European Institutions
In this page we will display all the activities done in the framework of the European institutions which affects directly or indirectly all families in Europe.
Resolution (93) 38 on relations between the Council of Europe and Non – Governmental Organisations (1993)
Resolution (2003) 9 Status of partnership between the Council of Europe and Non – Governmental Organisations (2003)
Throwback to the European Art Contest ceremony awards
22th of June 2023 Following the announcement of the results of the European Art Contest, FAFCE invited participants from all over Europe to Strasbourg to give the prizes to the winners of the contest
Loneliness in The European Union: Policies at work
8th of June 2023 On Tuesday, 6 June 2023, the European Commission's Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion hosted a high-level conference in Brussels to mark the conclusion of the European Parliament's pilot
Take-aways of FAFCE conference on the European Year of Skills 2023: a call to recognise family skills
2nd of June 2023 On the occasion of the European Year of Skills 2023, FAFCE and its partners organised on the 31st of May 2023 the dialogue conference: “Grounded in the Present, skilled for the
INVITATION I Invitation to the award ceremony of FAFCE European Art Contest
23 May 2023, The Federation of Catholic Family Associations in Europe (FAFCE) is happy to invite you to European Parliament award ceremony of the Saint Joseph European Art Contest 14 June 2023 (18.00 –
CONFERENCE INVITATION | European Year of Skills 2023: join dialogue conference on upskilling, training and education in the EU (31 May 2023, 9.00 – 13.00)
CONFERENCE INVITATION Following the publication of the joint contribution on the European Year of Skills, FAFCE and its partners invite you to the conference “Grounded in the Present, skilled for the Future”, addressing reskilling and
PRESS RELEASE | FAFCE Board Meeting and International Congress on Family Networks “Antidote to loneliness”
Murcia, 5th of May 2023 Between the 2nd and the 4th of May 2023, FAFCE held its bi-annual Board Meeting in Murcia (Spain). FAFCE Members from all over Europe gathered to exchange on their respective activities and
FAFCE 2023 Spring Board Resolution | “The crisis of loneliness in times of digital transition: family networks as agents of change”
FAFCE Board Resolution Murcia, 4th of May 2023 The crisis of loneliness in times of digital transition: family networks as agents of change In the current context of digital, environmental and demographic transitions,
European Sunday Alliance breakfast event in the European Parliament on “Work and loneliness: synchronised quality resting time for an improved mental health of workers”
Article published on the European Sunday Alliance Website 28 April 2023, The European Sunday Alliance organized on Wednesday 26 April 2023 a Breakfast event in the European Parliament on the topic “Work and loneliness: Quality resting time
FAFCE celebra en la UCAM los próximos días 2 a 4 de mayo un simposium internacional sobre las redes de familias
27 de Abril 2023, FAFCE celebra en la UCAM los próximos días 2 a 4 de mayo un simposium internacional sobre las redes de familias Durante los próximos dias 2 a 4 de Mayo
Family and teleworking: FAFCE stresses the commitment and struggles of parents
21 January 2021 The Covid-19 pandemic unveiled the difficulty for parents to find a satisfying work-life balance, especially in a context of telework. Today the European Parliament has adopted a resolution with recommendations to
INVITATION | FAFCE DIALOGUE #3 with Dubravka Šuica, Vice-President of the European Commission in charge of Democracy and Demography (27 January 2021, 14.00 – 14.40)
WEBINAR INVITATION Register Register by Monday, 25 January 2021. © Picture of Dubravka Šuica: Lukasz Kobus, Hearing of Dubravka Šuica at the EP (P-041176/00-12) European Union, 2019.
The demographic transition included in the priorities of the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the EU
The Presidency of the Council of the European Union, which rotates every 6 months between EU Member States, has been taken over by Portugal for the first half of 2021, under the motto “Time
FAFCE Dialogue with Elena Bonetti, Italian Minister for Family and Equal Opportunities: “The Families need to be seen as subject who are able to create the future”
“These FAFCE Webinars aim to raise awareness on demographic and family issues”. Those were the words of FAFCE President, Vincenzo Bassi, at the opening of FAFCE Webinar with the Italian Minister for Family and
Press Release | Latvia: FAFCE supports the Constitutional Amendment in favour of Marriage and Family
Brussels, 12 January 2021 “We support the efforts of the Latvian legislators towards the recognition of marriage as the stable union of a man and a woman, at the basis of the family, in
Where is the family in the EU recovery plan?
In the past 6 months, the European Commission, the European Parliament and EU Member-States discussed and adopted several instruments to overcome the pandemic and its economic consequences. Key elements to understand the EU Recovery
INVITATION | FAFCE DIALOGUES #2 with Elena Bonetti, Italian Minister for Equal Opportunities and Family (12 January 2021, 12.00 – 13.00)
WEBINAR INVITATION FAFCE is happy to invite you to a dialogue series with high-level policy-makers on Register Register by Monday, 11 January 2021.
For Christmas we want to gift children a safer Internet
Child sexual abuse is among the most heinous crimes on the innocents. This crime is however a growing reality due to the rapid expansion of the digital world. To answer the complex issue of
FAFCE Dialogue with Katalin Novák, Hungarian Minister for Families: “Families should not be forced to give up on their wish to have children”
Will the EU recovery plan invest in the family? What are the good practices of family policies in Hungary? Those were the questions raised during last FAFCE Webinar with Katalin Novák, Hungarian Minister for
