Eurodiaconia links diaconal actors to examine social needs, develop ideas and influence policies impacting Poverty and Social Exclusion, Social and Health Care Services and the Future of Social Europe.
Eurodiaconia also provides a platform for transnational networking and best practice sharing.
As the leading network for diaconal work in Europe, we look to develop dialogue and partnership between members and influence and engage with the wider society. We do this to enable inclusion, care and empowerment of the most vulnerable and excluded and ensure dignity for all.
We aim to see a positive social change in Europe through:
Praxis, enabling membership engagement and partnerships
Advocacy, creating a network of competence to impact policies at European and national level
Identity and values, supporting the development of approaches and thinking on Diaconia in Europe today
Monday, May 21, 2012
Eurodiaconia is a dynamic, Europe wide community of organisations founded in the Christian faith and working in the tradition of Diaconia, who are committed to a Europe of solidarity, equality and justice. As the leading network of Diaconia in Europe, we connect organisations, institutions and churches providing social and health services and education on a Christian value base in over 20 European countries.
Church City Mission Oslo
The Church City Mission is one of the largest humanitarian faith-based organisations in Norway, established in Kristiania (Oslo) in 1855. The Church City Mission is a cluster of diaconal sister-foundations all over Norway, and has approximately 1600 full-time and part-time employees, and even more volunteers. Most of the work is done in and around Oslo, with 45 different programmes and institutions, providing a wide range of professional expertise. The organisation works in accordance with the confessional basis of the Church of Norway.
Vision and Values
The Church City Mission’s vision is that people in the city shall experience respect, justice and care. Our duties are comprehensive and include detecting and relieving violations, injustice and distress by helping to remove the causes of injustice. We perceive our mission and our entire operation as being part of the church’s diaconal work in the metropolis.
Work areas
People from different age groups and a wide range of social backgrounds are supported through our work and the services we provide.
Examples:
The most relevant challenges in the months to come will be developing care for people with dementia, work amongst migrants, meet the acute needs of the ROMA people and facilitating new "social entrepreneurship".
Contact
The Church City Mission
Tollbugt. 3
0152 Oslo
Norway
Phone: +47 02005
www.bymisjon.no
e-mail: firmapost@bymisjon.no
Download our updated catalogue of events for 2012 here
Eurodiaconia’s policy work covers Poverty and Social Exclusion, Social and Health Care Services and Ensuring a Social Europe.
Capacity building
One of Eurodiaconia’s aims is to build the capacity of its members to influence policy at EU and national level.
Eurodiaconia is an active member of various organisations and values highly its formal and informal partnerships.
Useful links to organisations and institutions in the social field
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2012 has been designated the European Year of Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations and has three main focus areas. Meetings, publications and other activities will look at how to enable active ageing to ensure older people can
Solidarity between generations is seen to be a cross-cutting issue in these three areas. Topics addressed during the year will include employment, health care, social services, adult learning, volunteering, housing, IT services and transport.
The 2012 European Year (EY2012) seeks to raise awareness of relevant issues and the best ways of dealing with them. It aims to go beyond awareness-raising however, encouraging stakeholders, including policymakers, to set themselves goals and take action to meet them. More information, including best practices, can be found on the official EY 2012 website, in all official EU languages.
Eurodiaconia has been an active member of the 2012 coalition, bringing together a wide variety of organisations from across civil society sectors, including social, health, education NGOs, the business and unions. The coalition has published a leaflet of proposals and best practices and a manifesto of recommendations for the year. For more information see the Healthy Ageing and Elderly Care pages of the website.
Eurodiaconia will organise a number of events linked to the year and participate in many more. Eurodiaconia members are encouraged to get involved in discussions and events nationally. For more information please contact Laura Jones, responsible for the EY 2012 in the Eurodiaconia secretariat.
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In light of the European Year on Active Ageing and Intergenerational Solidarity, Eurodiaconia would like to celebrate the efforts of our members' work with and for older people. The exhibition will be based on photos portraying inclusion of older people in the community and their participation in society, depicting the value of older people. The photo exhibition will be shown in the European Parliament on the same day as a conference on ways to combat social exclusion of older people where the Eurodiaconia Award 2012 will be presented and will take place in the beginning of December in Brussels.