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  • Implementation of the Child Guarantee in Germany: Recommendations of the AGF for the area of “Health”

    Implementation of the Child Guarantee in Germany: Recommendations of the AGF for the area of “Health”

    [13. 1. 2022] The AGF has presented recommendations on the topic area “health” of the Child Guarantee. This is the second publication by AGF on the Child Guarantee after it’s recommendations on “Nutrition” in December 2021. The recommendations are intended to contribute to the discussion on the planned national action plan for the implementation of…

  • Implementation of the Child Guarantee in Germany: Recommendations of the AGF for the area of “Nutrition

    Implementation of the Child Guarantee in Germany: Recommendations of the AGF for the area of “Nutrition

    [16. 12. 2021] The AGF accompanies the implementation of the European Guarantee for Children / Child Guarantee in Germany with a series of expert discussions. Now the AGF has presented recommendations on the topic area “nutrition” of the Child Guarantee. The recommendations are intended to contribute to the discussion on the planned national action plan…

  • Family organisations support call for better reconciliation of long term care and professional work

    Family organisations support call for better reconciliation of long term care and professional work

    Berlin, 27 August 2019 – The associations united in the AGF support the demands of the Independent Advisory Council for the Reconciliation of Long Term Care and Work, whose report was published today. In particular, they emphasise the importance of a care leave with adequate financial compensation. The Independent Advisory Council on Reconciliation of Care…

  • AGF Comment on 3rd JAKO-O Education Study

    AGF Comment on 3rd JAKO-O Education Study

    For the third time, after 2010 and 2012, the JAKO-O study on education attends to find reliable information about the attitudes of parents regarding the situation of school and education. In the current survey progressions and developments are reflected even better. Unfortunately it can also be recognized that since the first study many negative findings…

  • 22.11.2012: Children, Care and Professional Life – what does families help to overcome time pressure? 

    22.11.2012: Children, Care and Professional Life – what does families help to overcome time pressure? 

    AGF conference on 22. November 2012 in Berlin “Children, Care and professional work – what does families help to overcome time pressure?”. Discussion on the results of the 8th family report, its findings and conclusions. The conference was held in the “URANIA” in Berlin. It concentrated particularly on the reports findings concerning the potential of…

  • 17.05.2011: 7% for Children – Reduction of taxes on children’s products

    17.05.2011: 7% for Children – Reduction of taxes on children’s products

    Family organizations and companies call for a reduction of VAT on typical products and services for children. Campaign start in front of the Brandenburg Gate with people forming a human Seven. It’s just the beginning: Parents and children formed a huge Seven in front of Brandenburg Gate in Berlin today, They claim: The reduced VAT…