With this Agreement, ELFAC entrusts the Municipality of Alghero, for the Italian territory, with the execution of management, support, and technical investigation activities relating to applications submitted by municipalities intending to join or renew their membership in the European Network of Family-Friendly Municipalities
The agreement was signed the 28th of November, 2025, during the conference entitled ‘Italy that collaborates: Attractiveness, research, family and individuals’ held between the municipality of Alghero and the Bruno Kessler Foundation, from the Autonomous Province of Trento, which is also a partner of the European Network of Family-Friendly Municipalities promoted by ELFAC.
Representing ELFAC were Radek Waszkiewicz, president, and Raul Sanchez, secretary general; representing Alghero were Raimondo Caccioto, mayor of the municipality, and Maria Grazia Salaris, councillor for personal, family and community wellbeing.
Also present were the promoters of the agreement, Mauro and Filomena Ledda, who are in charge of the municipality’s family policy department and coordinate the network in Italy.
The Municipality of Alghero has initiated a consolidated path off palicies for family well-being since 2015, becoming one of the most recognized pilat cases ratiorally and internationally. Thanks to the experimentation conducted in its territory Alghero has contributed significantly to the operational definition of the Italian model of a “Family-Friendly Municipality”.
Due to the leadership demonstrated and the organizational capacity developed over time, the Municipality of Alghero has been recognized as the lead municipality of the Network Family in Italy, performing functions of coordination, technical support, training, and promotion of the model among Italian municipal administrations.
Alghero has developed solid and recognized admimistrative and methodological expertise founded on:
- a dedicated and operational Family Policies Office:
- the management of many certification processes initiated by talian
Municipalities; - the preparation of technical tools, application schemes, and plan models;
- constant dialogue with nattional and international metworks;
- tested and replicable administrative practices.
ELFAC recognizes the importance of this experience and, with this agreement, identifies the Municipality of Alghero as a competent, reliable, and qualified partner to carry out preparatory and operational activities relating to the management of practices for Italian Municipalities that intend to obtain or renew the European certification “Family in Europe”.