Commemorating the 20th Anniversary of the International Year of the Family

Commemorating the 20th Anniversary of the International

Year of the Family

Conference on:Family Values and their link to

Economic Well-Being and Social OutcomesJune 30 – July 1, 2014, Geneva, Switzerland

The RED CROSS building in Geneva, opposite the entrance to the UN

Waiting in line at the entrance to the UN with meeting participants to two other large meetings.

Networking

OR WAS IT OK AFTER ALL?The forbidden picture

Welcoming Remarks

• Heiner HANDSCHIN, Director UPF Office for UN relations, Geneva

• Paul Y.S. AN, Chairman UPF Europe and President FFWPU EUrope

Session 1

• Sustainable Family Values as a Means to Create a Stable and Prosperous Society and Nation

Chair: Heiner W. HANDSCHIN, UPF Office of UN relations

• Lynn WALSH, Director Office for Marriage & Family, UPF, New York, USA

• Richard KANE, President The Marriage Week International, UK

• Carolyn HANDSCHIN, Director WFWPI UN-Offices and President WFWP Europe

Richard KANE, President The Marriage Week International, UK

Carolyn HANDSCHIN, Director WFWPI UN-Offices and President WFWP Europe

Session II• Family Breakdown

and the Weakening of Marriage and Family through current Family Policies

Chair: Mark BRANN, Secretary General UPF Europe

Harry BENSON, Research Director, The Marriage Foundation, UK

• Maria HILDINGSSON, Secretary General, FAFCE, Brussels

• Stephen STACEY, Educator and Marital family Policy Specialist, Finland

• Anna ZABORSKA, Member of the European Parliament, Slovakia

Session III• Marriage and Family Policy in the West –

where do we go from here?

Chair: Dieter Schmidt

• Karl-Christian HAUSMANN, Vice-President CDU Stuttgart, Germany

• Josie HAUER, US-Department of Health and Social Services, Bridgeport, USA

• Druzen VUKOTIC, Vice-President „In the Name of the Family“, Croatia

• Walter BAAR, Director of the Institute for Trends Research in Austria

Session IV

• The Unique Contribution of Civil society, NGOs and Faith-based Organizations in strengthening Marriage and Family in the 21st Century

Chair: Brititte WADA, Vice President, WFWP Europe

• Hafid OUARDIRI, President Foundation de l‘Entreconnaissance, Geneva

• Nancy SONNTAG LYON, UN Repesentative, Latter Day Saint Charities, Geneva

Josef MISSETHON, CEO Institute for Education and Human Resource Management, Linz, Austria

Timothy MILLER, Vice-President FFWPU – Europe, Hastings UK

Workshop Session

• Marriage and Family Policy in the West – where do we go from here?

• (Advocacy and capacity building)

Moderators: Stephen Stacey

Lynn Walsh

• Harry BENSON, The Marriage Foundation, UK• Josie HAUER, Department of Health and Social

Services, USA• Josef GUNDACKER, Familienforum

Oesterreich, Austria

Workshop Session

• Marriage and Family Policy in the West – where do we go from here?

• (Alliances and strategy for a way forward)

Moderator: Karl-Christian HAUSMANN

• Maria HIDINGSSON, FAFCE, Brussels• Richard KANE, the Marriage week

International, UK• Margriet HEIJDEMANN, Educator and Family

Counsellor, the Netherlands

Concluding Session

• Discussion, • Resolution• Closing

Links to videos of sessions

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZgWYGdBCDw• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ez2Lf_ddgW8• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6fBIKFbvyo• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VcsUThFb44• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqdOsDp5aiw• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZe75fjZ95U