World Breastfeeding Week 2024: Breastfeeding mothers need better support

The AGF supports the World Breastfeeding Week 2024 and draws attention to the press release of the ‘Healthy start to life’ network (Netzwerk “Gesund ins Leben”. This year, AGF became a member of the network that brings together institutions, professional societies and associations to jointly promote early childhood health – from pregnancy to infancy. The network is primarily responsible for […]

Summercard of AGF

The AGF is ringing in the second half of 2024 with a summer card, taking a look back at the first half of the year. The card is sent in a printed version. If you are interested in being included in the mailing list for the next issues, simply send an email to: info@ag-familie.de. Best wishes from the AGF at […]

AGF EuropaNews August 2024

Today the issue of August 2024 of our EuropaNews was published, just before the European Institutions in September will take up their work again. Content of the newsletterl: Nachrichten aus europäischen Institutionen Nachrichten aus den europäischen Staaten Weitere Nachrichten Berichte und Studien Bevorstehende Veranstaltungen Download und further Informationen Archive of EuropaNews and subscription

AGF EuropaNews July 2024

The July edition of AGF-EuropaNews has been published today. After the appointment of the top positions in the EU and other turbulent developments, the summer slump is making itself felt. Nevertheless, there is a lot of interesting news concerning family policy in Europe. This includes the priorities of the new Council Presidency and the Commission President, as well as proposals […]

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Implementation of the European Child Guarantee

This text served as base for an article that was first published in FORUM Jugendhilfe 02/2024 (in German), July 2024 1 Introduction and background The European Child Guarantee is a voluntary commitment by EU member states to improve the situation of poor children and children at risk of poverty by 2030. In Germany, it is being put in place through […]

AGF position on the planned EU Parenthood Regulation

The representatives of the EU Member States are currently negotiating a proposal from the EU Commission for a Council Regulation on the mutual recognition of parenthood in the EU. The aim of the planned regulation is to ensure that the parenthood of a child that is legally established in one EU member state is also recognised by the other member […]

AGF EuropaNews June 2024

The June edition of EuropaNews has been published today, a few weeks after the world’s second largest election was concluded with the second largest voter turnout since its inception. While the awarding of top posts is dominating the public agenda, we are focusing as usual on the substantive news on family policy from the European institutions and the countries of […]

Family-specific perspectives on housing policy

The availability and affordability of housing as well as the quality of the housing and the living environment and supporting infrastructure are of crucial importance for the quality of family life. The challenges of access to suitable housing and its affordability, which have been increasing for some time, affect all types of households. However, families have specific needs that distinguish […]

AGF EuropaNews May 2024

The May edition of EuropaNews has been published just before the meteorological start of summer. The elections to the European Parliament are eagerly awaited, as are the consequences for social and family policies. Since the topic of family policy is nevertheless, and precisely for that reason, of importance, the current issue contains the latest news, studies and events. For example, […]