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Events of AGF
The AGF regularly organizes national and international conferences, meetings and discussions on well chosen, current political questions in collaboration with its member organisations. These events create an opportunity for the exchange of opinions, the formulation of political requirements and the development of effective implementation strategies.
Next conferences
AGF-conference "Kinderzentrierung und Familienunterstützung in Konfliktsituationen, Trennungsprozessen und Scheidungsverfahren"
- Date: 29. April 2020, 11:00 – 16:30 Uhr
- Venue: Dietrich-Bonhoeffer-Haus, Ziegelstraße 30, 10117 Berlin
- Weitere Informationen zum Hintergrund und Programm
- Language: German
Joint seminar by AGF and COFACE Families Europe on: "Child guarantee"
- Date: 29 September 2020 in Berlin
- Languages: German / English
Joint conference of AGF and International Commission on Couple and Family Relations (ICCFR)
- Date: 29-30 October 2020 in Berlin
- Language: English
Past conferences and documentations
Most of our documentations are also availalbe in a printed version. Please contact the AGF office (info [@] ag-familie . de).
What is digitalisation doing with families?
10 October 2017 in Berlin
A sutstainable future for all - both in urban and rural areas
24 September 2018 in Berlin
The EU Work-Life-Balance Package: State of Play, Perception, Next Steps
02 July 2018 at Representation of the EU Commission in Berlin
Brave new world of work? Ideas for bringing in the family perspective into the digital work 4.0
18 October 2017 in Berlin
- Report on our website
- Documentation (German only)
European Expert Meeting: Growing up digital - How can we make the internet safe for children and young people?
03 July 2017 in Berlin
- Report on our website
- Documentation European Expert Meeting Digital Childhood
- Country Report Estonia: Malle Hallimäe, Lastekaitse Liit
- Country Report Denmark: Christian Mogensen, Center for Digital Paedagogik
- Online security for children - legislation and additional measures in Germany, Jutta Croll, Stiftung Digitale Chancen, German
- Martin Schmalzried, COFACE-Families Europe (video presentation)
How to achieve a just subsistence level for children?
17 November 2016, Berlin
The impact of digitalisation on 21st century families
A joint conference with COFACE - Families Europe, 7 - 8 Nov, Berlin
European Expert Meeting: Meeting the subsistence minimum of a child. Measures, objectives and principles of monetary transfers for children in European states
27 June 2016 in Berlin
- Report on AGF website
- Documentation: Subsistance minimum of a child
- Presentation Sonja Dörfler, Austrian Insitute for Family Studies, AUSTRIA: Maßnahmen zur monetären Unterstütztung von Familien mit Kindern in Österreich (German)
- Toon Vanheukelom, University Leuven, BELGIUM: Child benefits in Belgium
- Steve McKay, University Lincoln, UNITED KINGDOM: Families with Children in the UK
- Myriam Bobbio, UNAF, FRANCE: How much do children and their families need for a decent life?
AGF-conference on quality child care
30 November 2015, Berlin
62. International Conference of International Commission on Couple and Family Relations (ICCFR) on „CHANGING TIMES: IMPACTS OF TIME ON FAMILY LIFE“
22-24 June 2015; WZB Berlin Social Science Center
European Expert Meeting Good Quality in Early Childhood Education and Care
Date: 25. 06. 2015
60 Anniversary of AGF
20 November 2014
Time for families?! Family time policy as a policy field – A European comparison
Date: 17 June 2014 in Berlin
The central issue was whether a so-called family time policy, as recommended in Germany, is discussed in other European countries too. Please find below the documentation of the meeting and the presentations of the experts invited.
- Download documentation
- Family time policy in Germany
Dr. Thomas Metker, Federal Ministry for the Family, Senior Citizens and Youth (BMFSFJ) - Insights into the EU member states:
Fred Deven, International Network on Leave Policies & Research
Gerda Neyer, Stockholm University - Pacemaker work: Daphne Ahrendt, Eurofound
- For pictures of the expert meeting please click here.
#FamiliesVOTE2014 debate
Date: 28 March 2014, Berlin
- Report on the event on AGF-website
- The event on website of COFACE (further links to fotos and video)
Ways to a family oriented labour market
Date: 29 October 2013
- Download documentation (German only)
- Report on this website
"We make the society!" Family Convention
Date: 06.-08. September
- Manifesto of the Family Convention (German only)
- Results and Impressions (German only)
No Space for Families? Inclusion and Housing
Date: 30 August 2013 in Berlin
The focus laid on the growing problems for families at the housing markets in the EU Member States, especially in urban areas. Please find below the dokumentation and some presentations of the experts invited.
