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Newsflash
- Rotation of Co-Chair in the EEG: Anouk Moser takes up the role
- EESC calls for stronger safeguards to advance deinstitutionalisation in EU funding
- European Parliament highlights the importance of deinstitutionalisation in EU funding priorities
- EEG joins joint statement on EU funding and prevention of institutionalisation of children
- EEG Appoints New Coordinator and Advocacy Officer
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EESC calls for stronger safeguards to advance deinstitutionalisation in EU funding
The European Economic and Social Committee has highlighted key challenges in advancing deinstitutionalisation across the European Union in its recent opinion (2025). The opinion points to persistent gaps in the use of EU funding and calls for stronger action to ensure that … Continue reading
European Parliament highlights the importance of deinstitutionalisation in EU funding priorities
The European Parliament has sent a clear signal that deinstitutionalisation must remain a priority in EU policies and funding. In its recent report on the European Semester for economic policy coordination (2026), the European Parliament emphasises the importance of strengthening social investment, … Continue reading
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EEG joins joint statement on EU funding and prevention of institutionalisation of children
The European Expert Group on the Transition from Institutional to Community-based Care (EEG) has joined a joint statement on the future of EU funding and its role in preventing family separation and the institutionalisation of children. The statement, developed by … Continue reading
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Tagged children, deinstitutionalisation, InvestInFamilies, Tanya’sDreamFund
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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
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
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
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Tagged deinstitutionalisation, EU funds, European Commission, Open meeting, RRF
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Online seminar about EU funds for independent living and deinstitutionalisation
On the 28th of June, the European Commission jointly with the European Expert Group on the Transition from Institutional to Community-based Care and Hope and Homes for Children organised an online seminar for desk officers from DG EMPL, REGIO, RECOVER, … 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
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 