting explored the effectiveness of family policies to address the realities of single parent families. \nSingle parenthood\, like any family type\, is not a homogenous block and covers different realities: headed by mothers\, fathers\, and even by a grandparent raising their grandchildren\, having one child or being a large family\, being from a migrant background\, having a child or parent with disabilities. According to a recently commissioned European Parliament study\, single parenthood is becoming more common in the EU\, and the majority of single parent households are headed by women. For some people\, single parenthood is a choice. But for many it is not\, and linked to a series of life events they have not chosen. Children in single parent families do not necessarily have any more needs than children in other types of families\, but their vulnerabilities will increase due to heightened risk of poverty and exclusion of their parent. Compared to couples with children\, single parents do have higher rates of living in a household with low work intensity\, at-risk-of-poverty (AROP)\, or material deprivation. More here. The share of single parents among all households with children varies considerably from one country to another in the European Union\, from more than 20% in Sweden\, Denmark\, Estonia\, Latvia\, Lithuania and France to less than 9% in countries like Croatia\, Romania\, Finland\, Greece\, Slovakia\, Malta\, Poland\, Spain\, Slovenia. More here. \nEach policy should aim for universal results by triggering a two-track way of thinking from the beginning (i.e. mixing universal measures for all families and targeted measures for families in vulnerable situations). This cannot be treated in parallel or one after the other\, this universal particularism needs to be integrated in the thinking from the outset. This will allow for policies that aim to prevent and redress the situation\, mobilising all levels of governance in an integrated way. In order to do that\, the policy-making should be more inclusive and allow concerned families and their representative organizations to participate to their shaping\, monitoring and evaluation. \nThe European expert meeting objectives were the following: \n\nExplore the reality of single parents across different EU countries\, using a multi-generation lens;\nDiscuss existing challenges and solutions in policy and practice;\nReview family policies to integrate and respond to diverse needs of families of today\, in light of developments under the EU Child Guarantee action plans;\nBoost the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights Action Plan\, namely principles 2 (gender equality)\, 3 (equal opportunities)\, 9 (work-life balance) and access to childcare and support to children (11)\n\nSee the programmes in English and Czech.\nSee full meeting report in English \n\nPresentations \nSupporting single parents and their children under the EU Child Guarantee: objectives\, plans\, partnerships. by Martina Štěpánková Štýbrová – Director of Department of Family Policy and Protection of Children´s Rights\, Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs\, Czechia. \nBeyond family policy: The effectiveness of policies to address the realities of single parents in the European Union by Rense Nieuwenhuis\, Associate Professor in Sociology\, Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI)\, Stockholm University \nStudy session 1: Mental health and work-life balance \n\nMary Halloran\, Board Member\, Irish Countrywomen’s Association\, Ireland\n\nStudy session 2: Policies which reach out to single-parent realities \n\nRasa Zemaite\, Coordinator\, National Assembly of Active Mothers\, Lithuania\nDaniel Alvarez\, Project Manager\, Isadora Duncan Single-Parent Foundation\, Spain\n\nStudy session 3: Separation\, mediation\, and blended families \n\nEvelyn Martin\, Honorary Chairperson\, ÖPA\, Austria\n\nStudy session 4: Housing solutions for social and economic integration \n\nNina Ould Ami\, President of the Fédération Syndical des Familles Monoparentales\, France\n\n 
URL:https://coface-eu.org/event/building-effective-policies-to-support-single-parenthood/
LOCATION:Prague\, Czech Republic
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20220927T093000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20220927T160000
DTSTAMP:20260418T155911
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SUMMARY:Stepping up implementation of the EU Child Guarantee: National action plans in the spotlight
DESCRIPTION:By calling on EU Member States to guarantee access to basic rights and services for children in need and their families\, the Child Guarantee represents a pivotal and timely instrument to enhance the protection of children experiencing poverty and social exclusion. Moreover\, it lays the foundation for a stronger social and equity-driven Europe. Over the last months\, it has been up to each EU Member State to draw up their Child Guarantee national action plans to outline how the framework will concretely be implemented in their respective countries until 2030. \nThe war in Ukraine and the ensuing crisis shows again that it is by consolidating family support systems\, based on a mix of resources\, services\, and leaves which are accessible to all families without discrimination\, that the European Union will be resilient and strong enough to absorb shocks. \nCOFACE and AGF hosted an expert meeting in Berlin to: \n\nexamine the measures highlighted in the national action plans on the Child Guarantee to boost family supports;\nstudy policy and service solutions to enhance child and family well-being;\nbring together family policy-makers working to improve outcomes for children and their families;\nboost the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights Action Plan.