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.…
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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…
Armenia Round Table and Tufenkian opened new community centre in Metsamor
Last September, our Armenian member ԵՀԽ հայաստանյան Կլոր սեղան հիմնադրամ (WCC Armenia Round Table Foundation) took part in the inauguration…
Anti-Gypsyism: Prejudice is the most painful tattoo
On the 16th of November, the International Day for Tolerance, a young Roma women was tattooed with the message “Soy…
Open Society’s seminar explores EU policy against Anti-Gypsyism
On the 15th of November, some people from our team joined the Open Society Foundations’ seminar titled: Which Steps Towards European…
Weekly editorial from our Secretary General: There is solidarity in Europe
Youth and employment have been our main themes this week at Eurodiaconia. On Monday and Tuesday we held a packed seminar…
Meeting report on urban areas discussion out now
In October, Eurodiaconia held a discussion in the European Parliament on social service challenges in urban areas from a Nordic…
Children’s Day: Europe must create a safe space for every child
On the occasion of the Universal Children’s Day on 20th November, Eurodiaconia wants to draw attention to the situation of…
European Semester: The Commission launched the 2017 Annual Growth Survey
On Wednesday 16th of November, the European Commission released its Annual Growth Survey (AGS) for the year 2017. The document,…
The role of education in preventing radicalisation at CoE’s Exchange on the religious dimension of intercultural dialogue
The role of education in the prevention of radicalisation leading to terrorism and violent extremism has been the main theme…