Weekly editorial: The Garden of Eden is under threat
Early last month, the new U.S Administration announced withdrawal from the Paris agreement (Cop21) on climate change, drawing anger and…
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Threshold Glasgow wins the 2017 Scottish Social Services Awards
Congratulations to Threshold Glasgow service run by our Scottish member CrossReach, winners of the 2017 Scottish Social Services Awards category 3…
“The protection of children in migration”: Communication from the Commission to the Parliament and Council
National systems and administrations, including child protection systems are increasingly under pressure, and the rising number of arrivals of migrant…
Commission Consultations on Urban Poverty and Integration of Migrants
The European Commission has launched this week two consultations in the framework of the Urban Agenda. One addresses Poverty in…
6th edition of the European Semester Quarterly out now
The second quarter of 2017 was an important one for shaping the future of Social Europe. On 26 April, the…
Calls for proposals published from Interreg Europe
In the framework of the EU-funding framework INTERREG two announcements for upcoming calls for proposals were recently published: 1) INTERREG…
New calls for proposals linking social inclusion and sports
The European Commission Directorate-General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture has published calls for proposals linking sport and social inclusion.…
”Boosting social enterprise developments”- a new publication from the Commission and OECD
The European Commission, along with the Organisation for EconomicCo-operation and Development OECD recently published a good practice Compendium titled ‘’…
Weekly Editorial: Encounters for Inclusion
This week seventeen participants gathered in the southern Swedish town of Växjö for a Eurodiaconia study visit which focused on…
Eurodiaconia FEAD study visit to ‘Digniti Omnia’ project in Sweden
On 3-4 July, Eurodiaconia organised a study visit to the project ‘Digniti Omnia’ in Växjö, Sweden. ‘Digniti Omnia’ is a…