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Newsletter - European Large Families Confederation (ELFAC) - February 2025



Mimler family from Romania chosen as European Large Family of the Year 2024

The Mimler family is a 9 children family who moved to the Romanian mountains in 2021. They live in Valea Uzei, a small mountain village with only 39 habitants, most of them old people.

ACTIVITIES

ELFAC calls on governments, to recognize the central role of families – and in particular large families – in promoting public health and wellbeing

Commission on Population and Development of UN publishes ELFAC’s statement for upcoming session. 
 
Spanish Federation of Large Families advocates for families at recent European Commission session
FEFN asks the European Commission in Spain to take into account the family size and needs of large families in all public policies.
News and an Interview from the Croatian Large Families Association
The Croatian Large Family Association has various updates on its current projects. The Association’s vice-president, Đurđica Mostarčić, gave an extended interview on her analysis of Croatia’s changing demographics. 
 
Portuguese large families with more interaction in 2025
This year, the Portuguese Large Families Association (APFN) is launching a new communication and interaction project with families, entitled: ‘Being a family is good!’
ASFANU was present at the Romanian Parliamentary Committee on Health and Family

ASFANU, the large families association of Romania, was present in the Parliament, with good news for large families.
 
ASPE (Supreme Confederation of multi-child Parents of Greece) participates in an international demographic conference in Athens
The Greek Association attended the 5th meeting of the Erasmus Project of organized civil societies titled “Demographic Challenges for Europe and issues involved”
EVENTS
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Krakow: 5th Convention of the European Network of Family-Friendly Municipalities
20 March, 2025 | 21 March, 2025 

“Green for families”: Strengthening Social Capital, ecology and sustainable development.
 

EUROPE

Provincial France’s Decreasing Fertility Becomes a Challenge

Colomiers in south-west France is modern, spread out – and not very attractive. Young couples came here from the nearby city of Toulouse to have children because property prices are far cheaper. 
 
WORLD
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Rapid Fertility Decline Is an Existential Crisis

Humanity has entered a new era of rapid population decline.  

Singaporean large families will receive more financial support in the 2025 budget
Large families in Singapore will get up to $16,000 in additional support for each third and subsequent child born on or after Feb 18.
 
REPORTS
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A Coordinated EU Approach to Housing

The recent cost-of-living crisis has exacerbated a longstanding problem with housing affordability in the EU. Higher building costs and mortgage rates, together with a related decrease in housing construction, have made access to home ownership more difficult. 
 

UNICEF’s report: The State of the World’s Children 2024

As we near the end of the first quarter of the 21st century, The State of the World’s Children 2024 looks ahead to the year 2050. 
 
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New OSCE PA report released on demographic change, a mega trend reshaping society
The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Special Representative on Demographic Change and Security, Gudrun Kugler (Austira), highlights the profound impact of demographic shifts on security and stability across the OSCE region, and possible remedies, in a 22-page report.
 
 
 
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