ICCFR CIRCF 63rd INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ICCFR STRONG FAMILIES, STRONG COMMUNITIES The Enrichment of Family Relationships for the Common Good Trento, Italy 17 18 19 june 2016 with the sponsorship and collaboration of: PROVINCIA AUTONOMA DI TRENTO Agenzia per la famiglia, la natalità e le politiche giovanili The current society is characterized by a great emphasis on individuality, while the common well-being is less regarded. Thus, the idea of family as a fundamental social unit to be preserved is often overshadowed. The result is a society made by individuals engaged in a lonely struggle, isolated subjectivities trying to fulfil their tasks without adequate equipment. Even the institutional policies are often addressed mainly to individuals, thus failing to give the right consideration to the family relationships that could support them. The Conference wants to explore the concept of family as a social subject, able to produce human, relational and social capital. A family seen as the main place of solidarity and ‘humanization’ of the person as well as the society, a real resource in order to generate common good. The Speakers will examine the topic from the multidisciplinary perspective of the three main axes of concern of ICCFR: Policy, Therapy and Family Law. The Conference will be organized on three distinct methodological events: • plenary sessions, where a key speaker will propose a general framework. A dialogue with participants will follow; • discussion groups, where participants will discuss the contents of the previous speeches. This free discussion will give special value to the strong variety of disciplines, professional skills, nations and cultures of the participants; • workshops, where many innovative experiences and good practices from various countries will be presented and discussed. ICCFR ICCFR ,the International Commission on Couple and Family relations, is an institution headquartered in Cardiff. Founded in 1953, it is the oldest Commission of the international union of familial organisations. It represents the consulting organ of the economic and social council of the UN, working together with UNESCO and UNICEF(United Nations Children´s Fund), and it is in permanent relation with various international organisations such as the World Health Organisation, the European Council, the League of Arab States, the Organisation of African Unity and the Organisation of American States. The object of the Commission is to facilitate contacts between people and organizations who work worldwide in the sector of couple and family relations, comparing experiences and exchanging information. The Commission organizes every year an international conference wherein the organizations and institutions can engage in multidisciplinary dialogues. The scope of these dialogues is to discuss the problems and challenges couples and families are confronted with, and to promote collaborative activity with professionals working in this field. The first international conference was organized in 1953 in Lisbon. Since then there have been two more conferences in Milan, Italy in 1963 and in 1985, both promoted by the CISF. iccfr.net 63rd INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ICCFR International Commission on Couple and Family Relations 1 Agency for the family, the birth rate end young policy of the autonomus province of Trento This institution coordinates the familial policies of the province in order to overcome the dependence that families in difficulty can develop on social sustaining programs and to foster the family in its dynamic and proactive role in society. APF has the following objectives: • Organising interventions that help family welfare as intended by the laws concerning the families in the province, if not intended by other agencies. • Promotes actions to support of birth rate. • Managing the familial standards on the level of the province and above. • Promotes the development of familial districts. • Organises interventions dealing with youth policies. • Supports interventions in favour of the promotion of equal opportunity between men and women. Guarentees its support for the province Commission for equal opportunities between men and women and the councillor of parity. • Promotes the civil service and manages the interconnected activities. • Organises all other kinds of interventions entrusted by the province junta in accordance with the policies of the law in reference. • Promotes and organizes socially educational camps • Organises other kinds of activities that are not the competence of other services. • Organises interventions having to do with youth policies, making sure of the collaboration of the provincial institutions who support youth policy. www.trentinofamiglia.it AICCeF: Italian Association for couple and family consultants Founded on February 5th of 1977, it represents the professional body created to protect couple and family consultants. It preserves and updates the list of who is declared qualified for the profession of couple and family consultants in respect of the law nr.4, 14.January 2013. The Association aims to: a) protect the professionalism of the couple and family consultant b) promote the study of issues related to couple and family consultancy. c) prepare directly, or through other qualified institutions, to the couples and family consultancy practice and, according to the criteria of lifelong learning, promote upgrading of couple and family consultant with conferences and seminars. d) work to obtain official recognition of the status of the couple and family consultant to awakenpublic opinion and public bodies managers to the problems and demands of couple and family consultancy. e) establish and maintain contacts with national and international organizations working in the areas of training, advice and intervention in the family. f) carry out research, studies, publications, documents relating to the consultancy activity for the family. AICCeF is a member of the Professional Associations of the Ministry of Economic Development and represents the couple and family consultants as a non regulated profession on a national level in the Ministry of Justice. www.aiccef.it CISF: The International Centre of Family Studies is the cultural centre of “Famiglia Cristiana” and was founded in the late 1970’s to promote a familial culture based on Christian principles. Its activities follow: • Cultural: conferences, national and international study meetings, exhibitions, collecting and diffusing scientific documentation on a national and international level. • Research on familial and social themes using an interdisciplinary approach with special attention to fragile family situations. 2 63rd INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ICCFR International Commission on Couple and Family Relations • Instruction geared towards families and social workers: schools, parents, support to all familial associations, welcome training, informatory educational itineraries for care takers and educators. www.cisf.it The Forum of Family Associations was founded in 1992 and groups together the national familiar associations on a local and regional level. Its statute supports families in an active and responsible participation that encourages participation in cultural, social and political life. It also supports initiatives that promote human and social services and services for the single person with the help of associations that promote the appropriate familial policies which protect and support the functions and rights of the family. To implement these objectives: • The presence of a representative in dialogues with national and international institutions on family policy • Cooperates with agencies that have similar objectives, • Promotes interventions with cultural, social action and political proposal themes to promote and protect familial subjectivity. • Has the possibility to print magazines, conduct research and studies on the transformation of society and conduct other educational activities on different familial subjects, to obtain a more appropriate instructive role and promote an active participation of families in society. www.forumfamiglie.org Under the patronage of: Thank you for your cooperation and for the financial support: 63rd INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ICCFR International Commission on Couple and Family Relations 3 PROGRAMM FRIDAY, JUNE 17 2016 Hall of the “Cooperazione Trentina” - via Segantini 10, Trento 4.00 pm - 5.00 pm REGISTRATION OF PARTICIPANTS 5.00 pm - 7.00 pm OPENING SESSION Ugo Rossi, President of the Autonomous Province of Trento Mons. Lauro Tisi, Bishop of Trento Anne Berger, ICCFR Chairperson Rita Roberto, Aiccef President Francesco Belletti, Cisf Director Gianluigi De Palo, President of the Italian Forum of Family Associations 7.00 pm - 8.00 pm OPENING DINNER | Hall of the “Cooperazione Trentina” - via Segantini 10, Trento 8.00 pm - 10.00 pm GUIDED TOUR OF BUONCONSIGLIO CASTLE by courtesy of the Buonconsiglio Castle Foundation - via Bernardo Clesio 5, Trento SATURDAY, JUNE 18 2016 Hall of the “Cooperazione Trentina” - via Segantini 10, Trento 8.30 am - 9.00 am REGISTRATION OF PARTICIPANTS 9.00 am - 10.30 am FIRST SESSION – social and cultural area THE FAMILY AS A SOURCE OF RELATIONAL GOODS (AND EVILS) FOR ITSELF AND THE COMMUNITY Key speaker: Pierpaolo Donati, Professor of Sociology of Cultural and Communication Processes, State University of Bologna Introduction and coordination by: Rita Roberto DIALOGUE WITH THE PARTICIPANTS 10.30 am - 11.00 am Coffee break | Hall of the “Cooperazione Trentina” - via Segantini 10, Trento