Health needs of persons with disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic
Date: 18th March 2020
Time: 14:00 CET
This webinar will bring together health experts and support service providers to discuss specific, technical advice on the needs of persons with disabilities in the current circumstances. The webinar will aim to clarify common misconceptions and provide further information on the specific types of care and support some persons, with certain types of disabilities may require.
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Ensuring Staff Continuity in Social Services during the COVID-19 pandemic
Date: 25th March 2020
Time: 14:00 CET
This webinar will bring together experts who will present and discuss their actions and ideas regarding how to guarantee both the continuity of essential care & support services and ensure that social workers can continue to work as safely and healthily as possible.
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I DECIDE project information session
Date: 26th March 2020
Time: 11:30-12:30 CET
EASPD is currently a partner in two projects that work to advance the access to justice (Just4All) and legal capacity (I-Decide) of persons with disabilities. In this info session webinar EASPD project manager Carmen Arroyo de Sande will discuss the work done by both projects and how EASPD is working to promote Supported Decision Making.
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Fund Inclusion: should social care & support be not-for-sale?
Date: 7th April 2020
Time: 10:00-12:45 CET
The objective is to launch, present and discuss EASPD’s latest study on “Alternatives to Public Procurement in Social Care and Support”. This webinar will highlight the extent to which public procurement, reserved markets and personal budgets can help social care and support providers to be more in line with the principles of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with disabilities.
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