
IV Convention of the European Network of Family-Friendly Municipalities: “Innovating roots: Working for future generations”
March 1 | 10:30 am - 5:00 pm UTC+1

IV CONVENTION OF THE EUROPEAN NETWORK OF FAMILY-FRIENDLY MUNICIPALITIES
“INNOVATING ROOTS: WORKING FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS”
Brussels, Wednesday, 1st March 2023
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DRAFT PROGRAM
Venue: European Economic and Social Committee, Rue Belliard 99/101, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium
10:00 Welcome
10:30 Opening
- Regina Maroncelli, president of the European Large Families Confederation (ELFAC) and the European Network of Family-Friendly Municipalities.
- Christa Schweng, President of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)
- Representative of the European Committee of Regions (CoR)
10:45 Keynote speech: How to improve public policies without public funds
- Luciano Malfer, general director of the Agency for Social Cohesion, Autonomous Province of Trento (Italy)
11:15 Q&A
11:30 Round Table: Experiences and work of the national networks
- Chiara Ledda (Italy)
- Irena Jeśmanowicz (Poland)
- Vitória Salvado (Portugal)
12:00 Good practices from Municipalities:
- Section I: Innovative policies to support families
- Section II: Family tourism: experiences of municipalities with a tourist vocation
- Section III: Good practices on partnerships with companies for a new work culture
13:30 Closing speech:
- Dubravka Šuica, vice president for Democracy and Demography, European Commission
13:40 Q&A
13:45 Conclusions
- Raul Sanchez, secretary general of ELFAC
13:50 Delivery of diplomas to new municipalities’ members.
Training session
Venue: Euroregio office “Tyrol – South Tyrol – Trentino” – 45-47 Rue de Pascale, 1040 Brussel
14:00 Lunch
15:00 – 17:00 Training and workshop for municipalities.
- Results of the 1st. European survey on family-friendly municipalities.
- European taxonomy: Networking on family services.
- Practice community: Sharing economy and energy.
- Partnership with companies .
- Family tourism certification.
- Sharing good practices (open floor).