Conference on Family Values and their link to Economic Well-Being and Social Outcomes, June 30-July 1, 2014, Geneva, Switzerland, sponsored by UPF, WFWPI and FAFCE, supported by FFWPU and Familienforum Oesterreich

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

2. Commemorating the 20th
Anniversary of the International Year
of the Family
Conference on:
Family Values and their link to
Economic Well-Being and Social Outcomes
June 30 – July 1, 2014, Geneva, Switzerland

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

5. Networking

6. OR WAS IT OK AFTER ALL?
The forbidden picture

7. Welcoming Remarks
• Heiner HANDSCHIN, Director UPF Office for
UN relations, Geneva
• Paul Y.S. AN, Chairman UPF Europe and
President FFWPU EUrope

8. Session 1
• Sustainable Family Values as a Means to Create
a Stable and Prosperous Society and Nation

10. 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

12. Richard KANE, President
The Marriage Week International, UK

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

14. Session II
• Family Breakdown
and the Weakening
of Marriage and
Family through
current Family
Policies

15. Chair: Mark BRANN,
Secretary General UPF Europe

16. Harry BENSON, Research Director,
The Marriage Foundation, UK

17. • Maria HILDINGSSON, Secretary General,
FAFCE, Brussels
• Stephen STACEY, Educator and Marital family
Policy Specialist, Finland
• Anna ZABORSKA, Member of the European
Parliament, Slovakia

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

19. Chair: Dieter Schmidt

20. • 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

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

24. 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

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

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

28. Workshop Session
• Marriage and Family Policy in the West –
where do we go from here?
• (Advocacy and capacity building)

29. Moderators: Stephen Stacey
Lynn Walsh

30. • Harry BENSON, The Marriage Foundation, UK
• Josie HAUER, Department of Health and Social
Services, USA
• Josef GUNDACKER, Familienforum
Oesterreich, Austria

32. Workshop Session
• Marriage and Family Policy in the West –
where do we go from here?
• (Alliances and strategy for a way forward)

34. Moderator: Karl-Christian HAUSMANN
• Maria HIDINGSSON, FAFCE, Brussels
• Richard KANE, the Marriage week
International, UK
• Margriet HEIJDEMANN, Educator and Family
Counsellor, the Netherlands

35. Concluding Session
• Discussion,
• Resolution
• Closing

38. 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