A meeting of seven international organizations with the UN Focal Point on the Family has been held during the IFFD Family Enrichment Congress in London, to coordinate the future preparations of the 30th Anniversary of the International Year of the Family.
In October 2019, the traditional IFFD Congress has been held in London, with more than 1,000 delegates attending the main Congress, 250 other young participants in the Personal Project Congress and around 300 in the previous World Meeting of Leaders. It took place in a magnificent venue, the Queen Elizabeth II Centre, located next to the Big Ben and the…
The London Summit 2019 event was held in London on October 19 and 20. It brought together around 20 participants from 8 countries, mostly people involved in the Foundation’s fundraising activities. The event focused on fundraising among potential major donors, with the goal of raising money for the endowment fund. The participants also enjoyed the opportunity of attending the XX…
IFFD has participated in the closing panel of the 9th International Family Congress organized by the Universidad de La Sabana (Bogotá), and has also been awarded by the organizers.
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The UNICEF Executive Board kicked off its 2019 Annual Session at United Nations Headquarters in New York on 11 June. The session was opened by H.E. Mr. Omar Hilale, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Morocco, and with the participation of IFFD as member of the NGO Committee and the Advisory Group.
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Between the 22nd and the 25th of March IFFD’s Family Enrichment Director Leticia Rodriguez held several training sessions in the Croatian cities of Split and Zagreb. The agenda was the same in both cities, celebrating conferences on marital love and getting to know family member’s temperaments, as well as moderating sessions of the First Steps and First Decisions programs, followed…
Under the title "Sustainable Development and Family",The Director of International Relations of IFFD, Ignacio Socias and a group of experts from the UN went on May 28 to the Universidad de los Andes (Santiago, Chile) to explain the decisive role played by families and family policies for the fulfillment of the Objectives. of Sustainable Development (ODS).
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On January 24th a conference took place for future IFFD moderators by Susana Moreu, also a IFFD moderator based in southern Spain. The topic was Moreu’s book titled “Vitamin Love”, which was recently translated into Russian.
The Director of International Relations of IFFD, Ignacio Socias, attended on April 22 as special guest of the United Nations the joint meeting of the Government of Kenya and the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations. The purpose of this meeting was to study the draft of the National Policy Plan for the promotion and protection…
The Director of International Relations of IFFD, Ignacio Socias, attended on May 1 the conference on "the transition to a family-friendly Europe", organized by the Hungarian government and two academic entities. The objective of his intervention was to share the work of IFFD as an international initiative of special success of the United Nations, together with the joint meeting of…