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Category Archives: Events
Are families ready for digital changes? – COFACE at the OECD Ministerial Meeting on Digital Economy
We were very pleased to participate in the OECD 2016 Ministerial Meeting on Digital Economy: Innovation, Growth and Social Prosperity last week, to bring the family perspective and to explore new topics and challenges to better understand the impact of … Continue reading
Posted in Digital revolution, Events, Future of Work, Workplace
Tagged AR, Big Data, business models, civil society, consumers, data, data protection, digital agenda, digital economy, Digital revolution, digitalisation, families, family friendly workplace, Future of Work, Internet, IoT, jobs, OECD, OECDdigitalMX, online, privacity, security, skills, users, VR, workers
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Creating Labour Market Conditions Favourable for Work-Life Balance
Following the announcement by the European Commission of a new initiative called “New start to address the challenges of work-life balance faced by working families”, the European Parliament Committees EMPL and FEMM, decided to draft jointly, an own initiative report … Continue reading
Please mark your calendars! SDGs and Gender Equality conference is coming!
First of all let me wish you a bright and fruitful New Year. For COFACE, 2016 will be dedicated to “New policies for 21st century families”. We will be dealing with exciting topics this year such as financial inclusion, SDGs … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Gender equality, UN, United Nations, Women
Tagged conference, family policies, gender equality, Global Goals, SGDs, UN, United Nations, women
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COFACE event on transnational families aims at breaking gender and ethnic stereotypes and taboos!
5-6 November 2015 | Families Beyond Borders conference in Sofia, Bulgaria Participants of the training “Designing and implementing your advocacy campaign for transnational families” | Photo © 2015 Ana Pérez On the 5-6 November 2015, COFACE, the Confederation of Family Organisations … Continue reading
Posted in Care, Events, Family Carers, Migration
Tagged badanti, care, care drain, careworker, global care chain, migration, mobility, transnational families
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Financial inclusion and alternatives to mainstream banking for all families
All families have needs. Having a place to live, paying the bills, acquiring a means of transportation or simply being able to make and receive payments with a bank account. Financial services are essential to all households but some are … Continue reading
Posted in Events
Tagged alternatives, banks, Budgetary education, Financial inclusion, Financial services, microcredit, overindebtness, vulnerable families
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Marking the 25th Anniversary of the adoption of the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child #CRC25
The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child was adopted on the 20th November 1989, and today also marks the beginning of our closer cooperation with the different United Nations structures, as we have been recently granted special consultative … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Rights of the Child, UN
Tagged #CRC25, anniversary, Rights of the Child, UN
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Family and Work: challenges for the balance
COFACE was invited to participate in the seminar “Family and Work: challenges for the balance”, organised by the NUST Network (New Social Uses of Time) created by the city of Barcelona. The NUST network gathers more than seventy companies that … Continue reading
Posted in ERP, Events
Tagged companies, family friendly workplace, work-life balance
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Time to register! A sustainable care system for Europe
With the current demographic trends that see the European population getting older, families have more and more care responsibilities towards their ageing or dependent family members. 80% of care hours for ageing or disabled persons is provided by family or … Continue reading
Watch the #EEFWLB again
COFACE, in collaboration with its Finnish member Väestöliitto, The Family Federation of Finland organised the Employers’ Forum for Work Life Balance on September 8-9 in Helsinki. The #EEFWLB was a great opportunity to foster exchange between employers from the private, … Continue reading
Posted in #EEFWLB, Events, videos
Tagged #EEFWLB, companies, conference, employers, family friendly workplace, work-life balance
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Identity and work-life balance: it’s all in the sandwich
We are all individual. With our own specific history, up-bringing, culture, dreams and aspirations. Yet we are also part of a group, our family, group of friends, educators, church, and sports-club. During our lives these powerful connections we make shape … Continue reading
Posted in Companies, Employers, European Year 2014, Events, Life, Work/Life Balance
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Reconciling Work and Family Life 