Eurodiaconia welcomes the final approval of the FEAD
The European Parliament approved this week the EU Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD). The FEAD will replace…
Caritas Europa publishes Shadow Report 2013 evaluating European Semester
Caritas Europa has recently published their second “Shadow Report” evaluating European Semester documents and presenting observations regarding poverty and employment…
Report from debate on civil society engagement in European Semester online
A report from the meeting held in the European Parliament “Working towards a more inclusive and balanced European Semester: a…
Briefing on new public procurement directive now available
Eurodiaconia co-authored a briefing with Social Services Europe on the new rules for public procurement. The rules were adopted last…
New policy position: Social enterprises for social inclusion
The Eurodiaconia board approved a new policy position paper last week entitled “Social Enterprises for Social Inclusion”. It outlines diaconal…
Eurodiaconia supports the European Parliament EMPL committee call for a strengthened Social Scoreboard
The Employment and Social affairs committee of the European Parliament adopted the initiative report of Sergio Guttiérez Prieto on the…
Marginalisation and Exclusion Network meeting on over-indebtedness: Report out now!
The last meeting of the Marginalisation and Exclusion Network took place in Utrecht on 28-29th November 2013. It focused on…
INNOSERV final conference discusses future research for innovation in social services
Last week Eurodiaconia participated in the final conference in Paris of the research project INNOSERV – in which two Eurodiaconia…
Eurodiaconia brings forward its experience of members’ involvement in the European Semester
Eurodiaconia co-organised a breakfast meeting in the European Parliament, together with its German member Diakonie Deutschland, the Green group and…
Eurodiaconia sends letter to commissioners in response to free movement communication
Eurodiaconia this week sent a letter to three Commissioners, Cecelia Malmström, Viviane Reding and László Andor in response to recent…