Overview
GGP engages with a wide range of stakeholders who play a key role in shaping the direction, use, and impact of the infrastructure. These stakeholders include policymakers, international organizations, research funders, NGOs, and public institutions working in areas such as family policy, public health, gender equality, aging, and youth transitions. They can be broadly grouped into the following categories:
1. Collaborating Research Infrastructures and Networks
GGP works closely with complementary research infrastructures, international networks, and civil society organizations to strengthens interdisciplinary collaboration and increases the societal impact of population research. This includes:
- Collaborating research infrastructures: GGP works alongside complementary European infrastructures that cover different stages of the life course, including GUIDE (childhood and adolescence), SHARE (older populations), and ESS (social attitudes and context). Together, these infrastructures contribute to a more complete understanding of demographic and social change. Read more about it: “Complementary research infrastructures for future-proof social policy: GUIDE, GGP, SHARE and ESS”
- National and European networks: These networks foster collaboration across disciplines and borders, helping to strengthen the population research community.
Examples include: ODISSEI (Netherlands), Population Europe, the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP), and the European Association for Population Studies (EAPS). - Civil society organizations: These groups help bridge academic research and social policy, ensuring that findings from GGP and related studies inform public debates and family-related policies.
Example: COFACE – Families Europe.
2. Governmental and Societal Stakeholders
GGP works closely with national governments, statistical offices, and public institutions that help implement surveys and use GGP data for policymaking. This includes:
- Ministries and government agencies: for example, Germany’s Federal Ministry for Family Affairs.
- Statistical offices: for example, Statistics Norway (SSB), which support data collection and ensure national representation.
- Government research councils: for example, the Dutch Research Council (NWO), which funds research using GGP data.
- International organizations: GGP originated with the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and continues to work with the European Commission, OECD, EIGE, UNFPA, and others.
- Non-governmental organizations (NGOs): NGOs translate research into practice in areas such as gender equality, family policy, child welfare, and ageing.
3. Survey Participants and the Public
GGP relies on the voluntary participation of thousands of individuals. Their voices form the foundation of our research, enabling insights that support families, communities, and policymaking. This includes:
- Survey participants: Individuals who generously share their experiences and life choices. Their responses generate high-quality data on topics like fertility, partnership, caregiving, and gender roles.
- The public: Society at large benefits from the knowledge generated by GGP through better-informed policies, public debate, and scientific understanding of demographic change.
