EurofamNet will run three workshops with invited relevant experts and stakeholders aimed at developing, enhancing and quality assuring our work. The general workshop format will be presentations and discussions focused on key outputs from Working Groups 2, 3 and 4. The workshops will also serve as significant dissemination and network development opportunities. Two workshops will take place in 2021, one focused on enhancing our conceptual and policy understandings of Family Support, and one focused on connecting evaluation and quality standards with professional practice. The third workshop will take place in the Action’s third period and will focus on workforce skills’ standards. If you are interested to know more, please contact us.
WG4 stakeholders workshop on family support skills
On 28th June 2022, the WG4 workshop on developing a standardisation framework on skills for family support workforce was held in Faro, Portugal. The aim of the workshop was to open a process of collecting, mapping and organizing family support skills in an interactive dialogue with stakeholders and researchers from the field. Through a consensus building activity, the workshop participants explored and agreed on the description of the skills used in family support practice and their characteristics. The workshop's findings and products will inform and inspire the next steps in cataloguing family support skills. To learn more, please watch the informative video and read the full report.
WG3 stakeholders workshop "Bridging quality standards for evaluation with professional practice"
The stakeholders workshop “Bridging quality standards for evaluation with professional practice”, that was held on September 24th 2021, organised by Working Group 3, brought together policy-makers and service providers responsible for Child and Family Support agencies from COST Action countries and focused on scoping the efforts to introduce evidence-based practices in child and family policies and professional work with families across the COST Action countries.
WG2 expert panel: webinar "Supporting children and families during and post Covid-19: Combatting poverty, coping with work & family & enhancing wellbeing
The WG2 webinar “Supporting children and families during and post Covid-19: Combatting poverty, coping with work & family & enhancing wellbeing": is a research, policy and practice event that aims to reflect on the COVID-19 pandemic and the role of family support measures and developments in addressing the challenges and pressures that children, young people, parents and families have faced.
Confirmed speakers
- Professor Mary Daly, University of Oxford
- Annemie Drieskens, President, COFACE Families Europe
- Claudia Marinetti, Director, Mental Health Europe.
Date: September 24th 2021
Time: 11.00am - 13.00pm (Brussels Time (CEST)