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Project Feature: SERCo promotes social entrepreneurship for Roma

July 13, 2016News, Partners and media, Roma inclusionBy Heather Roy

The newly launched SERCo project, promoting social entrepreneurship for Roma Communities, aims to find a new solution to a persisting challenge: the…

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Germany: New ”education centre” opened in Leverkusen

July 13, 2016Members, NewsBy Heather Roy

In June, our German member Diakonie Michaelshoven, opened a new “education centre’’ in downtown Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany). Modern families,…

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Roma integration: fighting education inequalities through art

July 12, 2016News, Partners and media, Roma inclusionBy Heather Roy

On 20 June 2016, Eurodiaconia’s partner ERIO (European Roma Information Office), organised an advocacy roundtable on education and arts for…

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Sweden: A new form of asylum accommodation

July 12, 2016Members, NewsBy Heather Roy

Early this month, Bräcke diakoni and Gothenburg City Mission, members of the National Association for City Missions in Sweden, launched…

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2015 Annual Report: A chance to reflect on our past and inspire our future

July 11, 2016Eurodiaconia, Featured, NewsBy Heather Roy

At the last Annual General Meeting, which took place in Utrecht from 8-10 June 2016, Eurodiaconia presented its 2015 Annual…

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Call to Action: Join the Alliance against Anti-Gypsyism

July 11, 2016News, Roma inclusionBy Heather Roy

Civil society organisations promoting Roma inclusion across Europe have established an ‘Alliance against Anti-Gypsyism‘, aimed at promoting awareness of persisting…

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Weekly editorial: Homelessness, still a sad reality

July 8, 2016Eurodiaconia, Featured, NewsBy Heather Roy

Over the last few months, I have been busy working on the topic of homelessness and writing a report on…

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Salvation Army EU: President Hollande reopened La Cité de Refuge

July 8, 2016Members, NewsBy Heather Roy

Our member The Salvation Army Europe published a news regarding the visit of the French President, Mr François Hollande, on…

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Second issue of European Semester Quarterly out now

July 8, 2016Eurodiaconia, European Semester and Social Pillar, European Semester Quarterly, Featured, NewsBy Heather Roy

Eurodiaconia has launched the second issue of its Semester Quarterly Journal. The aim of the Quarterly Journal is to provide Eurodiaconia’s national member…

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EC: out now the last report on Employment and Social Developments

July 8, 2016Employment and active inclusion, News, Partners and media, Rebalancing social and economic policies, Social servicesBy Heather Roy

The European Commission has issued its summer edition of the Quarterly Review on Employment and Social Developments in Europe, accompanied…

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