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
Sunday, February 05, 2012
Eurodiaconia is a federation of organisations, institutions and churches providing social and health services and education on a Christian value base in over 20 European countries.
Diakonie Kosova – Mitrovica -
Short History and work areas
Diakonie Kosova is an independent NGO and registered in Kosovo since 2009. We put an emphasis on the support and help for people who are in social need or marginalised. Our projects are from different fields and directly matched to the needs of the Kosovarian population. The main activity that Diakonie Kosova started its work with is the Voluntary Repatriation from Kosovarian refugees who returned from the federal state of Rhineland Palatinate in Germany. We are engaged in the Educational Sector with our Diakonie Training Centre (DTC), which offers professional trainings for the young man and woman in the region of Mitrovica.
Another working area is the education of Trauma therapists in cooperation with the Kosovarian Ministry of Health. This first curriculum was completed in December 2011 and the participants received their Certificates. Together with the German GIZ, the Kosovarian Educational Ministry and the Municipality of Mitrovica we are building up an Environmental Competence Centre for environmental awareness and protection.
Mission and Vision
Diakonie Kosova is dedicated to support people in need and marginalised people as well as to improve the living conditions in Kosovo. We base our work on the principles of respect of human dignity, justice for poor people, preserving of peace and the integrity of creation.
Recent Events / Projects
A new project on Bio production of chicken and eggs with handicapped people will start in the beginning of 2012 in cooperation with municipality of Mitrovica as Partner of the Project and the Local Handikos Organization in Mitrovica. It will be the first Bio production Project in Poultry in Kosovo and also a possibility for handicapped people to earn a salary for themselves. It is supported from the European Commission Liaison Office in Pristina.
Contact Info
Diakonie Kosova
Bernd Baumgarten
President of Board Directors
Nysret Krasniqi
Executive Director
Contact and address:
Tel & Fax : 00 381(0)28 535 620
Mobile: 00 377 (0) 44 147 793
E-mail: info@diakonie-kosova.org
Website: www.diakonie-kosova.org
Address: Rruga "Bislim Bajgora" p.n.
40000 Mitrovice
Republika e Kosoves.
8 February: EU citizenship, homelessness and EU free movement, Brussels
7 - 9 March: Roma Network meeting, Romania
21 - 22 March: Social Services Seminar
19 - 20 April: Marginalisation and Social Inclusion, Sweden
23 - 24 April: Healthy Ageing and Elderly Care Network, Austria
13 - 15 June: Eurodiaconia's AGM, Serbia
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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Eurodiaconia is an active member of the Social Platform which represents European NGO networks in the social field, as well as the European Anti-Poverty Network (EAPN). In 2009 Heather Roy was elected to the Management Committee of the Social Platform and Laura Jones was elected as Vice Chair of the Services of General Interest Working Group. Eurodiaconia has been an active member of the NGO Spring Alliance coalition. The coalition brought together trade unions, social, development and environmental NGOs and many other actors. The Alliance gained a high profile and its manifesto, designed to influence “Europe 2020” policy discussions, drew interest from key policy makers. Eurodiaconia is part of the Informal Network of Social Service Providers, which includes Caritas-Europa, CEDAG, EASPD, EPR, FEANTSA, SOLIDAR and Workability Europe. The group addresses issues of particular interest to non-profit social and health care providers. Eurodiaconia cooperates with Brussels-based ecumenical organisations Aprodev and the Church and Society Commission (CSC) and the Churches’ Commission for Migrants in Europe (CCME) of the Council of European Churches (CEC) on issues of common concern, as well as Catholic partners Caritas and COMECE. |
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.
This year, Eurodiaconia will be exhibiting images from its members' work that portray solidarity between generations.
The photo exhibition will be shown in the European Parliament on the same day as the Eurodiaconia Award 2012 ceremony. Members of Eurodiaconia are encouraged to send in photos of their understanding of intergenerational solidarity in a diaconal context to aisling.vanvliet@eurodiaconia.org by the 30th of July.
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