IFHE Status with UN-Organisations

• Consultative status with UN-ECOSOC
• Category 2 - UNESCO, FAO
• Status A - UNICEF
• Operational status with the Council of Europe

Role

• Representing IFHE at different Conferences, INGO Meetings or Conferences
• Presenting statements on behalf of IFHE
• Working together with other NGO for statements
• Preparing reports for IFHE concerning UN Conferences an INGO´s work
• Supporting the different IFHE Programme Committees with important information

Objectives

• To utilise this platform more intensively in order to enhance the people´s awareness of the demand for an improved quality of life voiced by society, the family and the individual and to get governments to act corresponding
• We want that Home Economics, especially Home Economics Research, teaching, education and consulting/extension contribute to the implementation on the UN objectives