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…
Weekly editorial: The human being as a starting point
This week we had the pleasure and the honour to welcome a small delegation of the Church of Scotland to…
Weekly editorial from our Secretary General: Investing in a person centred approach
Currently more than 10 million people in Europe have been unemployed for more than 18 months. The impact of such long…
Weekly editorial from our Secretary General: If you don’t see it, it doesn’t exist(?!)
This week I had the pleasure of joining the Salvation Army Belgium at their leaders retreat. Bringing together church leaders and…
Weekly editorial from our Secretary General: The great disconnect
This week I attended the European Parliament Poverty Intergroup. The main topic of the meeting was minimum income schemes, and there…
Double discrimination of Roma women: A call for European Action
On the occasion of International Roma Day, Eurodiaconia would like to call for European action to address the marginal position…
Weekly editorial: The value of ”uselessness”
This week I ended up reading an inspiring essay from Nuccio Ordine, Professor of Italian Literature at the University of…
Principles for Quality Diaconal Social Services: a renewed commitment
Eurodiaconia has produced an update of its Principles for Quality Social Services. The principles aim to constitute a reflection on the…