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On 30th May 2013 the Board members of EASPD gathered to discuss de-institutionalisation and the promotion of community based-services and take stock o...
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Following Van Rompuy’s proposals in December, the European Council will debate in June the Commission’s proposals for a social dimension t...
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In response to the recently published Social Investment Package (SIP) by the European Commission, Social Services Europe -of which EASPD is a member- ...
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Would you like to know more about EASPD and its work?
You can find out more in our new leaflet in the section About EASPD or you can download it...
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The INNOSERV project (call FP7-SSH-2011-3) is a 7th Framework project aiming to set up a social platform on innovative social services in health, (ext...
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Training Course
“Bridging the Gap between Technology and Care when Implementing Person Centred Technologies/Assistive Technologies and Informat...
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This publication highlights that participation of persons with disabilities within the cycle of service provision has become a key success factor for ...
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Our March newsflash edition is now online!
Please find out more in our News/Press section about:
EU News
Editorial: SIP, the morning ...
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On the 27th of March 2013, EASPD, BAG:WfbM, Unapei and ETA, in cooperation with MEP Mr Ádám Kósa and MEP Dr Dieter- Lebrecht Koch held a conference in...
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EASPD (the European Association of Service providers for Persons with Disabilities) is currently looking for a Communications Intern to work in cooper...
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We are glad to invite you to the next EASPD General Assembly and International conference!
EASPD, in close cooperation with the Greek SAMO organisati...
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Inclusive education and learning: Challenges and Opportunities
The P2i Network’s final Conference in Budapest on 13-14th September 2012 reflect...
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EASPD Conference
Employment of persons with disabilities
Raising awareness & employment opportunities
27-28 September 2013, Istanbul
C...
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Help remove barriers and boost employment for persons with disabilities
EASPD invites you to share stories about your best practice, model, m...
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The Institute for special education and rehabilitation in 2013 year celebrates the anniversary “20 years from the beginning of the studies of sp...
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Two important publications for our sector have been issued by the European Commission during the last few days.
Yesterday, DG Employment publis...
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Our January/Febraury newsflash edition is now online!
Please find out more in our News/Press section about:
EU News
Editorial -The consequences o...
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EASPD (the European Association of Service providers for Persons with Disabilities) is currently looking for a Communications Intern to work in cooper...
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At the end of last year we sent an open letter to European leaders to ask them to reconsider the political and financing choices that have been made s...
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Do visit their website: http://www.lkndz.lv/en/?s=1291236118
Towards an inclusive education
EASPD invites you to a training course that will take place in Salzburg (Austria), 21 - 27 September 2013.
Programme
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Summer school on quality of services 24 -28 June 2013
Quality is not a place, but a journey
Gleisdorf, Austria
Quality of services is the result of...
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Our November/December newsflash edition is now online!
Please find out more in our News/Press section about:
EU and YOU 2
EASPD a...
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We would like to invite you to submit a paper to the 12th edition of the AAATE biennial conference that will be held in Vilamoura, Algarve, Portugal, ...
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EASPD is currently hiring a design agency to create the new www.easpd.eu website and the design of EASPD communication materials.
EASPD decided to in...
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On the occasion of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, when the topics of disability and poverty will be tackled at high-level confere...
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“EASPD will be participating in the Official Opening of the London 'European Space Expo' focusing on 'Space Solutions for Assisted L...
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Our October newsflash edition is now online!
Please find out more in our News/Press section about:
EU and YOU
Fruitful dialogue with Vice Pre...
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Join us the 5th of December at the EASPD event “You cared for me, I care for you: solidarity between generations and abilities". This...
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EASPD (the European Association of Service Providers for Persons with Disabilities) is currently looking for a Project Assistant (Intern) to work in c...
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On Tuesday 9 October Social Services Europe (SSE) organized the Round Table “Delivering Positive Change: How social services contribute to smart...
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9 October 2012, 12.30-17.00, European Parliament, A5 G305
EASPD is glad to invite you at the European Parliament for the Social Services Europe event...
