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ELFAC — European Large Families Confederation

Published on 18 May 2026

What is ELFAC?

The European Large Families Confederation (ELFAC) is an organisation that brings together associations of large families from across Europe.

Foundation

  • First idea: 1st European Conference of Large Families, Madrid, Spain (November 2002).
  • Statutes preparation: meeting in Brussels, Belgium (October 2003).
  • Formal establishment: March 2004 in Lisbon, Portugal, at the 2nd European Conference of Large Families.
  • Founding year: 2004.

Representation

ELFAC represents over 60 million European citizens belonging to nearly 9 million large families.

International status

ELFAC has held consultative status at the United Nations (ECOSOC) since July 2021. This allows it to participate in UN sessions, submit written and oral statements, and influence international policy on families.

Contact

Channel Details
Address Balmes, 92, 3rd 2nd · 08008 Barcelona, Spain
Phone +34 933 511 000
Email info@elfac.org
Website https://www.elfac.org
Hours Mon–Thu 9:00–18:00 · Fri 9:00–15:00

Social media

Board

  • President: Radoszlaw Waszkiewicz (Poland)
  • Vice-presidents: Maria Regina Florio Maroncelli (Italy) · Kinga Joó (Hungary)
  • Secretary General & Treasurer: Raúl Sánchez (Spain)
  • Members: Karoline Iwersen (Germany) · Leonids Mucenieks (Latvia) · João Oliveira (Portugal) · Irina Granzulea (Romania) · Ivan Malbašić (Croatia)
  • Honorary President: László Márki (Hungary)

Staff

  • Project Manager: Celene Gómez
  • Project Assistant: Maja Jeśmanowicz

Member countries

ELFAC brings together large-family associations in the following countries:

Country Association Website
Andorra AFNA https://twitter.com/gransfamilies
Austria Verein Kinderreich http://www.kinderreich.at/
Cyprus POP http://www.pop.org.cy/
Croatia Obitelji 3plus http://www.obitelji3plus.hr/
Czech Republic YMCA Zivá Rodina http://www.zr.ymca.cz/
Estonia Eesti Lasterikaste Perede Liit http://www.lasterikkad.ee/
Finland Lape https://www.lape.fi/
France Médaille de la Famille Française http://www.medaillefamillefrancaise.com/
France Famille & Liberté https://www.familleliberte.org/
Germany KRFD http://www.kinderreichefamilien.de/
Greece ASPE http://www.aspe.gr/
Hungary NOE https://noe.hu/
Ireland Large Families Association of Ireland (forming) —
Italy ANFN http://www.famiglienumerose.org/
Latvia Latvijas Daudzbērnu ģimeņu apvienība http://www.kustiba3plus.lv/
Lithuania Šeimyna https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61551927964772
Netherlands Groot Gezin http://www.grootgezin.nl
Poland ZDR3+ http://www.3plus.pl
Portugal APFN https://www.apfn.com.pt/
Romania ASFANU https://asfanu.ro/
Romania Asociatia Pro Familia Transilvania —
Serbia Smile http://szabadkasmile.2p.hu
Serbia VANCSESZ http://www.vancsesz.eoldal.hu
Slovakia Klub Mnohodetných Rodin https://www.dakujeme.sk/organizacia/124/
Slovakia Lastovicka (FECSKE) —
Slovakia Zdruzenie Mnohodetných Rodin (MÁNCSE) —
Spain FEFN https://www.familiasnumerosas.org
Sweden HARO (in progress) https://haro.se/
Switzerland IG Familie 3plus http://www.ig3plus.ch
Ukraine KMNE http://www.kmne.org.ua

Fundamental principles

  1. The right to have the children you want within your chosen family project.
  2. Non-discrimination based on the number of children.
  3. Equal opportunities for members of large families compared with other citizens.
  4. Recognition of the contribution of families with more children to the progress of society, and the right to receive solidary compensation for the costs of having and raising children.
  5. Progressive harmonisation of the share of GDP allocated to families with children across EU countries.
  6. Priority to prevention policies that strengthen family functions, promoting cohesion and stability and providing information, education, training and guidance to parents.

Areas of work

  1. Work-Family Balance.
  2. Children's rights and child protection.
  3. Family wellbeing.
  4. Gender equality, solidarity among generations and fight against discrimination.
  5. Housing.
  6. Education.
  7. Youth.
  8. Taxation.
  9. New technologies and family.
  10. Fertility and birth rates.

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

ELFAC works to empower families as principal actors in the development of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals and to influence society as a whole.

Six SDGs are positively impacted by family-centred policies: poverty, health, education, gender equality, youth unemployment, and ending violence.

"The very achievement of the development goals depends on how well families are empowered to contribute to those goals." — Former UN Secretary-General, 2010.

More information: https://www.elfac.org/elfac-calls-to-consider-more-the-family-dimension-of-and-in-the-sdgs/.

Activities and programmes

Upcoming Family Cities event

5th European Congress of the European Network of Family-Friendly Municipalities: 11 February 2025 · 9:30 – 17:00.

How to become a member

ELFAC accepts European associations of large families. To apply:

Transparency

ELFAC maintains a transparency policy with information on funding, activities and governance: https://www.elfac.org/elfac/transparence/.

Working languages

ELFAC operates mainly in English (the website's primary language) and Spanish (the language of its headquarters). Materials and documents are available in several European languages depending on availability.

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