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- EEG publishes recommendations to the Irish, Lithuanian and Greek Trio Presidencies of the Council of the European Union
- EEG Members in Action
- Recovery Means Community: EEG calls for continued commitment to deinstitutionalisation in Ukraine
- Preventing violence through community-based support: EEG contributes to new CRPD guidelines
- Does deinstitutionalisation have anything to do with refugees and displaced people?
Tag Archives: Persons with disabilities
Preventing violence through community-based support: EEG contributes to new CRPD guidelines
The EEG has submitted its contributions to the UN CRPD Committee’s public consultations on two draft guidelines:š¹ Disability-based violenceš¹ Intersectional discrimination against women and girls with disabilitiesIn our submissions, we highlighted a simple but important message: deinstitutionalisation is not only … Continue reading
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 theĀ first-ever EU Anti-Poverty Strategy, aĀ Council Recommendation on tackling housing exclusion, and Communications onĀ strengthening the European Child GuaranteeĀ andĀ 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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EEG Study session: Preventing institutionalisation through EU Funding ā the role of the new Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF)
June 17 2025, from 14:00-16:00 CET On behalf of the European Expert Group on the transition from institutional to community-based care (EEG), we are pleased to invite you to our annual study session: Preventing institutionalisation through EU Funding ā the … Continue reading
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 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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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 āGuidance recommending to Member States improvements on independent living and inclusion in the communityā. Guidance on this important topic requires a clear understanding of what kind ofexpenditures … 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 ÅĆ³dÅŗ, Poland. … Continue reading
The Academic Network of European Disability Experts (ANED) releases thematic Report
In May, ANED released a new thematic report concerning the advances across Europe toĀ Ā “respect, protect and ensure the rights of persons with disabilities to live independently and to be included in the community”. The report is based on several … Continue reading
EEG. The European Expert Group on the transition from institutions to community-based support 