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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
Tag Archives: Persons with disabilities
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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EEG Study session: Preventing institutionalisation through EU Funding – 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 – 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 “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
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 Academic Network of European Disability Experts (ANED) releases thematic Report
In May, ANED released a new thematic report concerning the advances across Europe to “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 