• 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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The rights-based approach to enforcing social standards

16 November 2007 (updated 31 July 2008)

Eurodiaconia has examined how various agreements signed by European countries could be used to hold governments to account for respecting social rights. Specifically, we examined:

The Lisbon Treaty (yet to be ratified treaty of the European Union)

The Charter of Fundamental Rights (European Union)

The European Social Charter (Council of Europe)

International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (UNHCR: United Nation's High Commissioner on Refugees)


Click here to read the three-page briefing.

 


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