WEBINAR: THE VIRTUAL TOUR OF EUROPEAN FAMILY FRIENDLY MUNICIPALITIES

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Due to Covid19 crisis, the activities of the Network turn on line, to share best practices, information and a family friendly culture. 

GOAL: To visit European family-friendly municipalities and learn about their best practices, and how they reach for the well-being of families.

WHERE / HOW: Study visits will be held virtually via Facebook and YouTube, thus enabling to share experiences and provide ideas with practically no cost.

WHEN: On Wednesday, every two weeks, from 11:00 to 12:00.

WHO: For each family-friendly municipality, there will be several representatives presenting different aspects of family polices: the major (or vice-major), contact person of the municipality, family representative with their experience, representative of family-friendly companies that support family policies, president or vice-president of the local national Large Family Association, scholar (sociologist, demographer, economist…), the network representative, European deputy from EU parliament.

FIRST VISIT: SZCZECIN (POLAND) – WEDNESDAY 7TH. OCTOBER

Szczecin, tthe capital and the largest city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship, located on the Odra and Dąbie Lake.

Szczecin is the third in terms of the area occupied (300.55 km²) and the seventh in terms of population city of Poland (almost 404,000 inhabitants). As a center of the cross-border metropolitan region, Szczecin also influences German border areas. Szczecin is an important economic center of the region. There is a seaport, ship repair, yacht and sea shipping.

The city is a tourist center with a large number of monuments. It is also an academic and cultural center (philharmonic, opera and operetta, numerous theaters, museums and cultural centers).

PROGRAM

Wednesday 7th. October – 11.00 am – 12:00 pm

• Moderator: Raul Sanchez, General Secretary of ELFAC: Presenting the virtual tour
• Regina Maroncelli, president of ELFAC: The European network of family friendly municipalities
• Szczecin virtual tour: Family friendly policies and best practices
• Krysztof Soska, vice president of the city of Szczecin – Why become a family friendly municipality?
• Joanna Krupska, former president TRYZ Plus, Poland – Family friendly cities in Poland
• Judyta Kruk, TRZY Plus3 delegate for the Network, Poland – Building a national certification process
• Luciano Malfer, Agency for Families of Trentino Province (Italy)- What does it mean to be family friendly 
• Regina Maroncelli, – Key words of the European network
• Radoslaw Waszkiewicz – TRZY Plus president, Poland – Towards a family friendly Europe
• Alessia Marta, Todi’s city council,  Italy – Tody, the virtual tour’s next stop

REGISTRATION HERE. You will receive the link to attend the webinar on your email address.

The webinar will be broadcasted on ELFAC channel on YouTube and on ELFAC Faceboog page. You can follow the webinar there on live.