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Newsflash
- The EEG welcomes the new EU social package announced by the European Commission.
- European Parliament adopts Interim Report on the next EU long-term budget
- New European Semester report reinforces the case for deinstitutionalisation
- Rotation of Co-Chair in the EEG: Anouk Moser takes up the role
- EESC calls for stronger safeguards to advance deinstitutionalisation in EU funding
Author Archives: EEG Coordinator
Promoting community-based support for children and vulnerable families
Summary of the EEG’s Study Session held November 14, 2024 Despite progress, institutionalisation remains a deep and systemic challenge, largely driven by a lack of community-based alternatives, insufficient family support, and inadequate access to education and social services. Vulnerable families, … Continue reading
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EEG Study Session 2024: 9:30-12:30, November 14, 2024
Preventing institutionalisation of children: strengthening families and building community-based alternative care 14 November from 09:30 – 12:30 On behalf of the European Expert Group on the transition from institution to community-based care (EEG), we are pleased to invite you to our annual … Continue reading
Guidance on independent living and inclusion in the community
This document (PDF) is the EEG’s contribution towards the European Commission drafting the “Guidance recommending to Member States improvements on independent living and inclusion in the community”. Guidance on this important topic requires a clear understanding of what kind ofexpenditures … Continue reading
EU Funds Checklist to promote independent living and deinstitutionalisation
The purpose of the “EU Funds Checklist” (PDF) is to ensure EU funds in the 2021-2027 programming period contribute to independent living and inclusion in the community. More specifically, the checklist supports desk officers to check the consistency of the … Continue reading
Report on the Transition from Institutional Care to Community-Based Services in 27 EU Member States
The European Expert Group on the Transition from Institutional to Community-Based Care (EEG) published a Report on the Transition from Institutional Care to Community-Based Services in 27 EU Member States (PDF). Upon a mandate from the European Commission and in consultation with … Continue reading
National Seminars: Joint Action 2014
Events organised by the EEG with the support of the European Commission in the framework of a Joint Action Project (EaSI Programme) With the overall objective to influence Member States to move forward more effective and efficient social protection system … Continue reading
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Toolkit on the use of EU funds
The Toolkit on the Use of European Union Funds for the Transition from Institutional to Community-based Care (PDF) aims to explain how Structural and Investment Funds can support national, regional and local authorities in designing and implementing structural reforms aimed at facilitating … Continue reading
Guidelines on transition from institutional to community-based care
The Common European Guidelines on the Transition from Institutional to Community-based Care (PDF) published in 2012 provided practical advice about how to make a sustained transition from institutional care to family-based and community-based alternatives for individuals currently living in institutions and those living … Continue reading
Report of the Ad-hoc Expert Group on the transition from institutional to community-based care (Špidla Report)
In 2009, the EEG drafted a report (PDF) after being convened by Commissioner Špidla to address the issues of institutional care reform in their complexity. “The work of the Expert Group on the Transition from Institutional to Community-based Care moves one step … Continue reading
EEG. The European Expert Group on the transition from institutions to community-based support 