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…
Eurodiaconia is active in multiple policy areas related to the fight against poverty and social exclusion in Europe and to the promotion of social and health care services to foster social cohesion. In this section, you will find our main news.
Eurodiaconia publishes Handbook of Private Financing Tools for Social Enterprises
One of Eurodiaconia’s focus areas is to promote social enterprise initiatives among our members to organise their provision of social…
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…
Survey for members on the use of the European Social Fund
Eurodiaconia is currently running 3 very important surveys to improve and develop our understanding of fundamental key topics of our…
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…
Updated Toolkit for User Empowerment and Participation
A positive attitude towards user participation is ultimately an enabling factor leading to more effective outcomes in social services. In…
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…
Weekly editorial from our Secretary General:The light shines in the darkness
This week has been a strange one. We started the week with the Annual Convention on Inclusive Growth here in…