Weekly editorial from our Secretary General: Learning from each other
Volunteers are key in Diaconia, supporting services and creating relationships with service users and their families/friends. Volunteers complement the work…
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Our response to the EC proposal for a Council recommendation on the integration of the long-term unemployed into the labour market
Eurodiaconia drafted a response to the European Commission’s proposal for a Council recommendation on the integration of the long-term unemployed into…
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Report from First communications network meeting now online
On 17-18 September 2015, the first communications network meeting took place in our offices in Brussels. 15 participants from across…
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Poverty in Europe is getting worse, not better
Member states have committed to lifting 20 million people out of poverty by 2020. But this has been hard to…
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Weekly editorial from our Secretary General: Striving to put social policies at the heart of the 2016 European Semester
In the coming weeks, the European Commission will issue its analysis of the Economic (and to some degree social) situation…
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What we expect from EU institutions on the social challenges faced by refugees in Europe
Eurodiaconia was invited to speak at a strategic dialogue meeting organised by DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion of the…
DetailsInterdiac: Linking social practice and Christian identity
Interdiac is a dynamic academy which supports diaconia and social action in Central and Eastern Europe, of which Eurodiaconia is…
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Critical points that should be addressed by the 2016 Annual Growth Survey
Eurodiaconia sent today proposals concerning the Annual Growth Survey 2016 to the European Commission, which notably stress the need to ensure inclusive…
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