Weekly editorial: Homelessness, still a sad reality
Over the last few months, I have been busy working on the topic of homelessness and writing a report on…
Second issue of European Semester Quarterly out now
Eurodiaconia has launched the second issue of its Semester Quarterly Journal. The aim of the Quarterly Journal is to provide Eurodiaconia’s national member…
Weekly editorial from our Secretary General: What makes us Europeans?
Fragility has been on my mind this week. When I wrote the editorial last week I had hoped that the…
Weekly editorial from our Secretary General: Diaconia, a well known brand
This week I was asked to chair a session at a conference in The Hague on social services. The session was on…
Weekly editorial from our Secretary General: AGM, one week later…
This week we have been reflecting on our very successful Annual General Meeting held in Utrecht last week. Nearly 100…
AGM DECLARATION: Building a hospitable Europe
D E C L A R A T I O N Adopted at Annual General Meeting, Utrecht, June 10, 2016…
Weekly editorial from our Secretary General: Knock knock, have you seen the welfare?
This week the European Commission held a conference to launch the FEAD Network – a community of practice designed to…
Weekly editorial: Please in my backyard!
This week, two of our policy officers had the opportunity to spend two full days in Italy to visit many…
Weekly editorial from our Secretary General: Child poverty, a shadow across a prosperous Europe
This week I had the pleasure of attending the Children’s Network meeting of the Church of Sweden in Uppsala. This network…
Weekly editorial from our Secretary General: Anything is possible if we work together
Last week I had the pleasure of joining the Diakoniewerk in Gallneukirchen, Austria, for the annual celebration day. Each year…