Ukraine: the European Parliament approved the EU aid package to help member states welcome refugees
The European Parliament today, on the 23rd of June 2022, approved a reinforcement of EU migration programmes to help member…
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The European Parliament adopted the Social Climate Fund
On the 22nd of June 2022, the European Parliament adopted its position on three key EU draft laws to combat…
The King Baudouin Foundation: 2022 UCB COMMUNITY HEALTH FUND
For over 45 years, the King Baudouin Foundation has been acting for the common good together with numerous partners, experts…
EPIM: call for proposal “Transforming Narratives and Perceptions about Migrants in Europe”
The European Programme for Integration and Migration (EPIM) is a collaborative funding initiative of currently twenty-five grant-making foundations, hosted in…
Council Adopts Conclusions on the EU’s Strategy on the Rights of the Child
In March 2021, the European Commission published the EU Strategy for the Rights of the Child with the aim to…
The EU’s Anti-Racism Action Plan 2020 – 2025: Briefing for Members
Today, Eurodiaconia published a Briefing for Members on the EU’s Anti-Racism Action Plan 2020 – 2025. The action plan was…
Roma Inclusion Network Meeting
On June 10th and 11th, Eurodiaconia members gathered in Prague for our first in-person Roma Inclusion Network Meeting since the…
World Refugee Day 2022
On this World Refugee Day, for the first time in history, over 100 million people are forcibly displaced around the…
European Parliament and Council Reach Agreement on Minimum Wages Directive
Last week the Presidency of the Council and the European Parliament announced their provisional agreement on the draft Directive on…
Presentation of the joint WCC and ACT publication “Called to Transformation – Ecumenical Diakonia”
The joint publication of the World Council of Churches (WCC) and ACT Alliance, offering resources to strengthen the diaconal capacity…