News
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06/07/2010
Eurodiaconia and 2010: an ecumenical understanding of poverty and other activities
On Tuesday the 1st June, Eurodiaconia ran in partnership with Crossreach, its Scottish member, a conference on “Digging Deeper - delving below the surface of poverty” in Edinburgh, Scotland
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05/07/2010
European Competition on 'Good practice in cities and municipalities in Europe for and with elderly migrants'
The European Commission is supporting a project on Active Ageing of Migrant Elders across Europe (AEMEE project) which is realised by the Ministry of Intergenerational Affairs, Family, Women and Integration of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
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02/07/2010
President Barroso addresses VIVA EUROPA 2010
On the 18th of June 2010, Georges Bizet's opera Carmen was broadcasted simultaneously in around 40 European cities.
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30/06/2010
MICROFINANCE: Combating poverty - supporting enterprise
From 23 to 25 June 2010, the European Microfinance Network (EMN) and the Community Development Financial Association (cdfa) organised their first Annual Joint Conference in London
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29/06/2010
Achieving excellence in social service provision (Romania)
One of the key goals of the social services reform launched in Romania in 2004 was to increase the quality of social services by introducing an accreditation system for social service providers. The system sets minimum quality standards that both public and private providers have to respect in a bid to better respond to beneficiaries' expectations.
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29/06/2010
Homelessness – a major challenge for Europe
Homelessness is one of the most extreme and devastating examples of poverty and social exclusion
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22/06/2010
New survey reveals more people struggling to make ends meet
One European in six reports a constant struggle to pay household bills and three quarters believe that poverty has increased in their country over the past year.
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21/06/2010
Seminar on supporting lone parents in the EU
What is the situation of single-parent families across the EU?
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18/06/2010
Non-legislative Initiatives for Companies to Promote Gender Equality at the Workplace
On May 5 2010 the results of a European study - commissioned by DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities - investigating initiatives such as prizes, awards, labels, charters, rankings etc. targeted at promoting gender equality in businesses and organisations were presented.
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15/06/2010
Brussels Film Festival – A partner of the European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion
The Brussels Film festival, from 23 to 26 June has as for purpose to reveal and to promote European cinematography and to stimulate the development of this film industry worldwide