• Our work

    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.  

     

  • Our vision

    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.

     

  • Our goals

    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

     

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International Congress on the Future of Nursing and Long-term Care

27 January 2012

From 10-13 May 2012, the Luxembourg government will organize an international congress on the future of nursing and long-term care.  The congress is organized in collaboration with the International Orem Society for Nursing Science and Scholarship, who are one of the leading scientific societies of nursing theory.

This will be Luxemburg’s major event towards the European Year of Active Ageing and the congress is expected to attract around 500 delegates from all over the world.  The Congress will focus on:

  • Design and financing in long-term care
  • Latest trends in self-care nursing theory
  • Innovations in integrated care deliveries
  • HTA (Health Technology Assessment) and its impact on long-term care
  • Nursing Ethics
More information about the Congress can be found on the event website.
 
Invitation - We CARE, how can EU CARE? Social Platform annual conference

8 November 2011

Eurodiaconia would like to extend the invitation of the Social Platform to its annual conference to Eurodiaconia members. The conference will take place in Brussels on the 9th December and will focus on care policy. The conference is based around the Platform's vision of care, its recommendations, to which Eurodiaconia contributed as a member of the Platform.

Various panel discussions and debates with the audience will examine promoting quality jobs in care, facilitating  the work-life-care balance, investing in quality services and rights of care users.

SP_care_photoThe draft agenda can be found here. The deadline for registering is November 14. If you are interested please This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and send the following details to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

1. Name of your organisation (in English + original language)
2. Is your organisation a national member of a Social Platform member? If so which one?
3. Name, function and Email of the person participating:
4. Organisation's website:
5. Organisation's field of action:
 
Invitation to Czech government Capacity-building Training Programme on Ageing

The  Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs of the Czech Republic in co-operation with the United Nations International Institute on Ageing and the UNECE Working Group on Ageing would like to invite relevant stakeholders to a Capacity-building Training Programme – „Addressing Current Social and Health Issues in Ageing“, which will be held from 3rd to 7th October 2011 in Prague.

The training workshop will include topics such as:

  • Social policy, current challenges for social and health systems
  • Models of financing/delivering of long term care community services
  • Health needs and potential of seniors, disability, frailty and healthy ageing,
  • Policies and measures to support informal careers
  • Population Ageing –its nature, mechanics and causality
  • Antidiscrimination, advocacy and media

Please find the event details and application procedure here and the programme of the seminar here .
 
Council of Europe calendar of Roma related events

29 June 2011

The Council of Europe lists all EU Roma related events for 2011. See here for the calendar

 
Cities for Active Inclusion’s workshop on active inclusion of young people

19 April 2011

Cities for Active Inclusion is organising a national workshop on active inclusion of young people that will take place in Sofia on 30 May 2011. It will involve representatives from national ministries and the European Commission. More information can be found on this page.
 
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