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EU stakeholders discuss the relevance of social investment

April 14, 2015Rebalancing social and economic policies, Social investmentBy Heather Roy

Today, at an event hosted by Eurodiaconia and MEP Jutta Steinruck, the topic of social investment and its role within…

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Launch of the Implementation Handbook: Putting the investing in children recommendation into practice

April 10, 2015Poverty and social exclusion, Themes, Youth and childrenBy Heather Roy

On 1st April, the EU alliance for investing in children (including Eurodiaconia) launched its ”Implementation Handbook – Putting the Investing in Children…

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8 April: International Roma Day

April 8, 2015Poverty and social exclusion, Roma inclusion, ThemesBy Heather Roy

The 8th of April is International Roma Day, marking the annual celebration of Roma culture and raising awareness about the…

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Guidelines on Roma participation out now!

April 7, 2015Poverty and social exclusion, Roma inclusion, ThemesBy Heather Roy

When it comes to promoting Roma inclusion, one of the main challenges continues to be the active involvement of the…

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FEP’s Annual Days 2015: Integrated care and “Care Pathways”

April 2, 2015Healthy ageing and long-term care, Social and health care services, ThemesBy Heather Roy

Last Friday, Nicolas and Heather participated in the first day of its French members’s (Fédération de l’Entraide Protestante) Annual Days,…

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Supporting persons with dementia and their families: good practice from Eurodiaconia members

April 1, 2015Healthy ageing and long term care, Social and health care services, Social servicesBy Heather Roy

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EU court fine tunes migrant welfare rights

March 31, 2015Migration, Poverty and social exclusion, ThemesBy Heather Roy

EU nationals who move to another member state to look for a job are not entitled to social benefits, but…

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Eurodiaconia participates in Churches’ Refugee Network conference in London

March 27, 2015Migration, Poverty and social exclusion, ThemesBy Heather Roy

Last week, Eurodiaconia had the privilege of presenting our 2014 Migration report “Access to social and health services for migrants in…

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Eurodiaconia Roma Policy Paper now available in Romany and Serbian!

March 27, 2015Poverty and social exclusion, Roma inclusion, ThemesBy Heather Roy

Eurodiaconia’s 2014 policy paper on ‘Social inclusion of Roma’, which had previously been translated into Czech, Hungarian and Romanian, is now also…

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A breakfast to feed investment in NGOs’ social and healthcare services

March 26, 2015Social and health care services, Social services, ThemesBy Heather Roy

This morning, Social Services Europe (Eurodiaconia is a member of this European platform) held the breakfast session “Job creation and Economic Growth in…

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