Antonia Torrens, COFACE Families Europe president, has been invited to join a special panel to advise President Ursula von der Leyen on child safety online and potential age limits for social media platforms in Europe.
The European Semester is the EU’s annual cycle for coordinating economic, social, employment, and budgetary policies. It strongly shapes national reforms and EU funding priorities, yet it often flies under the radar of civil society. This online capacity-building sessions is for COFACE members who wish to get involved in this process.
COFACE member organisation the National Parents Society of Persons with Disability (NPSPD) in Malta has recently marked an important milestone in its psychosocial support work, while also preparing new initiatives for the months ahead.
For the first time in Italy, on 27th of January 2026, hundreds of family carers gathered in the streets of Rome calling for a law that ensures economic security, prevents social isolation, and establishes structured protections for caregivers.
On Safer Internet Day, COFACE Families Europe has signed two open letters calling for robust legislation to tackle child sexual abuse and to prohibit nudifying tools.
COFACE member organisation Udruga roditelja Korak po korak (Parents’ Association “Step by step”) has published the second edition of the newsletter for the SCHOOLinHUB project, highlighting recent progress and key developments.
COFACE member organisation LEAP Ireland has shared a 60 second video capturing key moments from its recent Leadership for Inclusion Series in Galway, which ran over six months and concluded earlier this year.
Glossary of key terms in EU family and social policy Accession – The term accession refers to the process in which a country’s candidature is accepted, and it...
Fostering inclusive learning environments: Strategies for Supporting Parenting Students in Higher Education. This is the name of an Erasmus+ project which aimed to reduce barriers to education for students with childcare responsibilities. They published a TOOLBOX with tools to help education institutions create inclusive learning environments for young parents studying in higher education.
