New briefing on long-term unemployment out now
The devastating effects of the financial and economic crisis on European labour markets constitute a pressing challenge in many EU…
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Weekly editorial from our Secretary General: Consensus and gaps in the schemes
It was a timely reminder as I have spent most of this week in Sweden, participating in a global consultation organised…
Diakonia Polska&Diakonie Deutschland joining a campaign for the Reformation jubilee
Our Polish member Diakonia Polska (Diaconia Poland) has joined our German member Diakonie Deutschland’s (Diaconia Germany) campaign “Türen öffnen. Gerechtigkeit leben”…
EHO’s appeal for assistance to refugees collected €1.8 million in 2016
In 2016, our Serbian member Ekumenska Humanitarna Organizacija-EHO’s appeal for assisting refugees and migrants in Greece and Serbia received a…
Call for proposals: Labour market integration of refugees
The European Commission recently published a call under the EaSi programme (PROGRESS axis) for “Fast track integration into the labour…
Conference report on ‘Social protection in the Baltic states’ out now
Last 24-25 November, Eurodiaconia organised a conference on ‘Social protection in the Baltic states’ in Riga, Latvia in cooperation with…
Evangelical Diaconia in Slovakia celebrated its 25th anniversary
Last November, our Slovak member Evanjelická diakonia ECAV na Slovensku (Evangelical Diaconia in Slovakia) celebrated its 25th anniversary with a big…
New EIGE report says 19% of people at risk of poverty are children
The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) published a report on ‘’ Poverty, gender and intersecting inequalities in the EU’’.…
What is energy poverty? New handbook out now
Energy poverty is an increasingly concern in our societies, which started to receive more and more attention since the 2008…
4th edition of the European Semester Quarterly out now
In this last issue of the year, the Eurodiaconia ‘’European Semester Quarterly’’ (ESQ) presents an analysis of the Annual Growth…