All essential AGM documents, presentations and relevant documents for the Business Session can be downloaded below:
Wednesday 15/05
Panel 1: Are there links between poverty and democracy?
- Elena Dobre, Director, Social Policy Department, Ministry of Labor and Social: Current Progress of the Romanian Social Assistance System
- Eszter Sandor, Research Manager, Eurofound: Labour Market Instability
- Matthijs Gillissen, Researcher, HIVA-KU Leuven: INVOLVE Report 1
Panel 2: Empowerment through community mobilisation
- Rosie Hopley, Jubilee+ Voices Lead: Jubilee+ Voices
- Carla Van Der Vlist, Director, SchuldHulpMaatje: Debt Aid Buddy Kerk in Actie
Thursday 16/05
Morning; Parallel Workshop
Artificial intelligence, digitalisation, and social services: ethical challenges.
Sara Speicher, Deputy General Secretary, World Association for Christian Communication
Irina Tache, Politehnica University of Bucharest, Faculty of Automatic Control and Computers, Romania
Essential services and the cost-of-living crisis
Annika Sparrer, Eurodiaconia and Martin Schenk, Deputy Director, Diakonie Austria
User involvement: S.O.R.A – Roma feminist community intervention method, case studies and scaling
Andrea Sánchez Caballero, Policy Officer, Eurodiaconia
Anca Enache, Development Manager, Helsinki Deaconess Foundation
4 stories of participation
Facilitator: Romana Belova, Deputy Director for Social Work, Slezka Diakonie
What future for Civil Society?
Facilitator: Heather Roy, Secretary General, Eurodiaconia
Afternoon
European funding opportunities
Speakers:
Sotiris Laganopoulos, Sector Officer – Civil Society, EEA and Norway Grant
Ines Bulava, Project Manager, Diaconia Centre of Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia
Facilitator: Glenis Balangue-Dalkiran Membership and Capacity Building Officer, Eurodiaconia
What does the Green Transition mean for social services?
Speakers:
Anna-Lena Guske, Project Leader Environmental & Social transformation,
Diakonie Deutschland
Facilitator: Kewan Mildred, Senior Policy Officer, Eurodiaconia
Speaking from the margins – a theological context for Diaconia?
Speakers:
Maria Katharina Moser, Diakonie Austria
Facilitator: Heather Roy, Secretary General, Eurodiaconia
Communicating Diaconia – How personal stories contribute to shaping narratives
Facilitator: Donal Brady, Communication Officer, Eurodiaconia
Peer-coaching session: Leadership in turbulent times
Olli Holmström, Chairperson of the Eurodiaconia Supervisory Board
Andrea Witt, Head of Operations, Eurodiaconia
EU Elections – What is at stake for Europe?
Facilitator: Mirko Schwärzel, Diakonie Germany
Annual General Membership 2024 Business Session Documents:
- 2023 EURODIACONIA ANNUAL REPORT
- DOCUMENT 1 AGENDA FOR THE AGM BUSINESS SESSION
- DOCUMENT 2 DRAFT MINUTES AGM 2023
- DOCUMENT 2A 2023 EGM OFFICIAL MEETING NOTES
- DOCUMENT 3 NOMINATIONS RECEIVED FOR THE SUPERVISORY BOARD
- DOCUMENT 4 REVIEW OF 2023 DOCUMENT
- DOCUMENT 4A ANNUAL ACCOUNTS (BELGIAN FORMAT)
- DOCUMENT 4B AUDITORS STATEMENT
- DOCUMENT 5 PLANS AND BUDGETS FOR 2024 AND 2025
- DOCUMENT 5A PROPOSAL FOR MEMBERSHIP FEES 2025
Practical Information for your stay: Practical information Eurodiaconia AGM 2024
List of participants: Eurodiaconia AGM 2024 – Participant List