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Education Globale Développement asbl

  • Type: INGO
  • Field: Social Security
  • Region: Europe
  • Location: Brussels, Belgium
  • Internship Title: Communication Assistant
  • Duration: 3 months
  • Number of Interns: 3-5
  • Special Requirement: N/A
  • Application Status: Unavailable
  • Remote Internship: Unacceptable
COFACE Families Europe is a pluralistic network of civil society associations representing the interests of all families.

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 special focus on reconciliation between work, care and family life.

COFACE was originally founded in 1958 as the European Action Committee of the International Union of Family Organizations. Over time, it gained more independence, and in 1979 turned itself into an international not-for-profit voluntary organization with the name Confederation of Family Organisations in the European Community, and now the European Union. In June 2016, the General Assembly agreed on a new name: COFACE Families Europe.
Internship Tasks
● Supporting communications (social media, research online, helping us to innovate)
● Supporting building links with family organisations in China and other neighbouring countries
● Supporting policy work on disability and social inclusion by attending some meetings in the EU institutions
● Supporting futureproofing (climate thinking, making our work fully accessible, etc.)

Requirements
● Bachelor’s degree (completed/ongoing)
● Fluency in spoken and written English
● Strong interpersonal and English communicative skills
● Proficiency in MS software (e.g. Word, Excel, Power point)
 2020-05-11 | Zagreb, Croatia – General Assembly 2019-10-03 | Helsinki, Finland – Conference on Child Health and Well-Being 2019-06-13 | Luxembourg, Luxembourg – Disability Platform Meeting 2019-05-08 | Barcelona, Spain – General Assembly 2018-11-22 | Brussels, Belgium – Economics at the service of society 2018-10-04 | Graz, Austria – Building sustainable and future-proof education systems – How can families contribute to a paradigm shift? 2017-05-02 | Brussels, Belgium – Meeting on Families on the Move 2016-04-19 | Amsterdam, Netherlands – Conference 2015 | Brussels, Belgium – General Assembly 2014-09-08 | Helsinki, Finland – European Employers Forum for Work-Life Balance 2010-01-18 | Paris, France – Country Risk Conference 2001-01-29 | Brussels, Belgium – European seminar on social protection as an instrument of social cohesion 2000-06-30 | Brussels, Belgium – Families and insurances, addictions, solidarity system and fight against discrimination 1993-10-12 | Brussels, Belgium – Famille, lieu de solidarité 1990-09-26 | Rome, Italy – European family conference 1990-06-05 | Luxembourg, Luxembourg – Role of families – drug abuse 1990-05-07 | Brussels, Belgium – European housing conference
Relations with Inter-Governmental Organizations
● Maintains relations with all the institutions of the European Union, particularly through: 
   Consultative Committees of the Common Agricultural Policy
   E-XE2442 – European Commission (EC); E-XE0669 – European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)
   F-XF0667 – European Parliament (EP)
● Associate member of: 
   E-XM2632 – European Consumer Consultative Group (ECCG)
 
Relations with Non-Governmental Organizations
● Member of: 
   U-XM3394 – EU Platform for Action on Diet, Physical Activity and Health
   D-XD2354 – European Brain Injury Society (EBIS)
   F-XF4532 – European Disability Forum (EDF)
   F-XJ8744 – European Financial Inclusion Network (EFIN)
   F-XF4951 – European Housing Forum (EHF)
   F-XJ9954 – European NGO Platform Asylum and Migration (EPAM)
   F-XF3952 – Permanent Forum of European Civil Society
   F-XM7078 – SDG Watch Europe; E-XE2503 – Social Platform
● Cooperates with: 
   F-XJ1789 – European Foundation for the Care of Newborn Infants (EFCNI)
   D-XJ5623 – Network of European LGBTIQ Families Associations (NELFA) is supporting member
● Links with: 
   D-XD0602 – Bureau Européen des Unions de Consommateurs (BEUC);
   D-XD0678 – European Community of Consumer Cooperatives (EURO COOP)
   F-XF3889 – European Federation for Street Children (EFSC)
   D-XD6917 – Federation of Catholic Family Associations in Europe
   B-XB2468 – International Social Security Association (ISSA)
 
Members
National family organizations (59) in 23 countries:
Member Countries & Regions
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Switzerland, Cyprus, Germany, Spain, Finland, France, UK, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Latvia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia