Public Affairs Event – From Care to Employment; Practices and Policies

2 December 2020, 10.00–12.00 CET

This interactive virtual event saw the presentation and discussion of EPR’s study on practices supporting people to move from care into employment; programmes, services, projects that, in an integrated way, support clients from illness or the acquisition of a disability into labour market inclusion. An example would be an early intervention programme, and the services […]

EPR EU funds webinar series: The new ESF+ programme

23 November 2020 (13.00 - 15.00 CET)

The end of 2020 coincided with the end of the programming of the European Commission relating to indirect funds for the seven-year period 2013-2020. Starting from 2021, new programs were launched which partly kept the priorities and structure of the previous ones but which also brought substantial innovations. Among these, the new ESF + replaced […]

EPR Innovation taskforce – Digital skills

19 November (10.00 - 12.30 CET)

Digital skills are increasingly a priority that had a strong impact on the provision of services of our members. For this reason the topic of digital skills was at the center of some of the activities that EPR implemented during 2020. During the annual conference, one of the workshops was dedicated to this topic. The […]

Thematic Incubator: Services for People on the Autistic Spectrum

12th November 10:00-12:30 CET

The aim of this meeting was to explore EPR future work in Autism, promoting mutual learning among the participants. EPR members shared and compared experiences in service provision for people on the autistic spectrum for their social and employment inclusion, including the challenges faced and success factors. EPR also presented the new project TransitAction, which […]

EPR Innovation taskforce – Employment, inclusion and ICF

10 November 2020 (10.00am - 12.00pm CET)

Following a successful first exchange in March 2019, EPR organized a series of meetings among its members to discuss the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF). During the events, EPR members shared experiences, challenges, possible developments in their use of ICF since the last meeting, the challenges and recommendations of its use in […]

Towards participation in a different normality – Mental Health as a cornerstone

5th November 11:00 - 12:30

EPR and its Mental Health Working Group members organised a public seminar to tackle and discuss key issues for delivering mental health services under the pandemic circumstances. How to best address the challenges services face,  the increase of mental health issues within the population and the difficulties some users might face on that different normality? […]

General Assembly

2 December 2020, 14.00-16.30

14.00 – 16.30 This GA included a strategic discussion on digitalisation; outputs of the Task Forces and follow up of the Annual Conference, feeding into the finalisation of EPR’s work programme in 2021. Members only.   These events receive financial support from the European Union, from the EU Programme for Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI). […]

Training workshop – Disability Management

29 October 2020, 9.30-12.30

Introduction Evidence based practice highlights the need to use an integrative approach in maintaining people at work or to reintegrate them in the labour market. One of the most critical success factors is having an actor coordinating the Return To Work (RTW) progress. The Disability Management (DM) represents a response to this need. The National […]

Well-being at work: Shaping a healthy work culture

28 October 10:00 - 12:00 CET Brussels time

EPR & Badiliko joined forces to support EPR members and extended network between the months of July and October via an exclusive interactive Webinar Learning Series: “Well-being at Work: Coping & Balancing (1); Coaching skills for resilience (2) and Shaping a healthy work culture (3)” Who was this for? Those of you who were looking […]

EPR EPSR Study Day Home-care and Community-based services (ONLINE)

20 October 2020, 9.30-12.00

The European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR) is a key social initiative launched by the European Commission in November 2017 aimed at improving the promotion and protection of social rights of EU residents. It is structured in 20 principles divided in three categories, referring to equal opportunities and access to labour market, fair working conditions […]

Webmeeting on labour market inclusion: case management 

15 October 2020

Following the benchlearning in 2019, this web meeting invited participants to share their developments and experience in case management for facilitating the employment of PWD. They discussed funding and policy barriers to successful case management and integrated care and support. The aim of the meeting was to identify success factors and recommendations for policy and […]

EPR EPSR Day ‘Services on social inclusion and early intervention for children’ (ONLINE)

14th October 2020 10:00-12:30 CEST

The European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR) is a key social initiative launched by the European Commission and aimed at improving the promotion and protection of social rights of EU residents. It is structured in 20 principles divided in three categories, referring to equal opportunities and access to labour market, fair working conditions and social […]

Well-being at Work: Coaching skills for Resilience

2nd October 11:00 - 13:00 CEST

EPR & Badiliko joined forces to support EPR members and extended network between the months of July and October via an exclusive interactive Webinar Learning Series: “Well-being at Work: Coping & Balancing” Who was this for? Those of you who were looking for an opportunity to learn, connect and share with each other how to […]

EPR Online Conference 2020 – Embracing Digital Transformation: Inspiration and Innovation for Quality Services

29 - 30 September 2020, 10-12.00 & 14-16.00

In 2019, the theme of digital transformation was chosen for a two-year period for EPR’s activities; a theme that became even more pertinent due to changed ways of working brought on by the impacts of COVID-19. The 2020 Annual Conference was one of the key activities organised by EPR to address the theme. It aimed […]

General Assembly

24 September, 14.30-16.30 CEST

EPR hosted a General Assembly online on the 24th September 2020. Two of the main agenda points were discussing the draft 2021 work programme and budget.  

Workshop – Leading Digital Transformation

27 May, 10 June, 21 Sept

Sessions Two online interactive workshop sessions, one-to-one support and a follow-up workshop were included in the package. 3-hour sessions was held on May 27th (9.30-12.30), June 10th (9.30-12.30)  CEST, Brussels time. There was a final session for participants to share and learn from their experiences either online or in-person on 21st September 13.30-16.30 (in the […]

EPR Centre Coordinators meeting – Online

9th September 2020

EPR Centre Coordinators met online to touch base on EU policy developments in our sector, project developments and catching up on the provision of services under the circumstances at the time. This was an internal meeting for EPR members only.  

EPR Mental Health Working Group

EPR Mental Health gathers experts on mental health issues from our membership to work together around a commonly agreed topic, developing resources together and learning from good practices from their centres. On July 13th, the EPR Mental Health WG held its next virtual meeting. This Working Group was for EPR members only although outcomes, activities […]

Well-being at Work: Coping & Balancing

9th July 10:30-12:30 CEST

EPR & Badiliko joined forces to support EPR members via an exclusive interactive Webinar Learning Series: “Wellbeing at Work: Coping & Balancing”  Who was this for? Those of you who were looking for an opportunity to learn, connect and share with each other how to improve your coping skills in times of change, ambiguity and […]

EPR Policy Working Group

EPR members of the Policy Working Group met online to discuss updates on EU policy developments related to EU funds, Disability Strategy and support to social services during COVID-19. Only for EPR members The Agenda of the WG was shared between the Working Group members. This event receives financial support from the European Union, from […]