Weekly editorial: A given mandate to support each other
Last week, I was invited by our Danish members Kirkens Korshær and Kofoeds Skole to visit some of their projects…
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Scotland: STV Children’s Appeal Donate £1,000 To Prison Visitors Centre
Later last month, our Scottish member CrossReach has received £1,000 from the STV Children’s Appeal, boosting support for the CrossReach-managed Visitors…
10th European Platform for Roma Inclusion: report out now!
The 10th meeting of the European Platform for Roma Inclusion took place in Brussels from 29-30 November 2016. The objective…
We have improved the accessibility of our website
As an organisation working for social justice, we at Eurodiaconia think people with disabilities have the right to access information…
New briefing on long-term unemployment out now
The devastating effects of the financial and economic crisis on European labour markets constitute a pressing challenge in many EU…
Weekly editorial from our Secretary General: Consensus and gaps in the schemes
It was a timely reminder as I have spent most of this week in Sweden, participating in a global consultation organised…
Diakonia Polska&Diakonie Deutschland joining a campaign for the Reformation jubilee
Our Polish member Diakonia Polska (Diaconia Poland) has joined our German member Diakonie Deutschland’s (Diaconia Germany) campaign “Türen öffnen. Gerechtigkeit leben”…
EHO’s appeal for assistance to refugees collected €1.8 million in 2016
In 2016, our Serbian member Ekumenska Humanitarna Organizacija-EHO’s appeal for assisting refugees and migrants in Greece and Serbia received a…
Call for proposals: Labour market integration of refugees
The European Commission recently published a call under the EaSi programme (PROGRESS axis) for “Fast track integration into the labour…
Conference report on ‘Social protection in the Baltic states’ out now
Last 24-25 November, Eurodiaconia organised a conference on ‘Social protection in the Baltic states’ in Riga, Latvia in cooperation with…