IV CONVENTION OF THE EUROPEAN NETWORK OF FAMILY-FRIENDLY MUNICIPALITIES 

“INNOVATING ROOTS: WORKING FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS”

Brussels, Wednesday, 1st March 2023

REGISTRATION HERE

DRAFT PROGRAM

Venue: European Economic and Social Committee, Rue Van Maerlant/Van Maerlantstraat 2, Bruxelles, Belgium (VMA Building, room VMA 3)

10:00 Welcome

10:30   Opening

• Regina Maroncelli, president of the European Large Families Confederation (ELFAC) and the European Network of Family-Friendly Municipalities.
• Christa Schweng, President of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)
• Csaba Borboly, representative of the European Committee of Regions (CoR)

10:45 Keynote speech: How to improve public policies without public funds

• Luciano Malfer, general director of the Agency for Social Cohesion, Autonomous Province of Trento (Italy)

11:20   Working at national level:

• The case of Poland: Family-friendly policies in municipalities and companies
  • Barbara Socha, Under Secretary of State, Government Plenipotentiary for Demographic Policy, Ministry of Families and Social Policy, Poland

11:40 The experience of the national networks:

• Italian network: Chiara Ledda 
• Portuguese network: Rosario Carneiro

12:00   Good practices from Municipalities:

• Section I: Innovative policies to support families:
  • Bartosz Bartoszewicz, Deputy Mayor of Gdynia (Poland)
  • Emese Balogh-Madár, Vice mayor of Belváros-Lipótváros, 5th District of Budapest (Hungary)
• Section II: Family tourism: experiences of municipalities with a tourist vocation:
  • Maria Grazia Salaris, councilor for family policies, Alghero (Italy)
  • Krisztina Forró, Senior Project Manager, Veszprém (European Capital of Culture 2023, Hungary)
  • Maitane Tocino, Product Manager of Basquetour, (Basque Country, Spain)
• Section III: Good practices on partnerships with companies for a new work culture:
  • Mercedes Hernandez, Director of Partnerships and Institutional Relations, MasFamilia Foundation (Spain).
  • Emanuele Sacco, Fellow, Aurora Fellows (Italy)

13:30   Closing speech:

• Dubravka Šuica, vice president for Democracy and Demography, European Commission

13:40   Q&A

13:45 Conclusions

• Raul Sanchez, secretary general of ELFAC

13:50   Delivery of diplomas to new municipalities’ members.

Training session

Venue: Euroregio office “Tyrol – South Tyrol – Trentino” – 45-47 Rue de Pascale, 1040 Brussels

14:00 Lunch

15:00 – 17:00  Training and workshop for municipalities.

• Results of the 1st. European survey on family-friendly municipalities.
• European taxonomy: Networking on family services.
• Practice community: Sharing economy and energy.
• Partnership with companies .
• Family tourism certification.
• Sharing good practices (open floor).