\n\nWorking languages: English and German \nParticipation on invitation only. \n____________________ \nKey takeaways \n\nTechnical guidelines for implementation was highlighted as one way to support national ministries in the implementation process. Guidelines on measurement\, indicators\, monitoring\, evaluation. Going via the Technical Support Instrument is a great opportunity of course\, and used by many with lots of added value. But maybe an operational document with general technical guidelines (and not country-specific) could boost implementation further.\nThe biennial European Commission report on implementation could include both policy and funding updates\, namely on the use of EU funds for the Child Guarantee.\nWorking in partnership with the target groups remains central\, and civil society organisations are there to facilitate this.\nChild participation can take many forms\, from more simple to more elaborate forms. That diversity of participation forms can be a big help to bring the voices of children to the process in a meaningful way.\nThe importance of the Child Guarantee coordinator cannot be underestimated\, to bring a transversal approach to the implementation process and to function as ambassador for the Child Guarantee in other ministries.\nKey governance pointers were mentioned such as having a focal point on the CG in each ministry or in each region\, creating a children’s council\, building interdepartmental committees for coordination\, developing local action plans (relevant given regional/local differences highlighted today)\, allocating specific budgets for implementation in national budgets but also in the EU funds.\nWhether building on existing laws or developing new laws\, any approach is relevant\, respected and valued. However\, two points are essential: embedding the Child Guarantee as much as possible in national legal&policy processes\, and also ensuring that family diversity is recognized in national legislation\, to ensure full access to social rights and financial supports to deal with difficult life transitions.\nThe challenges of today are many (COVID\, war\, inflation)\, but they can help highlight gaps in our social systems and help focus on filling these gaps.\n\nSee full meeting report here \n  \n____________________ \nUseful links \nMay 2019: Council Recommendation on High-Quality Early Childhood Education and Care Systems\nThis recommendation identifies 5 key components of a qualitative system: access to early childhood education and care; training and working conditions of staff in charge of early childhood education and care; definition of appropriate curricula; governance and funding; monitoring and evaluation of systems. The Quality Framework has already supported reforms in many countries and helped improving the offer of early childhood education and care. \nJune 2021: Council Recommendation establishing a European Child Guarantee\nIn September 2022\, the following countries had published their National Action Plans on the Child Guarantee: Belgium\, Croatia\, Denmark\, Estonia\, Finland\, France\, Ireland\, Italy\, Luxembourg\, Malta\, The Netherlands\, Poland\, Spain\, Sweden. More here \nDecember 2022: Council Recommendation on Early childhood education and care\nThis was adopted by the Council of the EU as part of the European Care Strategy package launched on 7th September\, and should be adopted by the Council of the EU by end of 2022. More here \nAlliance for investing in Children\nThe EU Alliance for Investing in Children brings together over 20 European networks sharing a commitment to end child poverty and to promote child well-being across Europe.
URL:https://coface-eu.org/event/stepping-up-implementation-of-the-eu-child-guarantee-national-action-plans-in-the-spotlight/
LOCATION:Berlin\, Germany
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20220920T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20220920T110000
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Quality assurance in early childhood education and care services
DESCRIPTION:Download the presentation slides of this webinar here. \nDate \n20th September 2022 from 9.30-11.00 CET \nTitle \nQuality assurance in early childhood education and care services \nSpeaker \nSven Iversen\, Managing Director. AGF (Association of Family organisations)\, Germany. \nDescription \nEarly childhood education and care (ECEC) has undergone major dynamics and changes throughout the last years in Germany. There are discrepancies between families’ reported needs for places in early childhood education and care and the actual participation rates of children attending early childhood services. Still\, the proportion of children under three years of age that attend publicly subsidised community-based early childhood education and care or family day care is increasing continuously. \nFrom the perspective of the family organisations joined under the umbrella of AGF in Germany the following aspects of the quality of ECEC services have to be taken into account: general access to childcare and its opening hours\, qualification and training of professionals\, professional-child-ratio and maximum group size\, development of guidelines for pedagogic work\, training and educational partnership as well as long-term quality assurance. \nJoin us to hear about the work of AGF which has been advocating for strong investments in early childhood and closely monitoring the European Child Guarantee developments. \nMore information\nhttps://www.ag-familie.de/home/dokumente.html?en \nEU context \nThere are similar dynamics and challenges in many countries regarding the development of quality early childhood education and care\, which is why the European Union has taken different initiatives in the last years: \nMay 2019: Council Recommendation on High-Quality Early Childhood Education and Care Systems\nThis recommendation identifies 5 key components of a qualitative system: access to early childhood education and care; training and working conditions of staff in charge of early childhood education and care; definition