2nd European Congress of Family-Friendly Municipalities

2nd EUROPEAN CONGRESS OF FAMILY-FRIENDLY MUNICIPALITIES

LOCAL POLICIES SUPPORTING FAMILIES INTO RECOVERY

ONLINE EVENT – FRIDAY, 10th DECEMBER, 2021

9:30 – 12:00 Central European Time (CET)

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The congress will be broadcast live on our YouTube channel and Facebook page. 

REGISTRATION HERE

AGENDA

9:30 WELCOME AND GREETINGS

• Regina Maroncelli, president of ELFAC 

9.35  OPENING REMARKS

• The committee of Regions and family welfare:  Mr. Csaba Borboly, Member of the  Commission for Social Policy, Education, Emmployement, Research and Culture (SEDEC), European Committee of the Regions.

9:45  CHALLENGES IN RECOVERY

• The social impact of local family friendly policies: Dr. Luciano Malfer, general director of the Agency for the Family, Autonomous Province of Trento.
• The 15 minute city: Prof. Carlos Moreno, Associate Professor at the University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and Mayor of Paris’ Special Envoy for Smart Cities.
• The hub, the covenant and the Atlas: fighting energy poverty, actions and good practices for municipalities: Dr. Jeppe Mikel Jensen, Project Coordinator Energy Poverty Advisory Hub, Climate Alliance, Covenant of Mayors Office.
• Housing policies for families in Europe, The impact on natality and family wellbeing: Dr. Gabriel Amitsis, Director at Social Administration Research Lab – University of West Attica (Athens),Vice-Chair of the Working Group for Housing Systems in Transition in “Housing Europe”,  the European Federation of Public, Cooperative and Social Housing.

10:40  Questions and answers

10:50  THE FUTURE OF EUROPE: LOCAL STRATEGIES

• Building urban datasets for the SDGs: Paola Proietti, Joint Research Centre, EU Science Hub.
• Depopulation in local territories: Alejandro Macarron, Director of Demographic Renaissence Foundation.
• Local family cards, tools to enhance family wellbeing: Dr. Anna Bebel, Wroclaw University of Economics and Business.
• European Recovery Funds and local family policies: Toma Šutić, Member of the Cabinet of the Vice President for Demography and Democracy, European Commission.

11:45  Questions and answers

11:55 CLOSING REMARKS

•  Raul Sanchez, secretary general of ELFAC