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WEBINAR | European peer exchange: Focus - The House of the Child in Belgium

Join as together set in the context of the implementation of the European Child Guarantee.

🗓 19 November 2025 | 🕓 10:00 – 12:30 CET | 🌐 Zoom

Info & reg: bit.ly/4owCv07

#Europeanchildgarantee #FamilySupport #Webinar

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🛡️ COFACE responds to EU’s call for evidence on the upcoming Action Plan against Cyberbullying

Read our full response & more details here:
🔗 lnkd.in/grhF73Wj

Let’s build a safer digital space together. 💬

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💡 New from the European Observatory on Family Policy: Insights on Family Policies. A series on innovative family support across Europe.
The three dossiers explores: Italy, Flanders, and Germany.

Read more:
🔗 coface-eu.org/european-obs...
#FamilyPolicy #SocialSupport @odiseehogeschool.bsky.social

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🤖 AI is everywhere, from homes to classrooms. But it can’t replace empathy, trust, or care.

Dr. Antonia Torrens shares thoughts on balancing technology and human connection in parenting and teaching:

🔗 coface-eu.org/opinion-teac...

#AI #Parenting #Education

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Participants in a round table session.

📢 Today we host Breaking Silos, Building Futures in Brussels with @odiseehogeschool.bsky.social. Exploring innovative, people-centred family policies.

Read more about the conference: coface-eu.org/event/breaki...

#BreakingSilos #BuildingFutures

A digital graphic promoting the State of the Union 2025 address. The background is a deep blue with white, waving lines on the left, resembling a flag. In the center, there is a screen showing a woman with light-colored hair standing at a podium. The screen has a "State of the Union 2025" title and a "LIVE" icon. The words "where to watch" are repeated multiple times in white text at the top and bottom of the graphic. The logo for the European Commission is in the bottom right corner.

📺 Where can you watch #SOTEU live?

Facebook: www.facebook.com/EuropeanCommission
X: x.com/eu_commission
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/european-commission/
Youtube: www.youtube.com/eutube
European Broadcasting Service: audiovisual.ec.europa.eu

⏰Tomorrow at 9AM (CEST)!

COFACE Executive Buro meets Commissioner Micallef to discuss challenge of cyberbullying | COFACE Families Europe COFACE FAMILIES EUROPE is a network promoting the well-being, health and security of families and their members in a changing society.

COFACE Families Europe met with Glenn Micallef to put cyberbullying on the EU agenda.

Key themes: empowering parents, platform responsibility, professional training & more.

Read more here: coface-eu.org/coface-execu...

#OnlineChildSafety #StopCyberbullying

"Lamya finit l'école à midi, sans cantine, sans AESH. Chaque retard, chaque liste d'attente, c'est une perte de temps pour nos enfants." - Témoignage des parents de Lamya sur www.marentree.org

"Depuis la petite section, Corentin a eu 7 AESH différentes. En maternelle, il passait sa vie dans le couloir. En février 2025, il a obtenu une place en IME. Nous l'attendions depuis 6 ans." - Témoignage des parents de Corentin sur www.marentree.org

1/2 🚨 [#JaiPasEcole] En 2025, en France, des milliers d’enfants en situation de handicap intellectuel n’ont toujours pas accès à l’éducation.

💡 Module 1 – Design

Module 1 is about designing your course with purpose since you’re crafting a learning journey that speaks directly to your learner needs!

Step into the 3D course here! education-hub.kmop.org/courses/the-...

💡 Module 2 – Develop

Module 2 will help turn your ideas from Module 1 into a concrete educational experience. This is where you take all the planning from the design phase and turn them into something tangible.

Join the 3D course here! education-hub.kmop.org/.../welcome-...

💡 Module 3 – Deliver

Are you ready to present your course?
Module 3 will give you tools to best test your course, evaluate and adjust it before your start communicating about it.

Not long until you meet your leaners! Just a click away here: education-hub.kmop.org/courses/the-...

Equal at Home – Equal at Work. Key takeways from the COFACE expert meeting in Warsaw | COFACE Families Europe COFACE FAMILIES EUROPE is a network promoting the well-being, health and security of families and their members in a changing society.

👥 Equal at Home = Equal at Work

How to effectively support parents in balancing family and work life?

COFACE’s expert meeting in Warsaw explored how care-equal policies can support families, employers & children’s well-being.

🔗 bit.ly/4e3LQIL

#EqualAtWork #EqualAtHome #WorkLifeBalance

To mark the #InternationalDayofFamilies on the 15th of May, we are pleased to share rich insights into the policy reforms necessary to better promote family resilience across European countries.

Read more 👉 mailchi.mp/coface-eu/in...

#EU4Families #SocialEurope #FamilyResilience #rEUsilience

Placing Families at the Centre of Social Policy for a Resilient Europe: European research project promotes key policy principles for policy reform — rEUsilience To mark the International Day of Families on the 15th May, we are pleased to share with our community of key stakeholders rich insights into the policy reforms necessary to better promote family resil...

📣 Today, on #InternationalDayofFamilies, we are pleased to highlight the policy reforms necessary to better promote #familyresilience across European countries.

👉 Find out more here: reusilience.eu/project-upda...

🌍 How can we better support parents in balancing family & work life?

COFACE Families Europe hosts the European Expert Meeting on Work-Life Balance on 21 May.

👉 Full programme: coface-eu.org/event/save-t...

#WorkLifeBalance #ParentalEquality #FamilyPolicy #SocialEurope #FamilySupport

🎲 WEBINAR | International Day of Play – 11 June 🎲

Join COFACE & Mattel for a convo on play, connection & well-being in a fragmented world.

