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Newsflash
- EU policy updates: What do they mean for deinstitutionalisation?
- Housing is not separate from deinstitutionalisation
- Can we monitor deinstitutionalisation if our statistics do not adequately show who is living in institutions – or even what counts as an institution?
- EEG advocacy reflected in European Parliament amendments on the next EU budget
- The Transition to Community-Based Support in the 2026 European Semester: An EEG Perspective
Tag Archives: Child Guarantee
Housing is not separate from deinstitutionalisation
This week, the EEG joined a Human Rights Talk on ending child homelessness, co-organised by our member FEANTSA, Housing Rights Watch and the UN Human Rights Representation to the EU. One message from the discussion stayed with us: We already … Continue reading
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Tagged Child Guarantee, children, deinstitutionalisation, Housing, Social Pillar
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The EEG welcomes the new EU social package announced by the European Commission.
The EEG welcomes the new EU social package announced by the European Commission. It brings forward several important initiatives, including the first-ever EU Anti-Poverty Strategy, a Council Recommendation on tackling housing exclusion, and Communications on strengthening the European Child Guarantee and reinforcing the Strategy for … Continue reading
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Tagged Child Guarantee, deinstitutionalisation, EU funds, European Commission, Persons with disabilities
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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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Tagged Child Guarantee, children, education, family, mental-health, parenting, Persons with disabilities, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Study Session
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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
EEG Civil Dialogue Meeting between the European Commission and the European Expert Group on the transition from institutional to community-based care
On Monday 3rd June 2024, the European Expert Group on the transition from institutional to community-based care (EEG) organised a civil dialogue meeting with the European Commission to discuss policy and funding developments in relation to deinstitutionalisation (DI). Historically, the … Continue reading
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Tagged Child Guarantee, EU Disability Strategy, EU funds, European Commission, Persons with disabilities, RRF
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Call for stronger prevention of child institutionalisation: Time to step up monitoring and evaluation of early childhood intervention and family support in the European Child Guarantee
The European Expert Group on the transition from institutional to community-basedcare (EEG) welcomes the initiative of the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union to host the knowledge-sharing Conference “European Child Guarantee: from engagement to reality” on 2 … Continue reading
European Child Guarantee prioritises children in alternative care
But a stronger commitment to end institutionalisation of children in the EU is required The European Expert Group on the Transition from Institutional to Community-Based Care (EEG) is a coalition representing children and their families, people with disabilities and their … Continue reading
