ELFAC calls for the GAP IV to: 1. Integrate demographic sustainability into gender equality policies 2. Recognise, protect and support motherhood and caregiving and address the unequal distribution of care responsibilities 3. Acknowledge and support families with 3 and more children (large families) as key contributors to demographic sustainability 4.
EUROPEAN LARGE FAMILIES CONFEDERATION (ELFAC)
NGO · Spain · EU Transparency Register 92876453439-40
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Who they are
Among the 1106 non-governmental organisations on this site, they rank #273 by legislative files engaged, a count of participation, not a measure of influence.
Declares membership of
- Special Consultative Status at the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) - From July 2021.
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 14 Oct 2026).
- Register category
- Non-governmental organisations
- Registered as
- European Large Families Confederation (ELFAC)
- Head office
- Barcelona, Spain
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 14 Oct 2026); cost bands are floors, not audited totals. Reused under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU.
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Their record over time
EUROPEAN LARGE FAMILIES CONFEDERATION (ELFAC) filed 5 positions between 21 Aug 2020 and 11 Sept 2026, across 5 of the 665 legislative files tracked here, attaching a full position paper 1 time.
What they argued
ELFAC, the European Confederation of LargeFamilies, gathering 26 associations from 23 European countries, represents households with three or more children. For our families, especially those with young children, it is of a great relevance to get easy access to important information such as those related to a product's sustainability.
In 2025, 23.4% of EU households had children, with 37.6% of those households having two children and 12.2% having three or more. Given that a large share of EU households are familiesand large families in particularthey represent a key stakeholder group in efforts to reduce administrative barriers in cross-border situations and improve the daily lives of EU citizens.
The European Large Families Confederation (ELFAC) welcomes the European Commissions initiative to develop a comprehensive European Strategy for Vocational Education and Training (VET) to strengthen competitiveness and address skills shortages across the Union. ELFAC agrees that reinforcing vocational education and training is an important way to ensure Europes economic resilience and autonomy.
ELFAC, the European Large Families Confederation, has been advocating for the rights of families with children (in particular for those with 3+) since 2004. There is almost no literature about large families, being the research "Families and society" (2013) one of the very few source of information about a family model that represent 3% of all Eu households, 12,6 of the famlies with children (and, but as we do not…
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