EASPD is the European Association of Service Providers for Persons with Disabilities and represents over 15.000 support services for persons with disabilities across Europe
In the 23rd September edition of its e-magazine, De Facto, the Flemish Welfare Association (Vlaams Welzijnsverbond) gave its view on the Covid-19 crisis, after presenting it to the Corona Committee of the Flemish Parliament.
Read more …On the 5th October form 14h00-16h00 CEST EASPD will hold its first online Policy Café on the Child Guarantee and the European Disability Strategy. The Café will provide an opportunity for EASPD members to provide feedback to the EASPD policy team on how EU policies can better support their work at a national level.
Read more …The European Commission has recently launched two extraordinary Erasmus + calls for Coronavirus impact to support digital education readiness and creative skills.
Read more …The Council of Europe is being called on by social care organisations to withdraw a draft protocol according to which measures as confinement, isolation, binding, drugging and electroshock would be used as a medical treatment in mental health care facilities. While working on a protocol allegedly intended to shelter persons suffering from mental conditions, the Committee on Bioethics of the Council of Europe is actually trying to find ways to force patients undergo interventions.
Read more …EASPD is looking for an experienced Policy Officer to join us at its headquarters in Brussels.
Read more …On the 9th September 2020, during the 17th International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs, the ENTELIS+ Project (an Erasmus+ project) Workshop successfully took place.
Read more …The European Commission's latest guide presents the promising practices of reasonable accommodations introduced by employers from both the public and private sectors.
Read more …Following the summer break, EASPD is back at work, refreshed and re-invigorated.
Read more …On commission of the British Council, the international cultural mobility network On The Move has launched a survey to collect data about disabilities and performing arts. The focus is on the knowledge on how to make performances accessible for both audiences and artists with disabilities, in order to identify the main barriers that still prevent the world of arts from being fully inclusive in Europe. This study is carried out in the framework of the large-scale project Europe Beyond Access and co-funded by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union.
Read more …It’s September and time that many students across the world are heading back to school, but not for all. With the coronavirus pandemic highlighting the continued segregation of people with disabilities in education settings the IE+ partnership have released their policy recommendations for more inclusive education.
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