Weekly editorial: Overcoming differences
Dear all, Last week, I was in Riga for a conference on ‘strengthening social protection in the Baltic states’, which…
Germany: KWV organised meeting on diaconal identity
On the 24th of November, around 90 experts from diaconal organisations and enterprises linked to the Protestant Church in Germany…
Save the date! Social Platform’s event on investing in services for people’s well-being
On the 7th of December, our partner Social Platform will host in Brussels an event titled: ‘’Investing in services for…
The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights launched its EU-MIDIS II: Roma – selected findings report.
The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) has launched today its Second European Union Minorities and Discrimination Survey (EU-MIDIS…
Eurodiaconia co-signed joint statement on Roma public health emergency
JOINT STATEMENT FROM 21 EUROPEAN AND NATIONAL ROMA AND PUBLIC HEALTH ORGANISATIONS Remove systemic barriers to tackle the Roma…
Eurodiaconia co-signed joint statement on protecting refugee and migrant children
JOINT STATEMENT FROM 78 ORGANISATIONS Children cannot wait: 7 priority actions to protect all refugee and migrant children 78…
Is Europe doing enough? Eurochild’s Report on the Semester out now
Based on a survey of 28 children’s rights organisations, Eurochild’s 2016 Report on the European Semester brings together the assessments…
Weekly editorial from our Secretary General: Diaconia as a place of social sanctuary
This week someone asked me if we in Diaconia saw ourselves as providing sanctuary. It is an interesting idea and one…
Member input welcome: Guidelines on Anti-Gypsyism
On 13 and 14 of October, Eurodiaconia’s annual Roma Network meeting took place in Sweden, focusing on the topic of combating Anti-Gypsyism.…
Ökumenikus launched a campaign on the occasion of the International Day to end violence against women
A public initiative in downtown Budapest was launched by our Hungarian member Ökumenikus (Hungarian Interchurch Aid) on the occasion of…