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Our July and August newsflash edition is now online!
Please find out more about:
EU and YOU
Disability and torture publication
Taking the UN...
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Three organisations from the EU funded Inclusion project participated in the DAD event: Thalys Alenia Space, Italy, Navevo, UK and EASPD, based in Bel...
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The service providers’ role as human rights enablers in times of crisis
European Parliament, Brussels, JAN 6Q1 room
EASPD is proud to invite...
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Final Conference, organised by EASPD, on the project “European Guide Dog Mobility Standards” on 20 September 2012 in Brussels!
Link to th...
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30 September 2012, Zagreb, Croatia.
The Conference is organized within the SensAge project and will focus on the state of knowledge about ageing peop...
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Project Development Workshop Report has been launched!
The whole Report concerning the Project Development Workshops held in Ljubljana in the oc...
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EASPD is glad to present you the EU funding opportunities Booklet “Private and Public Donor schemes for service provider organizations”!
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Our June newsflash is now online!
Please find out more about:
EU and YOU
Findings of the International Zero Project Report 2012
SOCIALSERVICESEU...
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15 - 19 October 2012
Gleisdorf, Austria
Quality of services is the result of many interdependent, inter-related factors. It is not the simple result...
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EASPD strongly supports young people with disabilities' involvement in the decision making process! Our delegation contributed to the draft of the...
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With the launch of its brand new website , Social Services Europe (SSE) aim to spread the word about the role of social services in Europe, through ea...
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SAVE THE DATE!
22 June 2012 9.30 – 15.30
FINAL CONFERENCE OF THE PROJECT PESSIS:
PROMOTING EMPLOYERS’ SOCIAL SERVICES ORGANISATIONS IN ...
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In January 2012, EASPD surveyed its members on the impact of the financial and economic crisis on the disability sector, specifically with regards to ...
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IBB2- Inclusive Care Teams – People with learning difficulties become colleagues.
Brussels, 19 June 2012
This seminar will be organise...
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This report is based on the outcomes of a seminar that was held in Brussels the 3rd and the 4th October 2011. Among the numerous participants, EASPD, ...
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Social Services Europe represents 100,000 social and health services active across Europe promoting social inclusion and social cohesion. The sector, ...
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Our member Center for Society Orientation - COD produced, in collaboration with EASPD 5 videos supporting services for people with disabilities i...
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Today we launch an important call for tenders with regard to the implementation of the Innoserv in Europe – project: Socia...
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EASPD, in cooperation with BAG:WfbM and Unapei, publishes a report on Article 27 of the UNCRPD:
"Analysis of the legal ...
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Next 27th of June, in Cork, Ireland, the “Arts for Living” international conference will be held between 9am and 5pm ...
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We are now seeking to award a contract to an independent agency to carry out the production of 20 films/clips visualizing innova...
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EASPD launched its new Facebook page!
From today you will find more information and updates here.
By liking us you will be always u...
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Please read our latest press-release, "EASPD: the voice to service providers for persons with disability in the Consultation on the European Acce...
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Our February newsflash is now online.
Starting from this month, our newsflash will be also provided in an ac...
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Please read our latest press-release on the "Linz Declaration" as part of its contribution to developments in the Euro...
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A great news from our member NASO, Bulgaria:
"Today, 26th of January 2012, the 41st National Assembly of the Republic ...
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ImPaCT in Europe was a Networking Project in the field of ICT and disability financed by the Life-long Learning Programme of DG Education a...
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EASPD is launching a survey to assess the impact of the global crisis on the disability sector: WE NEED YOUR EXPERTISE!
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Yesterday the European Commission launched a public consultation on its future plans for breaking down barriers to Europeans with disabilities. The co...
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On Friday the 11th of November 2011, an EASPD delegation met with Vice President of the European Commission, Viviane Reding, responsible fo...
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The Partnership of the ABI project is proudly announcing the end of the project.
