As we step into 2025, COFACE Families Europe’s President reflects on the organisation’s unwavering commitment to improving the lives of families across Europe.
This exchange will be organised for COFACE members to take stock of challenges for blended families. Blended families, also known as stepfamilies or recomposed families, are increasingly common across Europe due to rising rates of divorce, remarriage, and cohabitation.
As part of the European Semester, the Joint Employment Report 2025 emphasises that participation in ECEC under three is improving but at a very low pace, calling for renewed efforts in line with the European Child Guarantee, the European Care Strategy and the Council Recommendation on ECEC.
Dr. Antonia Torrens, General Director of KMOP, has been elected President of COFACE Families Europe for a four year mandate from 2024-2028.
Making the European Pillar of Social Rights a reality for Europe’s families: mind the gap This COFACE seminar brought together key EU-level stakeholders, and published a discussion paper to kick off the debate. Session 1: How to take the EU Pillar of Social Rights to...
The first section of the discussion paper focuses on the content of the future Pillar, drawing out the policy principles which in our opinion are most relevant to address the immediate needs of families and challenges related to demographic changes in the last decade. The second section discusses process-related elements of the future Pillar, with a focus on the scope of the Pillar, on ways to make the Pillar relevant at local level, and how to ensure the link with other ongoing EU legislative processes.
