Instituto de Política Familiar

IPF | english version

About us

The Institute for Family Policies (IFP) is an civil organisation non dependent on any government, party or religious organisation. It is registered in the spanish National Associations Registry Office with nr. 167.535.

The IFP was an initiative of a group of people aware of the gap existing in the field of promoting and helping the family before the public opinion and the decision makers, and highlighting the need of building up sinergies between different family organisations both at a national and international level. In the year 2000, IFP was born to fill these gaps.

Our purpose is therefore to increase the awareness towards the recognition of the key role of the family among policy and decision makers, as well as the general public, by means of generating proposals and alternatives, cooperating for social development, and promoting the dialogue and network building between institutions sharing our aims, either at a national or international level.

The Institute has a national scope of performance but aspires to develop at both a European and Latinamerican scale, for which we are working together with similar organisations in different european and american countries.

The Institute will is being a driving force for the adoption of an authentic family policy at every scale (local, regional, national and supranational). With this aim, we study and analyse the family institution and its diverse challenges, threats and opportunities, contributing proposals and alternatives to solve their main difficulties.

The IFP is willing to support other family organisations in order to join efforts for achieving their purpose. At the moment it belongs to the National Platform Spanish Forum on Family (Foro Español de la Familia) as well as to the Civic Platform for the Promotion of the Family (PROFAM) in Madrid Region.

The Institute carries out several activities, such as contributing up-to-date analysis and proposals to the different governments, partys and political administrations; offering consulting services through internet; and organizing courses, seminars and training sessions for experience and good practices sharing and popularizing.

AIMS

Family knowledge: to study and analyse the family Institution contributing proposals and alternatives to its diverse challenges, threats and opportunities.

Family empowerment: to impel a greater sensibility both in society and in the public administrations on the role of the family, addressing national and local priorities to deal with family issues.

Social protection: to promote the social and cultural development of women, as well as the defense of the children and the elderly within families.

Human rights: to denounce transgressions that attempt against the family and its members.

Partnership for Development: to develop cooperation projects with private or public institutions, both of national and international scope, with special regard to the European Union and America.

Dialogue and communication: To promote the intercultural dialogue between people, associations and either national or international organizations, creating networks for this purpose.

WORKING AREAS

PROPOSAL GENERATION

Objetives:

To contribute up-to-date analysis, proposals and solutions to the different governments, political administrations and parties in order to help them in the decision making on family policies and programs.

Using media to disseminate information in order to draw attention to family issues, gaining the maximum diffusion and incidence for the proposals sustained by the Institute.

Activities:

Research on family issues and repport ellaboration.

Collect data on the family through various surveys and studies.

Disseminate the results through the publication of books, broachures and repports.

Organize courses, seminars and training sessions.

SOCIAL AWARENESS

Objetives:

To promote a family perspective in state policymaking.

To improve general awareness of and sensitivity to the real strengths and needs of families.

To create family-friendly societal conditions that favour families and support their functioning.

To reinforce the family values, such as love, unity, solidarity, fraternity, mutual collaboration, intergenerational cooperation,...

And therefore, generating a greater commitment of society in the task of family empowerment.

Activities:

They are based mainly on Campaigns devoted to raising Family Commitment in society, addressing both:

Global aspects of the family: the importance of the institution and the vital role of families in society, emphasizing the Annual Day of Families on 15 May.

Particular aspects: better manage of work and family responsabilities, family-supportive workplaces, the role of women, rights of the children and the elderly.

DIALOGUE AND NETWORK BUILDING

Objectives:

The Intercultural dialogue between either individual people or institutions, mainly at a European and American scope, promoting a better understanding of the family within the diversity of cultures.

Creation of networks both with people and institutions belonging to these two continents or wherever other part of the world.

Activities:

Seminars, meetings and different exchange experiences that allow either people or institutions to contact among them and to generate academic, cultural and human shearing.

Website on the family providing:

Access to a broad range of information on activities, documents and research repports, both by the IFP or any other qualified institution.

Contact between family institutions through forums, debates, chats, etc.

COOPERATION

Objectives:

To develop projects aiming the implementation of family policies in those countries where these are lacking or insufficient.

To emphasize the family perspective in development cooperation, ensuring that projects are evaluated with regard for their impacts on families.

To support the creation of expert teams helping to start up the different projects for cooperation on social development.

COOPERATE WITH IFP

Welcome to the cooperation area. We offer two ways of cooperation with the Institute for Family Policies: either being an IFP collaborator or making a single donation.

In this section you will become an IFP collaborator or make your donation with absolute privacy and security.

PERSONAL INFORMATION

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WAYS OF COOPERATION (choose one):

1. COLLABORATION
Recomended membership fee is 20 euro per month

I am willing to contribute the Institute for Family Policies with:

20 euro (27$) per month
60 euros (80$) per quarter
120 euros (160$) half-yearly
240 euros (317$) per year

Another amount: euro every

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2. DONATION

In case you wish to support our work with a single donation, please make a bank transfer to the following current account:

La Caixa 2100 3666 44 2200055295

I wish to make a single donation to the Institute for Family Policies on the following ammount:

150 euro (200 $)
90 euro (120 $)
60 euro (80 $)
30 euro (40 $)
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