• 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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Roma

Roma inclusion is a hot topic here in Brussels, especially in view of the recent EU Framework on national Roma integration strategies just adopted. We also know how important it is for Eurodiaconia members to share with others about their work with local Roma communities. For this reason Eurodiaconia established a Roma Network in 2009, and the Network has been growing and developing. The Network meets annually but we also send out a monthly Roma Network e-news covering Roma specific EU policy news, events, calls for proposals and resources and publications. If you have information to share with the Network such as an event announcement or a publication that you would like to feature in an issue of the Roma e-news, please feel free to send me the information at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Eurodiaconia has written a policy paper on social rights for Roma as well as a briefing for our members which accompanies which explains how to get involved in Eurodiaconia’s Roma work as well as how to use the policy paper.

• Policy paper: Social Rights for Roma
• Briefing: Social Rights for Roma

If you would like more information about Eurodiaconia’s work on Roma issues, please contact Catherine at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it



Good practices on Roma Integration in Europe
2nd July

On 5 June Eurodiaconia attended a conference on “Good Practices on Roma Integration in Europe” hosted by ERIO. The aim of the conference was to discuss successful practices on Roma integration in Europe, the current status of Roma integration in Belgium, as well as to officially launch the Belgian Roma, Sinti and Travellers Council (RSTC). 

Dave Van Oosterwyck, Flemish Miniister for Integration explained the Flemmish action on Roma integration. He explained that the literacy rate among Roma is very weak, so there is now a new plan for literacy in Gent. In 2010 60% of migration was from Eastern Europe. The French speaking community also try to develop their own model of integration he explained. All ministries and departments are concerned to organise cross-cutting work including access to housing at affordable prices, and fair access to housing. They also have some contact points working against discrimination as well as Neighbourhood Stewards who walk neighbourhoods and help relationships between Roma and other inhabitants.

Jana Hainsworth, from Eurochild stressed the importance of children’s rights, participtaion and breaking the intergeneraltion cycle of poverty.  Participation needs to begin in childhood she said, there need to be settings where children are seen as protagonists in their own right, which involves a shift in mentality, and in the perception of children.

Examples of good practice were also shared by national organisations Fondacion Secretariado Gitano, Spain, Tolerance and Mutual aid Foundation, Bulgaria, Foundation on Romani and Traveller Women, France and FAGIC, Spain (Catalunya).
For more on this conference see here
 
The situation of Roma in 11 EU Member States
1 June 2012

A new report published jointly by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on 23 May 2012 reveal results which present “a grim picture of the situation of the Roma surveyed”. See here to download the report and the fact sheet.
 
Final Report of the Extraordinary Platform on Roma Inclusion
1 June 2012

Eurodiaconia attended this event held on 22 March 2012 in Brussels which gave stakeholders an opportunity to express their views on the national efforts for Roma inclusion. Representatives of the EU Member States (national contact points), Members of the European Parliament, various organisations and Roma civil society exchanged views on national efforts when designing the national Roma integration strategies. See the report here
 
“The Roma between past and future" conference report
1 June 2012
On Sunday 6th May, Dutch members Kerk in Actie were part of an international conference held in Amsterdam “The Roma between past and future, reflections upon genocide, recognition and the resurgence of extremism and anti-gypsyism”. Please find here the conference report. For more information please contact Geesje Werkman This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

 
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