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Conference: "Support for Families" 24 November 2012, Sejm (Parliament), Warsaw (Poland)

Family Policy Conference
of
(Program at ECPF website)
European examples and policy options for support for families as investment in Europe’s future.
The ECPF and Solidarna Polska warmly invite you to participate in their joint family policy conference. The focus of this conference is on how government policies can support families. The conference offers the opportunity to hear from experts on what the European trends are and which practical policies would be supportive for families. The experts will focus on 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). 
  • Mr. David Wong, the ‘Relationships Foundation’(UK). 
  • Mr. Ignacio Socias, the International Foundation for Family Development.
 Both the ECPF and Solidarna Polska will present policy proposals and papers at this conference, in an effort to emphasize the important role that families and NGO’s can play in promoting family policies in Europe.
 

For more information and registration, please contact the ECPF office using the contact details below:
Phone: (+31)-33-4226971

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