On Monday, 17 February 2025, AGF held an expert discussion on “Loneliness as a phenomenon within and outside of families. Political strategies against loneliness as an element of strengthening democracy”. The aim was to shed light on the current discussion and to get to discuss the perspectives of the member associations. Dr. Pauline Kleinschlömer and Dr. Sabine Diabaté from the […]
Today, German Federal President Dr. Frank-Walter Steinmeier and the member associations of the Association of German Family Organizations (AGF) discussed key challenges currently faced by families. The exchange with Federal President Dr. Frank-Walter Steinmeier was attended by Prof. Dr. Martin Bujard, Chair of AGF and President of the Protestant Working Group Family; Dr. Klaus Zeh, President of the German Family […]
Today, the first AGF EuropaNews for 2025 was published. Poland has taken over the EU Council Presidency, and at the end of January, the German biannual report on the European Child Guarantee passed the German Federal Cabinet with a statement from the German government. As usual, the newsletter contains news from the EU institutions, from other states and from studies, […]
On Wednesday, January 29, 2025, the German government passed a cabinet resolution on its reporting under the European Child Guarantee. In Germany, the National Action Plan “New Opportunities for Children in Germany” is the basis for implementing the EU Child Guarantee. The EU Child Guarantee provides for two-yearly reporting on the status and progress of national implementation. The deadline for […]
The European Child Guarantee recognises the importance of using national and local policy levers to support its implementation through quality services for children in vulnerable situations. Municipalities and services are at the forefront of work to break the cycle of intergenerational poverty. According to a report adopted by the European Parliament in November 2023, “more needs to be done to […]
Berlin, 16 January 2025 – As part of the regular rotation, the Protestant Association for Family Affairs (eaf) is taking over the leadership of the Association of German Family Organizations from the German Family Association. The eaf president, Prof. Dr. Martin Bujard, was elected as the new chairperson for two years. He takes over the baton from Dr. Klaus Zeh, […]
On January 10, Federal President Dr. Frank-Walter Steinmeier invited to the traditional New Year’s reception at Bellevue Palace. Prof. Dr. Martin Bujard, who chairs the AGF since the beginning of the year, was a guest as a representative of family organizations. Not only associations and clubs were invited, but also leading representatives from politics and business, as well as about […]
Today we publish the last issue of our EuropaNews for 2024. The year has brought many changes, some of them turbulent, due to a number of elections in Europe, Germany and the world, as well as other factors. A new EU Parliament and a new EU Commission have taken up their work, and the Council presidency will now pass from […]
The November edition of our AGF EuropaNews was published today. It contains the latest news from Europe’s various institutions, such as the confirmation of the new European Commission. Meanwhile, two-thirds of the EU Child Guarantee progress reports are available and World Children’s Day was celebrated in November. As usual, this issue also contains numerous references to current studies and upcoming […]
Background Combating child sexual abuse (CSA) is an important objective of the EU. In this connection, the Internet as an environment in which children spend a great deal of time poses a particular challenge. Despite its efforts to date, the EU is clearly failing to protect children from becoming victims of online sexual abuse. The existing regulations, which are primarily […]