of appropriate curricula; governance and funding; monitoring and evaluation of systems. The Quality Framework has already supported reforms in many countries and helped improving the offer of early childhood education and care. \nJune 2021: Council Recommendation establishing a European Child Guarantee\nOn the day of the breakfast byte webinar\, the following countries have published their National Action Plans on the Child Guarantee: Belgium\, Croatia\, Denmark\, Estonia\, Finland\, France\, Ireland\, Italy\, Luxembourg\, Malta\, The Netherlands\, Poland\, Spain\, Sweden. More here \nSeptember 2022: Proposal for a Council Recommendation on Early childhood education and care \nThis was proposed by the European Commission as part of the European Care Strategy package launched on 7th September\, and should be adopted by the Council of the EU by end of 2022. More here \n_______________________ \n  \nAfter a great year 2021 connecting with the COFACE Family Lab community through regular breakfast byte webinars looking at different types of supports to families (a support service\, a campaign\, a policy\, a project\, and more) we launched a new breakfast byte series again in 2022. \nIt is focusing on diverse types of family supports across the EU\, including campaigns on inclusive education\, cross-border recognition of familial ties\, family leadership for an inclusive life\, employment supports to adults with disabilities\, tips for child safety in the home\, training of non-formal education staff for working with children with and without special needs\, building energy systems which put families before profits and more. \nWith these breakfast bytes\, we aim to increase critical thinking and understanding of family support systems. The target group of the webinars is especially professionals working with families and children but is open to all (researchers\, policy-makers\, teachers\, health workers\, families\, and more). It is more important than ever to connect professionals through transnational exchanges in order to tackle the social impacts of COVID-19 on families and children. \nDid you miss our breakfast Bytes series or you would like to re-watch it? You can find it on COFACE TV\, our Youtube channel. \n  \nDownload the presentation slides of this webinar here.
URL:https://coface-eu.org/event/webinar-quality-assurance-in-early-childhood-education-and-care-services/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220614
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220615
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SUMMARY:European Expert Meeting on Gender Equality\, Sustainability & Workplace Wellbeing co-hosted by Pro Parents Netherlands & COFACE Families Europe
DESCRIPTION:Good practices\, better workplaces\nFamily friendly workplaces as cornerstone for an economy which cares\nVideo summary of the expert meeting and objectives \nMeeting report with key findings \nA chance to build back better\nWorking families around the globe were dramatically impacted by the changes COVID-19 brought. Increasing anxieties around job security\, mounting home schooling demands\, and radical birth and postpartum plan shifts have taken the small safety net around families away. We are still in the phase of covid recovery\, gearing up for the next normal in work and life. There is an opportunity to build back better and coordinate a societal shift both at home and in the workplace. We need to redefine the future of work and how we envision care and work. How caretaking responsibilities are organized to ensure that people with care responsibilities (mostly women and or mothers\, but also family members who take care of elderly relatives or relatives with disabilities) are properly represented in the workplace. \nCreating the building blocks\nWith the Sustainable Development Goals 1 (no poverty)\, 3 (health and well-being)\, 5 (gender equality) and 8 (decent work and economic growth) in mind\, the objective of this European expert meeting was to create the building blocks for a caring economy by: \n\nconnecting families\, policy-makers and employers in order to collect best practices for family-friendly workplaces and create European guidelines to help employers create a culture shift;\nupscaling good practices from The Netherlands to other countries\, and encourage further cross-country exchanges;\npreparing the future of work to deal with labour market challenges due to gender inequality and the lack of appropriate work life balance measures\, such as female under-representation\, absenteeism\, loss of talent and talent shortages\, mental health issues and more;\nstudying solutions to improve gender equality in the labour market;\nboosting the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights Action Plan\, namely principles 2 (gender equality)\, 3 (equal opportunities) and 9 (work-life balance).\n\nFull programme available here. \n\nAbout the co-hosts\nCOFACE Families Europe promotes the well-being\, health\, social inclusion and security of families and family members in our ever-changing society. We serve as a trusted entity to voice the issues and needs of families in Europe. We advocate non-discrimination policies and equal opportunities for individuals as well as for families in all shapes and sizes. Our support specifically goes out to policies and initiatives aimed at increasing equality between women and men\, focused on a union of work\, care and family life. \nPro Parents Netherlands is on a mission to reinvent the way companies support their employees on the path to parenthood. With science based parental health policies and practices for employers who wish to commit to gender inclusion. In addition\, Pro Parents is building an Employer benefit platform for parents @work\, to help navigate the joy and journey for parents at work. \n\nPresentations \nGender Inclusion\, Interrelated health of children and their parents in the first 1000 days by