To introduce Family Issues in definitive on the International, National and Local Agendas and strengthen it on the Framework of Economic, Social, Cultural, Political and Sustainable Development.

In a increasingly competitive and result-oriented international environment, strengthening the visibility, communication and outreach of the World Family Organization is a must.

A key part of WFO's mandate is to act as the promoting and coordinating Organization on International efforts among Governments, Non-Governmental Organizations, Academia, Parliamentarians, Business Community and Civil Society, in increasing awareness of Family issues in a Developmental Context.

The Family has become not only the basic unit of Society, but also the core center to achieve Economic, Social and Sustainable Development for all.

A "Family-Focused Economic, Political, Socio-Cultural and Sustainable Development Vision" can make Globalization an inclusive and equitable process, a reality for everyone, much quickly and permanent.

A "Family-Focused Economic, Political, Socio-Cultural and Sustainable Development Vision" has to be developed, processed and disseminated Worldwide.

An intensive work of "advocacy" has to be carried out to sensibilize the decision-making level, internationally, nationally and locally, that Family-oriented Public Social Policies have to be included on all Developmental Agendas.

Recognizing that Peace, Social, Human and Sustainable Development, Poverty Eradication, Social Protection and Inclusion starts within the Family, partnerships and alliances are the first and more appropriated path to give an international and broad significant to the World Family Organization mission. Serving as facilitator and coordinator of movements and actions towards achieving the formulation and implementation of a family-focused Social Policies at all levels, the World Family Organization is promoting the concept of a new social contract between Governments, Business Community and Families to achieve a better World for present and future generations.

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The objective of the World Family Organization is to represent Families of the World at all levels, to defend their interests and to act with them and for them vis a vis governments and the international community. With respect to the United Nations and the consultative process, the Organization acts as the link between both the aspirations and achievements of the families and the work done for them at the level of the United Nations.

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Throughout its activities and projects, WFO performs and assumes a range of functions corresponding to its role as the international lead Organization for Family Issues:

• a laboratory of ideas: WFO plays a key role in anticipating and defining, in the light of the ethical principles, the most important emerging problems in the sphere of Family Issues, and identifies appropriate strategies and policies to deal with them.
  
• a standard-setter: WFO serves as a Central Forum for articulating the ethical and normative issues on Family Policies, fostering multi-disciplinary exchange, mutual understanding and mobilizing international opinion.
  
• a clearing house: WFO has a crucial role in gathering, transferring, disseminating and sharing available data information, knowledge and best practices on Family Issues, identifying innovative solutions and testing them through pilot projects.
  
• a capacity-builder: WFO organizes international cooperation for servicing its stakeholder, specially its Members, in building human and institutional capacities in all fields of competence.
  
• a catalyst for international cooperation: WFO as a technical multi-disciplinary organization assumes a catalystic role for development cooperation in Family Issues. To that end it seeks to ensure that the objectives, principles and priorities promoted are followed by other multi and bilateral programs and that projects are implemented, in particular at Regional and National levels, through innovation, effective interventions and wise practices.

In the range of its specifics functions, WFO:

• Promote universally awareness on Family Issues and Policies Formulations.
  
• Promote dialogue among cultures and among civilizations, respecting diversity and fostering a culture of peace among families.
  
• Promote social integration, human rights, tolerance, equal opportunity, solidarity, social participation, respect and non-discrimination of diversity through families.
  
• Promote and/or sponsor Conferences, Seminars, Meetings, Training, Studies, Research, Expositions and Cultural Exchanges on Family Issues.
  
• Contribute to poverty eradication by implementing policies, programs and projects servicing the basic needs of families such as education, health, housing, recreation, work, social protection, drugs and crime prevention, domestic violence, migrant integration and combat of all kind of discrimination.
  
• Implement the Millennium Development Goals Practical Plan of Action focusing Public Social Policies at the Local Level and in the Family.