17 November 2025: European Expert meeting on demography

Demographic and family policy discourses and practices in Europe Date: 17 November 2025, 10:00 a.m. (arrival) – 5:00 p.m.) in Berlin Demographic change and its consequences pose a variety of challenges for societies in Europe. Intensive discussions are currently taking place at both national and European level, focusing primarily on the development of strategies to cope with these challenges. However, […]

29 September 2025: Expert meeting on the 9th German Ageing Report

During the expert discussion, we will discuss the findings of the report with representatives from family organisations, welfare associations and politics. We also want to discuss political challenges that arise with regard to support for older people from relatives and friends, which are increasingly preoccupying family associations. Prof. Dr. Clemens Tesch-Römer, member of the 9th Age Report Commission, will present […]

Strengthening Families to meet Challenges of Demographic Change

[14. 5. 2013] Due to the demography summit of the German Federal Government today, the Association of German Family Organisations published a press release. The family organisations support the strengthening of families as a crucial measure of demographic policy. However, the government seems to work rather half-heartedly on this object. In occasion of the Federal Government’s Demografiegipfel (demography summit) today […]