Commission-expert group joint report on adequate social protection for long-term care needs now out
On 19 June Employment and Social Affairs ministers endorsed the “Joint Report on adequate social protection for long-term care needs in…
Eurodiaconia makes recommendations on youth inclusion to Italian presidency
As Italy takes over the 6-month rotating presidency of the EU, Eurodiaconia has written a letter highlighting the issue of…
A new “strategic agenda for the Union in times of change”
Last week on 26 and 27 June, the European Council adopted several key decisions such as the very mediatised nomination of Jean-Claude…
More support for EU homelessness strategy
The Economic and Social Affairs Commission (ECOS) of the EU Committee of the Regions (CoR) has adopted an opinion calling for…
Eurodiaconia response to the Bruegel policy brief
Eurodiaconia has recently responded to a briefing published by Buegel on ‘Europe’s Social Problem and its implications for Growth’ which…
Meeting report from seminar on innovation and development in social services now online
The report from the Eurodiaconia seminar on supporting the development of social services and new approaches to meeting needs is…
10 arguments in support of active inclusion
Eurodiaconia has been involved in writing, together with EAPN, a short document which is now available to download, giving some…
Country Specific Recommendations 2014: initial assessment
On Monday 2 June 2014 the European Commission proposed its Country Specific Recommendations 2014 which are now available online here. These will…
Eurodiaconia launches new policy paper on Ageing and Long-term Care
Eurodiaconia is pleased to announce a new policy paper entitled “Demographic Change: Ageing and Long-term care” which can be downloaded…
Social policy innovation conference held 19 – 20 may in Brussels
Social policy innovation was the title of a high-level conference organised by the European Commission this week from 19 –…