Prof. Dr. Tessa Roseboom\, University of Amsterdam\, The Netherlands \nDismantling discriminatory social norms in the workplace by Marie Toulemonde\, Gender specialist\, United Nations Population Fund\, Eastern Europe and Central Asia\, and Adelina Tërshani\, Program Officer for Women’s Economic Empowerment\, Kosovo Women’s Network\, Kosovo \nKey steps to build inclusive employership by Helen Gleis\, Project Manager Diversity & Inclusion\, BDO Netherlands \nWhy We Need Workplace Wellbeing Strategies: Evidence from the Netherlands by Mara Yerkes\, Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary Social Science\,Utrecht University \nSupporting employers to build parent equality organisational culture by Sylwia Ziemacka\, Council member\, Share the Care Foundation\, Poland \nEquality\, Father- and Family-Friendliness by Marina Wetzer-Karlsson\, Programme Director\, Väestöliitto\, Family Federation of Finland \nA label for carer-friendly workplaces by Lucie Boulier\, Cap’Handéo Policy officer\, Handéo Services\, France \nSupporting working parents with young children by Pro Parents (Authors: J. Knappe\, N. van Kesteren\, W. Hooftman)
URL:https://coface-eu.org/event/family-friendly-workplaces/
LOCATION:The Netherlands
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20220517T093000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20220517T110000
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SUMMARY:Sharing Time to Improve Mental Health and Social Cohesion: The Example of Time Banks
DESCRIPTION:Download the presentation slides of this webinar here. \nDate \n17th May 2022 from 9.30-11.00 CET \nTitle \nSharing Time to Improve Mental Health and Social Cohesion: The Example of Time Banks \nSpeaker \nElvira Méndez\, General Director\, Associació Salut i Família\, Spain \nDescription \nThe Associació Salut i Família has been promoting for more than twenty years the creation of free service exchange networks between people who live and / or work in the same neighborhood\, town or city. These networks for the exchange of services\, skills\, knowledge and relationships between people take the hour of time as a unit of value and exchange. \nTime Banks are a new social institution open to all those who wish to improve the quality of their daily life by giving\, receiving and sharing their time with respect for others and a desire for reciprocity. They promote social cohesion\, trust\, friendship\, solidarity and good treatment among people who are partners; and offer their members a wide range of services and possibilities. Thus\, the members can exchange knowledge and hobbies\, help with daily life tasks\, take care of animals and plants\, keep people company\, solve small domestic breakdowns and\, also\, can share all kinds of group activities. Time Banks are a tool for social inclusion for newcomers\, they promote intergenerational exchange and improve the reconciliation of personal\, family and work life under conditions of equality between men and women. \nJoin us online to hear more and consider how to implement a time bank in your country. \nMore information \nhttps://saludyfamilia.es/es/bancos-del-tiempo-cohesion-social/bancos-del-tiempo \n_______________________ \n  \nAfter a great year 2021 connecting with the COFACE Family Lab community through regular breakfast byte webinars looking at different types of supports to families (a support service\, a campaign\, a policy\, a project\, and more) we launched a new breakfast byte series again in 2022. \nIt again focuses on diverse types of family supports across the EU\, including campaigns on inclusive education\, cross-border recognition of familial ties\, family leadership for an inclusive life\, employment supports to adults with disabilities\, tips for child safety in the home\, training of non-formal education staff for working with children with and without special needs\, building energy systems which put families before profits and more. \nWith these breakfast bytes\, we aim to increase critical thinking and understanding of family support systems. The target group of the webinars is especially professionals working with families and children but is open to all (researchers\, policy-makers\, teachers\, health workers\, families\, and more). It is more important than ever to connect professionals through transnational exchanges in order to tackle the social impacts of COVID-19 on families and children. \nDid you miss our breakfast Bytes series or you would like to re-watch it? You can find it on COFACE TV\, our Youtube channel. \nDownload the presentation slides of this webinar here.
URL:https://coface-eu.org/event/webinar-sharing-time-to-improve-mental-health-and-social-cohesion-the-example-of-time-banks/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20220512T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20220512T160000
DTSTAMP:20260418T155911
CREATED:20220113T203857Z
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SUMMARY:COFACE Disability annual meeting
DESCRIPTION:The annual meeting of the COFACE Disability platform (for the rights of persons with disability\, their families and their carers) will take place on 12th May 2022 – save the date! \n\nUpdates on national developments including the long-term impacts of COVID-19\, and how Europe can support families of children and adults with disabilities;\nUpdates on EU frameworks including the European Disability Rights Strategy\, the transposition of the EU work-life balance directive\, EU Child Guarantee\, and the upcoming European Care Strategy;\nFurther analysis of the practices in the S.H.I.F.T. report published end 2021\, and discussions on next steps;\nConsolidating partnerships with European NGOs and other key stakeholders.\n\nWorking languages: English and French. \nPlease note this meeting is open to members only. \n 
URL:https://coface-eu.org/event/coface-disability-annual-meeting/
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