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SUMMARY:5TH EUROPEAN CONGRESS OF THE EUROPEAN NETWORK OF FAMILY- FRIENDLY MUNICIPALITIES
DESCRIPTION:FREE TO STAY\, FAMILY AND COHESION POLICIES FOR TERRITORIAL DEVELOPMENT \n\n\n\nCreating inclusive\, welcoming\, and cohesive policies for community development is a core pillar of a family-friendly Europe. \n\n\n\nWe are looking to hear about best practices in your municipality at the 5th European Congress of the European Network of family-friendly Municipalities\, which is set to take place in the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) in Brussels\, Belgium\, on 11 February 2026. \n\n\n\nIf your municipality would like to present a good practice in the Congress\, please let us know as soon as possible at info@elfac.org. \nREGISTRATION IS OPENED HERE\n  \n\n\n\nWednesday 11 February 2026 \nBRUSSELS\, COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS\, ROOM JDE 51  \nFrom 9:30am to 17:00pm \n \nDraft Program\n09:30 Welcome and registration \nModerator: Raul Sanchez\, secretary general of ELFAC \n10:00 Opening \n\nRadoslaw Waszkiewicz\, president of ELFAC\nRegina Maroncelli\, coordinator of the Family Cities Network\n\n10:10 How local family policies can improve European cohesion \n\nRaffaele Fitto\, Executive Vice-President for Cohesion and Reforms\, European Commission. \n\n10:15: Delivery of diplomas to new municipalities members \n10:30 Territorial attractiveness\, innovation and people \n\nLuciano Malfer\, Research and Family Development Manager\, Fondazione Bruno Kessler (Trento\, Italy)\n\n11:05 Cohesion policies for family friendly regions \n\nVania Freitas\, secretary general\, Assembly of European Regions (AER)\n\n11:25 Towards a resilient future of Europe: the role of municipalities in the demographic change \n\nMichał Michalski\, President\, Institute for Family and Society Studies Foundation\, (Poland)\n\n11: 45 Co-creating Work-Life Balance locally \n\nMercedes Hernandez\,  director for alliances and international relations\, Fundacion Masfamilia (Spain).\n\n12:05 Questions and answers \n12:20 Signature of the agreements between ELFAC and MasFamilia Foundation (Spain)\, and with Bruno Kessler Foundation (Italy) \n\nFamily photo with participants.\n\n12:30 Lunch \n14:00 Presentation of the European Network for Family-Friendly Companies \n\nRegina Maroncelli\, coordinator of the network\, vice president of ELFAC\nPractical case: Corporate welfare designed for families: support for parenting – Anna Cattaneo and Alessia Pezzotta\, Plastik SPA (Italy)\n\n14:30 2nd KINCS Family Friendly Settlements Expo \n\nÁrpád Mészáros\, Vice-President of KINCS Institute for Demography and Family Policies (Hungary).\n\n14:45 Presentation of local best practices from municipalities and companies \n\nTackling the housing emergency: The Calico project of co-housing – Juliette Schmetz\, Brussels capital region (Belgium).\nKraków – an open and family-friendly city. Selected solutions for strengthening the cohesion of social and migration policy and territorial development (good practices) – Malgorzata Wawrzynska\, Municipality of Krakow (Poland)\nThe Alghero Family Festival – Maria Grazia Salaris and Mauro Ledda\, Municipality of Alghero (Italy)\nYouth Communication Program – Alberto Vidal Guerrero\, Municipality of Castellon (Spain)\nDemographic Change and Territorial Cohesion: Local Family Policies in Albergaria-a-Velha – Catarina Mendes and Mariana Letra\, Municipality of Albergaria-a-Velha (Portugal)\nBest practices in family support – Municipality of Galapagar (Spain)\nEmpowering Families – The Foligno Model – Lorenzo Schiarea\, Municipality of Foligno (Italy)\n“Elefantes de Papel”: municipal program for families with children with disabilities – Mª del Carmen Portugal and Juan Octavio Sempere\, Municipality of Orihuela (Spain)\nBrașov\, a family-friendly city – Diaconu Pamela Maria\, Municipality of Brașov (Romania)\nTo be born and raised in Torres Vedras – Sílvia Silva\, Municipality of Torres Vedras (Portugal)\nLiving in a Small Mountain Village at the Beginning of the Third Millennium. Is It Still Possible? – Elisa Bolis and Diego Mosca\, Municipality of Berbenno (Italy)\n\n16:45 Questions and answers \n17:00 Conclusions
URL:https://www.elfac.org/event/5th-european-congress-of-the-european-network-of-family-friendly-municipalities/
LOCATION:European Committee of the Regions (CoR)\, Rue Bellard 99\, Brussels\, 1000\, Belgium
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