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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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SUMMARY:ELFAC TOUR: Spanish Federation of Large Families (FEFN)
DESCRIPTION:ELFAC Tour consists of a series of online meetings with our member associations\, with the aim of getting to know their best practices and learning from each other\, in order to enhance the effectiveness of our work in favour of large families. \nAll ELFAC member associations are invited to participate. \nTo receive the link to the meeting\, please register using the form below: \nREGISTRATION \nThe programme will be as follows (CET time): \n18:00 Presentation\n18:05 Activites and best practices of FEFN\n18:50 Questions and answers\n19:15 End
URL:https://www.elfac.org/event/elfac-tour-spanish-federation-of-large-families-fefn/
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