Family Megatrends
in the Future of Europe
Side Event during the
And the preparations for the Thirtieth Anniversary
of the International Year of the Family (2024)
Registered Event of the
Friday, 9th July 2021 – 3:30-5:00 pm
Organized by IFFD at an invitation of NOE and ELFAC for the
European Large Families Conference – Keszthely, Hungary
Hybrid formula – presential and online participation
Young activists and intellectuals from different European countries presented some proposals to be discussed with participants
The final conclusions will be published and sent as a contribution of European families to the Conference on the Future of Europe
The International Federation for Family Development (IFFD) is a non-governmental, independent and non-profit umbrella organization that operates in 70 countries with the help of thousands of volunteers and benefits over 30,000 people annually through our parenting courses. Founded in 1978, it was granted in 2011 the reclassification of the consultative status at United Nations (ECOSOC) from special to general, reserved for large international NGOs whose area of work cover most of the issues on the agenda of ECOSOC and its subsidiary bodies. All over the world, we advocate for a family perspective on policymaking as the best social strategy. This work is made based on scientific evidence and social development approach.
Megatrends, including new technologies, rapid urbanization and migration, as well as demographic and climate change, have been dramatically shaping our world. In preparation for the Thirtieth Anniversary of the International Year of the Family, 2024 (IYF+30), the United Nations aims to raise awareness of the above megatrends, their impact on families and responsive family-oriented policies to tackle their effects.
The Conference on the Future of Europe is a citizen-led series of debates and discussions that will enable people from across Europe to share their ideas and help shape our common future. It is the first of its kind: as a major pan-European democratic exercise, it offers a new public forum for an open, inclusive, and transparent debate with citizens around a number of key priorities and challenges. It aims to reflect our diversity, and to bring Europe beyond its capital cities, reaching every corner of the EU, strengthening the link between Europeans and the institutions that serve them. It does so through a multitude of Conference-events and debates organised across the EU, as well as through an interactive multilingual digital platform. Young people in particular are encouraged to take part and share their ideas. European, national, regional and local authorities, as well as civil society and other organisations can also organise events to involve as many people as possible.
It is within this spirit that IFFD is taking the chance or being invited to organize an event during the celebration of the European Large Families Conference to bring into the debate the present and future of the influence of those megatrends in the future of Europe.
Programme
INTERACTIVE DISCUSSION
3:30
Opening Remarks
3:35
Youth Transitions and Social Integration
Stanisław Siwko
Master of Law and Master of Finance and Accounting, Kozminski University
Test of Legal English Skills (TOLES) certificate and Bloomberg Market Concepts certificate
3:45
Demographic Challenges
Getter Rang
Master, University School of Economics and Management at Lund University
Head of Communications and Marketing at the Estonian Association of Large Families
3:55
New Technologies
Rémy Verlyck
Politics and International Relations, Institut d’Etudes Politiques Lille & University of Kent
Moderator of the International Focus Group on Families and New Technologies
4:05
Urbanization
Mark Szucs
Honours Student of Economics & Business Economics, University of Amsterdam
Young Ambassador at the Eurocities Culture Forum on sustainable city development at Edinburgh
4:15
Climate Change
Balazs Kelemen
International Relations, Corvinus University of Budapest
Youth Delegate of Hungary to the United Nations
4:25
Questions & Answers
Conclusions
