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  • AGF EuropaNews November 2024

    AGF EuropaNews November 2024

    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…

  • AGF comments: The current discussion on measures proposed by the European Commission to prevent and combat the sexual abuse of children on the internet

    AGF comments: The current discussion on measures proposed by the European Commission to prevent and combat the sexual abuse of children on the internet

    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…

  • AGF EuropaNews October 2024

    AGF EuropaNews October 2024

    The October edition of EuropaNews was published today. Summer time has been changed to Winter time, so the month was an hour longer than usual. The hearings of the designated College of the EU Commission have begun in writing, and we have summarised the responses relevant to family policy. Long-term care is the subject of…

  • Job offer

    Job offer

    AGF is looking for a project manager / policy officer starting at 1 February 2024 in Berlin. It is required to be fluent in German (oral and written). Applications are welcome until 30 November. As it is required to have fluent German language skills, the job description is only published in German: Die Arbeitsgemeinschaft der…

  • 17 Oct. 2024: Conference on intergenerational care in transnational families

    17 Oct. 2024: Conference on intergenerational care in transnational families

    On 17 October there will be a conference on intergenerational care in transnational families, which is co-hosted by TraFaDy, the German Centre for Integration and Migration Research (DeZIM) and the Association of German Family Organisations (AGF) in Berlin, Germany. The event will consist of two parts: a European and international part in which studies, projects…

  • AGF director Sven Iversen elected to Board of Trustees of German Youth Institute

    AGF director Sven Iversen elected to Board of Trustees of German Youth Institute

    In the general members’ assembly of the German Youth Institute, which took place on 10 and 11 December 2024 in Munich, current topics and research projects of the DJI were discussed. In particular, the focus was on the findings of the educational reporting. In addition to topical debates, a number of formal and institutional tasks…

  • 9. Oct 2024: European Expert meeting on the role of local level prevention systems for implementing the European Child Guarantee

    9. Oct 2024: European Expert meeting on the role of local level prevention systems for implementing the European Child Guarantee

    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…

  • AGF EuropaNews September 2024

    AGF EuropaNews September 2024

    Today we present the September edition of EuropaNews. The summer break is long behind us, work is in full swing and several elections have passed. We present the family policy-relevant innovations in the EU Commission and the EU Parliament, as well as new proposals to combat sexual abuse on the internet and data on its…