 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.
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