Caritas Forum

Caritas Forum is the successor in conference format to the Sozialalmanach, which for 15 years served as an instrument for dialogue with political decision-makers, civil society and business.

The aim of Caritas Forum is to deal with a given topic from a variety of angles, thereby providing a pool of ideas, analyses, experiences and examples from which interested parties can draw.

Caritas Forum takes place every year in May.

Caritas Forum 2024 took place on 22 and 23 May and the theme was "Kanneraarmut: (K)een Thema?

PROGRAMME OF 2024 BELOW

„ KANNERAARMUT : (K)EEN THEMA ?"

One child in four is at risk of growing up in poverty in Luxembourg. This means that around 30,000 children face poverty and other deprivations in their daily lives. What is the impact of financial difficulties on all other aspects of children's lives? What is the impact on our society? What can we do to make a lasting improvement to the lives of children growing up in Luxembourg?

PROGRAMME

22 May at 6.00 pm: Inaugural conference - SNJ Geesseknaeppchen Room 360°.

Children of inequality

Professor Dr Christoph Butterwegge
Political scientist and author 

Child poverty: what are the challenges for Luxembourg?

Dr Anne-Catherine Guio
Senior researcher at LISER

Simultaneous translation into French will be provided.

23 May from 8.30am to 5pm: Day-long symposium - Centre Jean XXIII - Luxembourg-Kirchberg. 

This symposium looks at the theme of "Kanneraarmut - (k)een Thema?" from different angles, offering a wealth of ideas, analyses, experiences and examples from which to draw in order to move Luxembourg society towards greater social justice. We are offering various workshops and presentations on the subject of child poverty.

WORKSHOPS : 

1. What makes child poverty worse? (workshop in Lëtzebuergesch)
2. Institutional abuse: does it exist in Luxembourg? (workshop with translation into French)
3. Children's health and well-being (workshop in Lëtzebuergesch)

Caritas Forum 2024 - Detailed programme (French)