Confederation of Family Organisations in the European Union
Acronym: COFACE
General Information
Identification Code: 93283396780-85
Website: http://coface-eu.org
Entity Form: aisbl
Registration Category: Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
Registration Date: 9/26/2011
Last Update: 2/20/2024
EP Accredited Number: 1
Mission & Interests
Goals: COFACE Families Europe promotes the well-being, health and security of families and their members in a changing society and serve as a trusted entity for family mainstreaming and for the voice/needs of families in the EU and beyond.
COFACE’s focus is essentially on policies and legislation that impact the lives of children and families, in particular in the fields of social protection and inclusion, safeguarding the rights of disabled and dependent persons, prevention and fighting child poverty, reconciling family and work life, migration, inclusive education and early childhood education and care, parenting support services to families, information and communications technologies, health and consumer policies and other relevant policy areas.
COFACE Families Europe advocates for policies of non-discrimination and equal opportunities between persons and between family forms, and specifically supports policies aimed at increasing equality between women and men, with a speci (...)
Interests Represented: Does not represent commercial interests
Interests:
- Agriculture and rural development
- Banking and financial services
- Borders and security
- Budget
- Climate action
- Communication
- Consumers
- Digital economy and society
- Economy, finance and the euro
- Education and training
- Employment and social affairs
- Energy
- Environment
- Food safety
- Institutional affairs
- Justice and fundamental rights
- Migration and asylum
- Public health
- Single market
- Sport
- Taxation
- Trans-European Networks
- Transport
- Youth
Levels of Interest:
- global
- european
- sub-national
- national
Activities
Main EU Legislative Proposals: Work-life balance, Gender equality, Transnational families, Family reunification, Education, ECEC, Inclusive education, Disability, UN CRPD, Deinstitutionalisation, Family carers, Digitalisation, Online safety, Financial inclusion, Health, Family policy, EU Pillar of Social Rights.
EU Supported Forums and Platforms: Disability Platform#E03820#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3820 #MEMBER #C#Civil societySub-group on Independent Living#E03820/4#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=103715 #MEMBER #C#Civil societySub-group on social services#E03820/5#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=104592 #MEMBER #C#Civil society
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: Unofficial groupings,Children's rights,Disability
Head Office
Address: rue de Londres, 17
Post Code: 1050
City: Brussels
Country: BELGIUM
Phone:
Indic Phone: 32
Phone Number: 25114179
EU Office
Address: rue de Londres, 17
Post Code: 1050
City: Brussels
Country: BELGIUM
Phone:
Indic Phone: 32
Phone Number: 25114179
Financial Data
Closed Year:
Start Date:
End Date:
Funding Sources:
- EU funding
- Grants
- Member's contributions
Contributions:
- Amount: 0Currency: €_id:Buffer:0: 1041: 642: 603: 2084: 1585: 2126: 1827: 328: 869: 8910: 25011: 69
- Amount: 0Currency: €_id:Buffer:0: 1041: 642: 603: 2084: 1585: 2126: 1827: 328: 869: 8910: 25011: 70
- Amount: 0Currency: €_id:Buffer:0: 1041: 642: 603: 2084: 1585: 2126: 1827: 328: 869: 8910: 25011: 71
- Amount: 0Currency: €_id:Buffer:0: 1041: 642: 603: 2084: 1585: 2126: 1827: 328: 869: 8910: 25011: 72
- Amount: 0Currency: €_id:Buffer:0: 1041: 642: 603: 2084: 1585: 2126: 1827: 328: 869: 8910: 25011: 73
Total Budget: 817480
Grants:
- Source: EaSI programme/ DG EMPLAmount: 0Currency: €_id:Buffer:0: 1041: 642: 603: 2084: 1585: 2126: 1827: 328: 869: 8910: 25011: 68
Current Year:
Grants:
Complementary Information: COFACE is a partner in other EU projects under Horizon Europe
Membership Information
Members50 Percent: 11
Members: 11
Members F T E: 5.5
Structure
Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: https://coface-eu.org/about-us/
Organisation Members: COFACE is a member of the following European networks :
- Social Platform
- European Disability Forum
- Finance Watch
Current Job Opportunities
Policy Specialist - Families and Social Inclusion
Confederation of Family Organisations in the European Union
mid-levelBrussels, BelgiumFull-time-time
Posted: 9/23/2025
mid-levelBrussels, Francefull-time
Posted: 8/21/2025