The acronym ABI stands for Deve...
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To celebrate its 15th anniversary, the European Association of Service Providers for Persons with Disabilities invited all its members and ...
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What are the the main challenges for the services of tomorrow?
How to be inclusive and innovative at the same time?
What is...
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Special contents are now available on-line completing and enriching the newsletter 2011.
Sp...
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EASPD cordially invites you to its
15th anniversary ...
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Conference
Connect, Personalise, Care:
Person Centred Technology for Greater Quality of Life
Brussels, 9th and 10...
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The festival will take place in Cork City, Ireland on June 27,28 & 29 2012
Let your voice be heard: sing, act and perform in the European ...
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The NQF INCLUSIVE project is reaching its final phase. The two year EU funded project started in October 2009 and will hold its final conference on 8 ...
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A European conference organized by
AIAS Bologna onlus, EASPD and their European partners
Thursday 15 September 2011
Hosted by: the Region o...
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On 29 June 2011, the second report on the prevention of Neural Tube Defects (NTDs), entitled Act against Europe’s most common birth defects: one...
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From June 30th to July 1st, the EASPD conference „Old – So What? Independent Living for Seniors with Disabilities” took place in Lin...
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Triggered by the BBC documentary on severe abuse of persons with disabilities in a care home near Bristol in the United Kingdom, the debate with regar...
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EASPD, in close cooperation with Caritas für Menschen mit Behinderungen Linz, will bring together important stakeholders and experts from al...
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An interesting initiative from the Guardian UK - they've announced a competition for stories that will feature the challenges faced by disable...
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Join us for the next event organised in the context of the ImPaCT in Europe project: Technology Works! Person Centred Technology in the workplace
22n...
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The Intergroup’s Vice-President Mrs. Kinga Goncz MEP invites you to the Brussels performance of the Hungarian theatre Baltazar that employs a nu...
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Within the scope of the project ‘Pathways to Inclusion’ (P2i), the project consortium is organising a 6-days training course offer...
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More than 300 people joined Foundation „Pentru Voi” on April 2nd, in the Union Square from Timisoara, Romania, to celebrate the World Auti...
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On 29 and 30 March 2011, members of the EASPD Board, Policy Impact Group, Chairs of Standing Committees and Interest Groups came together in Brussels ...
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Karin Dom Centre is looking for volunteer trainers to support our activities in working with children with special learning needs. Ideally, ...
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“Old? So what? Independent living for seniors with disabilities”
Next EASPD conference in Linz, Austria
30 June -1 July 2011
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The European Commission would like to invite all individuals, organisations and institutions that follow policy debate in the field of employment and ...
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A new European declaration "Better health better lives: children and young people with intellectual disabilities and their families" was sig...
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The European Association of Service Providers for Persons with Disabilities warmly welcomes and supports the launch of the European Disability Strateg...
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EASPD responded to the public consultation for a future programme in the field of Education and training 2014-2020.
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The Communication from the European Commission "European Disability Strategy 2010-2020: A renewed commitment to a Barrier-Free Europe&q...
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The EASPD Policy Seminar 2010 "Poverty and Disability- How Can We Break the Link?" will take place in Brussels in the morning (8.30-13....
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This paper describes the current situation on employment in care services in Europe and the implications on the possibility of providing high quality ...
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This paper builds on the research carried out in 2009 on the same topic. It highlights the various consequences of the crisis on social services and a...
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EASPD sent a letter to representatives of the European Commission reminding them of the role played by social services in supporting vulnerable people...
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The conference, organized by the Centre de la Gabrielle -Mutualité Fonction Publique in the framework of the ImPaCT in Europe project, will tak...
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On 15th September 2010, the European Commission launched “Youth on the Move”, a new flagship initiative aimed at helping these young peopl...
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On September 14, Commissioner Michel Barnier presided over the singing of an agreement to provide greater access to books. Dyslexic, intellectually di...
