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- EEG participates in Webinar on COVID 19 Recovery and the EU Budget
- One step forward, two steps back?
- COVID-19 crisis: People living in institutions must not be written off
- EEG members are collecting resources about the COVID-19 health crisis
- Tragic care home incident in Czechia highlights need for community-based care
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EEG participates in Webinar on COVID 19 Recovery and the EU Budget
On the 8th July, the European Disability Forum hosted the Webinar “COVID 19 Recovery and the EU Budget: Influencing the process” where Elizabeth Gosme, President of COFACE Families Europe, attended as speaker on behalf of the European Expert Group on … Continue reading
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One step forward, two steps back?
The European Expert Group on the transition from institutional to community-based care (hereinafter: the “EEG”) introduces the Report on the Transition from Institutional Care to Community-Based Services in 27 EU Member States (hereinafter: the “Report” or the “Study”). This Study … Continue reading
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COVID-19 crisis: People living in institutions must not be written off
Joint Statement: “COVID-19 crisis: People living in institutions must not be written off” The European Expert Group on the Transition from Institutional to Community-based Care (EEG) calls on EU leaders to ensure its response to COVID-19 takes into consideration persons … Continue reading
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EEG Press Release: EU Semester
EC must safeguard adequate investment in community-based services in Country Specific Recommendations The European Commission (EC) recently published its 2016 country-specific recommendations (CSRs) to Member States. Following positive statements on the way social care and support should be provided in … Continue reading
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Roundtable on the Transition from Institutional to Family and Community-based Care in Greece
On 18th May, the Greek Ministry of Health and Ministry of Social Security and Social Solidarity held in cooperation with the European Commission and the EEG a roundtable in Athens focusing on the transition to community based care in Greece. … Continue reading
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Seminar on Community-based Support in Poland
Warsaw, 14-15 March 2016 The EEG and the European Commission were invited in Poland by the Ministry of Economic Development in order to support a two-day seminar focused on the transition to Community-based care. The event led to pragmatic discussions … Continue reading
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Award: Zero Project Innovative Policy & Innovative Practice 2015
In 2015, the Zero Project selected 39 Innovative Practices that positively impact the rights of persons with disabilities to live independently and/or support their political rights. The European Expert Group was nominated as one of these innovative practices for “Diverting … Continue reading
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Training of European Commission Officials
The EEG organised two trainings on the development of quality family-based and community-based support as alternatives to institutional care for desk officers of the European Commission in October. “Everything you always wanted to know about Deinstitutionalisation (but were too afraid … Continue reading
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The use of the European Semester for the transition to community-based care
In 2015, the EEG issued a press release and sent a letter to President Juncker in order to demonstrate the importance of promoting the transition to community-based care by streamlining de-institutionalisation (DI) in the European Semester process. The EEG underlined … Continue reading
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Seminars organised by the EEG
The EEG has since 2013 organised seminars on the use of EU Structural Funds for the transition from institutional to community-based care in the following countries: – Riga, Latvia on the 28 June 2013 – Tallinn, Estonia on the 19 … Continue reading
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