🗓 11 June 2025 | 🕓 4 PM– 5:30 PM CET | 🌐 Zoom

Info & reg: bit.ly/webinarplay2025

#RightToPlay #InternationalDayOfPlay #MentalHealth #ChildWellbeing #UNCRC

#ChildPoverty is a pressing issue. 🚨 Our new policy paper calls for more funding to tackle poverty, strengthen the #ChildGuarantee, and ensure better social protection & education for all children. 📚💡 Let’s make sure the EU gets this right. #InvestingInChildren

rEUsilience joint coordinators, Mary Daly and Rense Nieuwenhuis, will be chairing a stream during the ESPAnet conference 2025. — rEUsilience We are glad to announce that our rEUsilience joint research coordinators Mary Daly and Rense Nieuwenhuis will be chairing a research stream at the upcoming Network for European Social Policy Analysis ...

Mary Daly and Rense Nieuwenhuis – rEUsilience joint coordinators – will be chairing a research stream during the ESPAnet conference 2025!

More info here 👉 reusilience.eu/project-upda...
Call for paper abstracts until the 24th of April here 👉 www.espanetmilano2025.it/en-US/submis...

OPINION - The Future I wish for: reflections from a young mother in Italy | COFACE Families Europe Daniela, a young mother, shares her testimony of challenging societal perceptions and finding empowerment.

Daniela is a young mom - and part of a movement.

With “We care... but who cares for us?”, she’s finding her voice and joining the conversation. 💬

Read her full opinion piece here: coface-eu.org/opinion-the-...

#WeCareButWhoCaresForUs #YoungParents #ErasmusPlus #Opinion

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📢 Calling for Comprehensive #LongTermCare!

The EU must address the full range of long-term care needs! Beyond crucial workforce issues, we need policies that make quality care affordable and accessible to all!

Read our joint statement:
www.autismeurope.org/blog/2025/03...

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We met with Executive Vice President for Social Rights @roxanaminzatu.bsky.social, to discuss urgent actions to protect children across Europe.
We covered key topics like access to social services, early education, mental health, and funding for children’s rights.
Grateful for the conversation! 🙏

When the going gets tough: rethinking activation policies in the labor market - paths2include On the 30th of May, PATHS2INCLUDE held a Policy Forum at the University of Hannover gathering researchers, experts on employment policies and civil society representatives.

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗼 𝘄𝗲 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗱𝗼 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆?

This question is raised by Federico Ciani and Arianna Vivoli from ARCO - Action Research for CO-development in a new opinion piece for #PATHS2INCLUDE Perspectives.

👉Read more: bit.ly/3DMzMOo

🚨 Europe needs to invest in jobs, skills and inclusion! 🚨
🔹 Autism-Europe joins over 250 organisations calling for a strong Social Fund in the next #EUbudget.

Read more: www.autismeurope.org/blog/2025/03...

#ESFplus #InvestInPeople

Key findings: the role of prevention systems for implementing the European Child Guarantee | COFACE Families Europe COFACE FAMILIES EUROPE is a network promoting the well-being, health and security of families and their members in a changing society.

The trend in the amount of children and young people at risk of poverty in the EU is not on track to meet the 2030 targets. In addition, the poverty gap between households with and without children is increasing. Efforts to combat child poverty must be increased. More here: tinyurl.com/4hpvd2jy

Title of the paper: Quality in early childhood education and care.

📢 New COFACE Position Paper on The Family Dimension of improving early childhood education and care services ! This paper analyses how the quality of interaction between #ECEC services and families can enhance educational outcomes. Dive in a share! coface-eu.org/position-pap...

Youth safety in a digital world - COFACE speaks at META Youth Summit | COFACE Families Europe COFACE FAMILIES EUROPE is a network promoting the well-being, health and security of families and their members in a changing society.

In this event opened by EP president Roberta Metsola @president.europarl.europa.eu we brought the perspective of families to the discussion on supporting the Well-being of Teens Online. Read more about our position here: coface-eu.org/youth-safety...

Three principles to run a policy lab: Insights from the rEUsilience experience  | COFACE Families Europe COFACE FAMILIES EUROPE is a network promoting the well-being, health and security of families and their members in a changing society.

Three principles to run a policy lab: Insights from the @reusilience.bsky.social experience. The aim of this piece is to review the approaches to and key characteristics of policy labs and present the rEUsilience Policy Lab as a case study. coface-eu.org/three-princi...

The next EU Budget must keep surpporting marginalised groups: Protect amount allocated to the Cohesion budget Safeguard support for civil society (CERV programme) Ensure funds follow human rights treaties and guidance Set new targeted initiatives Bleow an illustration of a group of diverse peopel.

The next #EUBudget must protect marginalised people.

Attempts by some countries to diminish the Cohesion Budget and the CERV programme will just hurt them and their citizens.

These programmes often replace national social inclusion initiatives.

Read: https://buff.ly/4gNCosV

Glasgow Dads! - Come to our Saturday playgroup this weekend, 10am. It's free, come meet other Dads. Takes place in Maryhill ❤️

Full details: www.dadsrock.org.uk/dadgroups

At-risk groups in the labour market - paths2include A comprehensive overview of relevant theoretical and methodological literature, political measures, and existing data across Europe and national surveys and register data.

This working paper by @ugreninov.bsky.social and co. explores the concept of vulnerability in the labour market, and highlights critical gaps in international and national data sources. Let us know what you think?https://paths2include.eu/publications/at-risk-groups-in-the-labour-market/