Il 12 agosto si terrà presso il municipio di Riga (Ratslaukums, n. 1) l'ottava Conferenza europea sulle famiglie numerose dal titolo "Dal Comune family friendly allo Stato family friendly". Invitati numerosi esperti di settore provenienti da Portogallo, Polonia, Ungheria, Estonia e Lettonia. Tra gli enti ospiti del meeting anche l'Agenzia per la famiglia della Provincia autonoma di Trento.

Dall’11 al 14 agosto le famiglie numerose europee si incontrano per discutere di buone prassi e prospettive per rendere il vecchio continente family friendly. L’evento sarà occasione anche per festeggiare i 25 anni dall’associazione lettone delle famiglie numerose che con grande fatica ed entusiasmo è riuscita a materializzare il sogno di portare a Riga i rappresentanti dei 19 Paesi europei che compongono la federazione dell’Elfac.

Per l’Italia saranno presenti i consiglieri nazionali Fabrizio e Regina Maroncelli.

Il sito del meeting: http://www.ldgbapvieniba.lv/jaunumi

In concomitanza si terrà dal 12 al 14 agosto il Riga City Festival:  http://www.rigassvetki.lv/

PROGRAMMA IN ALLEGATO

From 8h00 Registration

8h30 Children Group’s Dzeguzīte (Cuckoo) musical greeting for the participants of Conference.

8h50 Opening session

Representative of Riga City Council

Imants Parādnieks, Member of Saeima (Parliament of Latvia), Chairman of the Demography Subcommittee of the Budget and Finance (Taxation) Committe of Saeima, Chairman of the expert collaboration platform “Centre for Demographic Affairs” under the authority of the Prime Minister

László Márki, President, European Large Families Confederation (ELFAC)

Leonīds Mucenieks, President, Union of Latvian Large Families Associations

9h20-9h30 Introduction The situation of large families in Latvia by the moderator of Conference Ilmārs Mežs, researcher at the University of Latvia (EKOSOC), member of the Demographic Center and Demography Council of the Government ofLatvia

9h30-10h10 What does it mean to be Family Friendly? – presentations by:

Maria Teresa Ribeiro,Associate Professor, University of Lisbon, Portugal

Iwona Sztajner, ELFAC Project Manager (from FamiliesAndSocieties,survey on European large families)

Laura Bluša and Linda Pavļuta, NGO „Babyroom”, Latvia

10h10-12h00 Family Friendly Municipality – presentations by:

Luciano Malfer,Agency General Manager for the family, birth rate and youth policy, Autonomous Province of Trento, Italy

Mārtiņš Moors, Head of Social administration, deputy director, Welfare department, Riga City Council, Latvia

António Barroso, Deputy Mayor, Braga, Portugal

Grzegorz Benedykciński, Mayor, Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Poland

Dezső Kovács, Honorary Professor, University of Western Hungary (Sopron), Coordinator of the Future Weaving Workshop, Alsómocsolád, Hungary

Lita Trakina, senior Expert of Local Goverments Development Division of Local Governments Department of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development, Latvia

12h00-12h30 Family Friendly Country – presentation by:

Elzbieta Rafalska, Minister of Family, Labour and Social Policy, Poland

Delivery of the ELFAC Award in the categoryNational Government to acknowledge outstanding achievements in the interest of families, especially large families

Lunch break

13h30-15h00 Family Friendly Country – presentations by:

Dr. Norbert Görög, Head of Secretariat Ministry of Human Capacities, Deputy State Secretariat of Family and Demographical Affairs, Hungary

Linda Liepa,Deputy Director of Children and Family Policy Department, Ministry of Welfare, Latvia

Siim Kiisler, Member of Parliament member, Minister of Regional Affairs 2008-2014, Estonia

Katarzyna Napiórkowska, Head of Unit, Department of Family Policy,Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy, Poland

15h00-16h00 Closing session

Delivery of the ELFAC Awards in the categoriesRegional Administration, Municipality, Personality and Media to acknowledge outstanding achievements in the interest of families, especially large families