- Download documentation
- Insights Italy: Teresio Poggio, University of Bozen, Italy
- Insights UK: Christine Whitehead, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK
- Inclusion and Housing: Detlef Baum, University of Applied Science Koblenz, Germany (German only)
- Opportunities of action at EU-level: Özgür Öner, CECODHAS Housing Europe, Brussels
- Additional Information: Bernd Eggen, Familienforschung Baden-Württemberg (German only)
Children, Care and Professional Life - what does families help to overcome time pressure?
Date: 22 November 2012 in Berlin
The Right to Family Reunification – The European Directive and national implementation in the current discussion.
Date: 22 June 2012, berlin
The reduced VAT rate in Europe - Opportunities for Effective Support for Families
Date: 08 September 2011
An expert meeting of AGF and COFACE at the representation of the European Commission in Germany
Child Poverty in Germany and Europe -Where are we at the End of the European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion?
Date: 30 Nov 2010 in Berlin
Conference by AGF and European Commission Representation in Germany on child poverty.
Child Poverty – A European Challenge
Date: 31 August and 01 September 2009
In the European Symposium over the course of two days European experts discussed the issue of child poverty in the European Academy in Berlin. The contributions of the speakers as well as a summary of the discussions can be found in the detailed documentation.
Children need Future – for an Europe without Poverty!
Date: 14 November 2008
The event was directed at representatives of family-political and child-political organizations as well as at well-known scientists and academics from the European member states. In focus was the exchange of ideas and exchange of experience among the masses, the causes and the results of child poverty in the European member states as well as the search for common suggestions on solutions.
Child Poverty - a Structural Challenge
Date: 21 November 2007
The results of poverty appear with children in nearly all areas of their life: Poverty leads to disadvantages in educational opportunities, to poorer health, to social exclusion and to damaged self-confidence. This conference placed the main focus on the institutions concerned with child poverty and structures in Germany. As well as this, the question as to how the present political and institutional structures themselves contribute to the solidification of this poverty was posed.
DNK conference: Meeting Place Europe - Families and Generations on New Paths
Date: 19-20 March 2007
The demographic development in almost all European countries is one of the biggest challenges for the member states of the EU. In the conference of the German national committee (DNK) of the world Family Organization the relevant subject complexes were consolidated in collaboration with the AGF: Those including relations between the generations, mutual and lifelong learning as well as support of the families for the protection of a united community.
The documentation "Meeting Place Europe" (in German) can be ordered from the office of the AGF.
Education Competence and the Borders of Diversity
Date: 09-10 November 2006
The Family-appropriate Tax Revision - which Tax Policy do families need?
Date: 24-25 October 2005
The discussion on family incentives and the distribution of burden in Germany stood at the forefront of this symposium. As well as the elaboration on the current state of affairs, the history of the development of these achievements was examined and the overall view was directed past the national state of affairs to include that of the European neighbours. Thus it was clarified which family incentive schemes other European countries use and which alternative models could perhaps also be relevant for Germany.
International Year of the Family - 10 years later. The family as a Mirror of Social and Political Developments
Date: 15-16 November 2004
What has changed for families after the international year of the family in 1994? Which quantitative and qualitative results can be recognised? This stock-taking on the current situation of families was supplemented with the search for perspectives for a European family policy.
The Seventh Family Report - Questions and Suggestions on the Issue of "Child-conditioned Poverty"
Date: 07 June 2004
This discussion with members of the expert's committee on the seventh family report 'Future of the Family - Social Changes and Social Cohesion‘ enabled the AGF to draw attention to important family political necessities, in the run up to the report. The issue of 'child-conditioned poverty' was the main focus of the discussions.
What Children need- What do Children need?
Date: 24-25 June 2003
At the centre of this discussion was the social educational responsibility for children. Against the background of the other consequences from PISA - as well as the IGLU study, the seminar discussed particularly which educational and care concepts appropriate for children, are necessary and also from the children’s‘ perspectives, how and which collaborations between families and educational institutions should be formed.
Children in Good Hands- On the Connection between Family and Education Policy
Date: 29-30 October 2002
In this professional discussion with various topical studies on the education of children and young people main focuses were established for further work, and educational policy requirements were composed. The collaboration with and for families was at the forefront, with the purpose of strengthening and further supporting the education and up bringing responsibility of the family.
