Support for FamiliesSupport for Families

‘SUPPORT FOR FAMILIES’

24 November 2012

Sejm (Parliament), Warsaw, Poland

Family Policy Conference

of

Solidarna Polska & ECPF

(Program)

(Register here)

European examples and policy options for support for families as investment in Europe’s future.

 

The ECPF and Solidarna Polska invite you warmly to participate in their joint family policy conference. The focus of this conference is at the question how government policies can support families. The conference offers the opportunity to hear from experts what European trends are and which practical policies would be supportive for families. The experts will focus at various fields like the pressure on the family, child benefits systems and the balance between work and family life.

 

Speakers will include:

Mr. Zbigniew Ziobro, President of Solidarna Polska.

Mr. Antoine Renard, President of FAFCE (European Federation of Catholic family organizations).

Topic: Family policies in Europe

 

Mr. David Wong, the ‘Relationsips Foundation’(UK).  

Mr Andrzej Romanek, MP

Topic: The 'family gauge' as family policy instrument & the need for a Child benefits system                       

 

Mr. Ignacio Socias, the International Foundation for Family Development.

Mr. Tadeusz Wozniak, MP

Topic: Towards a balance between a paid job and family life

 

Mr. Arie de Ruiter, School director 'Corlaer College' (The Netherlands)

Ms. Beata Kempa, Vice-president of Solidarna Polska

Topic: 'Safe schools for our young people'

 

Both the ECPF and Solidarna Polska will present their policy proposals and papers at this conference. Solidarna Polska  and ECPF see this conference as an important opportunity to get fathers and mothers and NGO’s involved in promoting family policies in Europe.

 

For more information and for subscription, please contact the ECPF office by emailing to secretariat@ecpf.info or call 0031-33-4226971.

 

PROGRAM* 

*Modifications reserved

11:00	Welcome
11:10	Speech by Mr Zbigniew Ziobro, President of Solidary Poland
11:30	Speech by Antoine Renard, President of FAFCE (FR)
12:00	Press conference
12:30	Lunch break
13:30 - 14:30	1 Panel Family-oriented policy Tadeusz Woźniak MP Mr Ignacio Socias (ES), President of International Institute for Family Research
14:30 - 15:30	2 Panel Safe schools Ms Beata Kempa, Vice-president of Solidary Poland Mr Arie de Ruiter, Corlaer College (NL)
15:30 - 15:45	Coffee break
15:45 - 16:45	3 Panel   Child benefits systems Mr Andrzej Romanek, MP Mr David Wong, Relationships Foundation (UK)
16:45 - 17:00	End of conference

Information: secretariat@ecpf.info