On 16 October 2024 will be the next General Meeting of the National Family Forum. There will be inputs, talks and discussions on the main 2024 topic: Family and Climate Change. This will be an in person meeting in Berlin.
On 30 October 2023 in Berlin, Germany, the COAST Action network on Transnational Families Dynamics in Europe (TraFaDy) held a workshop on the impact of European migration policy on Transnational Family Dynamics. The specific occasion to have the workshop was the current debate on introducing a new migration and asylum pact in the European Union. A significant amount of transnational […]
On October 26, 2023, the AGF hosted an expert discussion on innovative time policy concepts. The discussion focused on the comparison of the German “Option Time Model” and the Spanish “Time Policy Action Framework” as well as the concrete political measures derived from them to support families. Experts from Spain, Germany, France and Hungary participated in the hybrid expert discussion. […]
This year’s European Expert Meeting took place in Berlin on 25 October 2023. The participants discussed the European Care Strategy, which was adopted by the European Council in December 2022. Report AGF published a comprehensive report on the meeting. Please download it here: Summary of key findings Positive impetus for care policy across all phases of life The Care Strategy […]
Around 40 participants from the member organizations of the Bundesforum Familie came together on 17 October 2023 at the Centre Monbijou in Berlin Mitte. The content of the network meeting was the final reflection on the 2022/23 thematic period and the selection of the new focus topic for 2024/25. Please see the German page for the full report.
The AGF expert discussion discussed various concepts for a better time policy for families. For setting the scene, new data was presented on parents’ wishes regarding the amount of care and paid work and its distribution within the partnership, as well as on the actual use of time by fathers and mothers with young children. The “option time model” was […]
In July 2023, the independent council board for the reconciliation of care and work handed over its second overall report to Family Minister Lisa Paus. At the AGF’s expert discussion the participants discussed the report and its recommendations as well as the AGF’s statement and provided assessments from an extended range of experts. At the invitation of the AGF, 25 […]
This event will be in German. Fachforum des Bundesforum Familie„Finanzierung und Ressourcen für eine wirksame Familienunterstützung“16. Mai 2023 | Ganztags | Festsaal der Berliner Stadtmission A report will be published shortly.
On 15 May 2023, the international day of the family, the AGF organised an event on the topic of “Family and Housing / Energy” in Berlin. In view of the burdens caused by rising housing and energy costs, the event took stock of the situation and discussed strategies and measures to improve the situation for the famiies. Presentations on the […]
This online event was held in German. Online-Fachforum des Bundesforum Familie14. März 2023 | 10:30-15:15 | Online via Zoom Die Veranstaltung richtet sich an alle Mitglieder des Bundesforum Familie. InhaltFamilienunterstützende Strukturen leisten viel, ihre Potenziale scheinen jedoch lange nicht ausgeschöpft. Ein zentraler Ansatzpunkt ist eine bessere Strukturierung. Insbesondere wird eine zu starke Versäulung als Hindernis für eine wirksame Familienunterstützung erkannt. […]
