Funding of social services

Eurodiaconia monitors the impacts of EU legislation and how it is implemented on the provision of social services in Europe, in particular the impact of EU State Aid and Public Procurement rules, which regulate how contracting authorities can finance social services.

• Key points for the transposition of Directive 2014/24/EU on Public Procurement (2015)
• Briefing on new Public Procurement Directive (2014)
• Social Services Europe Briefing on the European Commission’s proposal for a new directive on public procurement  (April 2012)
• Social Services Europe initial position paper on the proposal for a new directive on public procurement (April 2012)
• Eurodiaconia briefing – subsidies and grants for social services – the potential impact of EU state aid rules on diaconal service providers (March 2013)

Eurodiaconia also works on the advantages and weaknesses of private funding of social services. To learn more about our work on funding social services, please contact our Policy Officer Alexander Elu at alexander.elu@eurodiaconia.org.