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The registration for the next EASPD conference is now open! More details on the programme, etc. are available online. You can visit the conference web...
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At its last General Assembly meeting in Helsinki, Finland, in June 2010, EASPD officially decided to launch a new Special Interes...
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EASPD is now hiring for two internship positions starting on 1st of September 2010. Please find more information here and on the "JOB POSTING&quo...
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The Conference “TOWARDS COMMUNITY LIVING: current realities & future challenges” will take place in Skopje (fYR of Macedonia) on the 7...
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On 24th February 2010, EASPD sent an open letter to key European Commissioners on the EU2020 Strategy. Commissioners Michel Barnier, Viviane Reding an...
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On May 6th a heavy rainfall caused consistent damage to a daycare center of the Szimbiozis Foundation based in Miskolc, Hungary. The Symbiosis Foundat...
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During the European Civic Days organized by the Spanish presidency in Malaga from the 7th to 9th of May EASPD was represented by its Secreta...
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The flyer gives you all the information you need in order to get involved in a Network promoting person centred technology to improve the lives of peo...
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On 15 March 2010, the European Parliament will launch the call for applications for the 8th traineeship perio...
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A report detailing the results of a seminar that EASPD co-organised together with 7 other European networks of social services has been published. The...
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On behalf of IASSID and the conference’s organizing committee, EASPD would like to invite you to the 3rd IASSID-Europe Conference, which will be...
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On the first week of March, Commissioners are drafting a proposition of the EU 2020 Strategy, which will define the EU priorities for the coming decad...
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European Association of Service Providers for Persons with Disabilities (EASPD) and the Federal Association of Workshops for Adapted Work (BAG:WfbM)&n...
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In the winter 2009 edition of its newsletter, EASPD focuses on the role and importance of the European Parliament and explains how its role chang...
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In its paper, EASPD stated it would support a new Disability Strategy that will facilitate the full implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights ...
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In its contribution, EASPD highlighted the need to tackle high unemployment levels for people with disabilities, to propose strategies to unlock the j...
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Both on European and national levels, authorities worked on the realisation of legal frameworks facilitating inclusive education for all. Nevertheless...
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Today, 26 November, the EU Council of Ministers approved a decision for the EU to accede to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabiliti...
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Let us know how and to what extent your organisation uses ICT and Assistive Technology and contribute to a Europe-wide research on PCT for people with...
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Employment is a crucial factor for the inclusion of persons with disabilities in society. On 11 and 12 of June 2009, EASPD's Standing Committee o...
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On the occasion of last week’s (12-13 November 2009) conference “Salamanca - 15 years on Inclusion – A school for all”, E...
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Are you on facebook? Become an EASPD facebook fan, it is easy to do.
Our fan page page allows you to share and discuss the latest information f...
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The European Commission today published the report of the Ad Hoc Expert Group on the Transition from Institutionalised to Community-based Care.
The g...
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EASPD has published a new edition of its newsletter on the topic of "Public Procurement in the EU: A lever for quality of social services?&q...
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On 11-12 June, the EASPD conference on the theme of “Bringing people to work” took place in Thessaloniki, Greece. On this occasion EASPD a...
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The new PR brochure, which is available in German, French and English, is out now! The brochure explains how we work and what we can offer to you. If ...
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The annual report for 2008 is available online here.
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The new Education Leaflet is out now and available here!
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Understanding EU and social policy documents can be hard with all the abbreviations in place. Therefore EASPD has published a list of European Union a...
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The last High level group meeting took place on 1-2 April 2009. In order to make its work more effective, EASPD calls for an empowered High level...
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The EASPD position paper on the EU Consultation Paper on Health can be downloaded here.
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EASPD again organizes a project development workshop to give you the opportunity to develop new project ideas and to set up international partnerships...
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The EASPD press release on the impact of the financial crisis of the work of service providers for persons with disabilities is available now
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The leaflet produced by the Standing Commitee on Education, to promote its work and recruit new members is available in various languages.
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