Author Archives: IngeEEG
First Internal Meeting of 2023
The EEG had its first internal meeting on March 1 2023. You can find the Agenda of the meeting here.
Summary of the EEG’s Work in 2022
The EEG organised Internal and Open meetings and created several documents in reflection on deinstitutionalisation. Internal and Open meetings: Internal meetings: Open meetings: Position paper on Independent Living and Inclusion in the Community The EEG produced a position paper to … Continue reading
EEG Statement on the European Care Strategy
On September 7th, the European Commission released the European Care Strategy. The Strategy focuses on the importance of providing accessible, affordable, high-quality, and available care services to all. With this purpose, the Strategy aims to set an agenda to improve … Continue reading
EEG Regrets to see a lower ambition to push for people’s social rights in the 2022 European Semester process.
The European Semester cycle aims to review performances of Member States each year on both economic and social matters. To guide Members States, the European Commission publishes the Country Specific Recommendations (CSRs) in addition to Country Reports (CRs) within the … Continue reading
EEG Members’ initiatives on Ukraine
The ongoing war in Ukraine has already caused the death of thousand of civilians and the massive fleeing of people from their homes. As the mediation process is still in progress and there has not been any indication of a … Continue reading
Deinstitutionalisation should remain a priority for EU funding
EEG’s analysis of Recovery Plans and recommendations for 2022 European Semester The European Semester represents an important process to strengthen not only economic and fiscal reforms but also social inclusive policies among the European Union (EU) Member States. While the … Continue reading
EEG condolences on the death of President Sassoli
The EEG would like to express its deepest condolences for the loss of David Sassoli, President of the European Parliament. Mr Sassoli’s engagement in upholding children’s rights and the rights of persons with disabilities made him a valuable ally as … Continue reading
The Recovery and Resilience Fund as a means to creating community and family-based care
The online event “The Recovery and Resilience Facility as a means to creating community and family-based care”, which took place on the 18th of November 2021, aimed to provide an overview of the opportunities and the risks that the Recovery … Continue reading
EEG’s main findings on the submitted Recovery & Resilience National Plans
Since the beginning of the year, the EEG has been following closely the work around the Recovery and Resilience Facility. We analysed several draft Recovery and Resilience National Plans[1], and shared country-specific recommendations with the European Commission based on each … Continue reading
Stop EU funding of new institutions for people with disabilities in Poland, EEG says
In 2020 the European Expert Group on the Transition from Institutional to Community-based Care (EEG) contacted the European Commission to voice serious concerns about a large-scale institution for 100 residents with mental health issues in the city of Łódź, Poland. … Continue reading
The European Expert Group on the Transition from Institutional to Community-based Care 