Tag: Demography

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14 September 2027: AGF expert meeting: “Intergenerational justice, democracy and the representation of children and young people”

How can children and young people be better represented in our democracy? The AGF discussed this issue at its expert roundtable on ‘Intergenerational Justice, Democracy and the Representation of Children and Young People’ with its member organisations, as well as representatives from the Foundation for the Rights of Future Generations, the German Children’s Fund (Deutsches Kinderhilfswerk), the German League for […]

17 November 2025: European Expert meeting on demography

Demographic and family policy discourses and practices in Europe The Association of German Family Organisations (AGF) was delighted to organise its annual European Expert Meeting on Demographic and family policy discourses and practices in Europe on 17 November in Berlin. We discussed the challenges for societies in Europe that come with demographic change and its consequences. Against the backdrop of […]

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

During the expert discussion, we discused the findings of the Ageing Report with representatives from family organisations, welfare associations and politics. These discussions included political challenges that arise with regard to support for older people from relatives and friends. Prof. Dr. Clemens Tesch-Römer, member of the 9th Age Report Commission, presented key content from the Report, with a particular focus […]

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 […]