Weekly editorial: Poverty and prejudice, two sides of the same coin
Early this month, I had the opportunity to spend a full week in Denmark to visit several member organisations and…
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European Commission publishes review of social & employment situation in EU
The European Commission has just published its EU Employment and Social Situation Quarterly Review Winter Edition. Some key points from the…
Apply now: 2016 Fifth Edition of the Social Innovation Tournament
The European Investment Bank Institute, an institution aimed to promote initiatives for the common good in Europe, launched its 2016…
Invitation: What proposals to make Europe 2020 more social?
The EU Semester Alliance and the S&D and ALDE Groups in the European Parliament invite you to the event: …
Briefing on 2016 AGS out now
At the end of 2015, the European Commission published its Annual Growth Survey for the year 2016. The document marks the first step…
Welcome to the two new members of our family! Velkommen! Vitajte!
Early this month the Eurodiaconia Supervisory Board has approved the applications for membership of Haraldsplass Diakonale Stiftelse (Norway) and Diaconal…
Apply now: Call for proposals on non-discrimination and Roma integration
The European Commission has launched a call for proposals to support both national and transnational projects focusing on non-discrimination and Roma…
Call for Initiatives: local responses to refugee crisis
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), an international economic organisation founded to stimulate economic progress and world trade, launched…
Apply now: Media seminars to tackle discrimination against Roma
In the first half of 2016, the European Commission is organising various media seminars across eight EU Member States in…
ERIO publishes 2015 overview of human rights abuses against Roma
The European Roma Information Office (ERIO) has recently published a 2015 overview of concrete cases of discrimination and human rights…