FEP’s Secretary General awarded with the the ‘’Légion d’Honneur’’
Yesterday evening, Jean Fontanieu, Secretary General of Eurodiaconia’s French member FEP (Fédération d’Entraide Protestante), was awarded the distinction of knight…
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International conference on Migration, Borders and Reception in Sicily
Early this month, Mediterranean Hope (MH) – Refugees and Migration Programme of the Federation of Protestant Churches in Italy- in…
Study Visit to Brussels from our Czech member Diakonie ČCE on State Aid
On 10th and 11th October, five representatives from Diakonie ČCE our members in the Czech Republic, came to Brussels for…
New call for tenders on technologies and digitization
The Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME) has published a call for tenders on the topic of opportunities…
Eurodiaconia debates on skills for social Inclusion at the European Parliament
On 11th October, Eurodiaconia held a cross-party breakfast meeting at the European Parliament hosted by the Polish MEP Agnieszka Kozlowska-Rajewicz…
New European Commission Communication on Public Procurement is out
The Communication “Making Public Procurement work in and for Europe”, published on 3 October, aims to carry out procurement…
Weekly Editorial from our Secretary General: Optimism and the power of hope
This week I had the honour to address a colloquium being held in the Belgian Senate on being a “Relgioptimist”.…
Call for Proposals for projects tackling radicalisation
The European Commission Internal Security Fund Police has published a call for proposals to support projects of Civil Society Organisations.…
Highlighting sustainability in 7th edition of European Semester Quarterly
The latest edition of the European Semester Quarterly in 2017 (7th issue) comes out amid the busy Autumn period. During this…
Civil society gathers in Bühl ahead of the Social Summit in Sweden
Later this month, the Evangelische Akademie Baden (Baden Protestant Academy), in cooperation with Caritas und Diakonie Baden-Württemberg and other partners,…