24-28 June
In November 2017, the European Commission launched the European Pillar of Social Rights (see our dedicated webpage here) to promote and protect social rights of EU residents. This is the latest key social initiative in Europe. EPR monitors and follow the developments on the Social Pillar as services play a key role on its success: […]
3-5 June 2019
EPR’s 2019 Annual Conference was co-organised by Astangu, our Estonian member, and took place in Tallinn on June 3rd-5th, 2019. 3rd June: AM: Tour of Astangu. PM: EPR internal meetings – Centre Coordinators and General Assembly (at Astangu, Astangu street 27, 13519 Tallinn) and opening reception (at Nordic Hotel Forum,Viru väljak 3, 10111 Tallinn) 4th […]
13 - 14 May 2019
On 13 – 14 May, the EPR Mental Health Working Group came together for the second meeting of this working group specialised at looking into mental health issues. Thanks to the hosting of EPR member Fundación INTRAS in Valladolid, Spain, the group met for one day and a half to discuss topics such as how […]
7 March 2019
EPR, Rehabilitation International and the Belgian Institute for Health and Disability Insurance hosted a mini-conference on socio-professional rehabilitation, with presentation of good practices and research from inside and outside of the workplace where around 100 people took part. The conference was opened by an intervention on Addiction Medicine in the Workplace by Dr Marsolais, president […]
6 March 2019
On 6 March 2019 EPR organised a session for members to share experiences and developments in their use of International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) in their respective organizations and to explore what future cooperation could take place within the EPR network on this topic. International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) […]
20 February 2019
On Wednesday 20th of February from 10.00-12.00 at the European Parliament (room ASP5E3) Social Services Europe presented its most recent research study on Improving Work Life Balance (WLB) through enabling social services. This event was co-hosted by Mr David Casa, EPP Group MEP for Malta and Rapporteur of the Report on Work Life Balance […]
Monday, 17 December 2018
This 1-day event was co-organized with Theotokos and addressed training and employment of pwd, with a focus on supported employment. Over 120 people took part. Local and national policy makers made interventions, Laura Jones presented good practices from the EPR membership and Luc Henau, as President of the European Union for Supported Employment, presented the […]
6 December 2018
Schedule of the day: > 9:00-13:00 Public Affairs Event > 13:00-14:00 Networking Lunch > 14:00-18:00 Centre Coordinators & General Assembly > 19:30-22:30 Networking Christmas Dinner Our yearly Public Affairs event took place on the 6th of December in Brussels, Belgium. This year we organised it together with EASPD with whom EPR did a joint research […]
27-28 November 2018
Following last year’s successful Conference of EQUASS in Lithuania, EQUASS organised a new Conference in Lisbon, Portugal, from the 27th to the 28th of November 2018. The key focus of the EQUASS Conference was to present a wide range of Quality Initiatives from across Europe highlighting experiences and research results from practitioners and experts. The […]
Wednesday 21 November 2018
This seminar examined different models for quality of life of people with disabilities. A representative of National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) in Finland presented some of the latest developments regarding the digitalisation of the functioning measures database. This is an open access free-of-charge tool in Finnish, designed for experts and professionals interested in how […]
15-16 November 2018
Following the successful meeting organised in Köln last year attended by more than 30 participants from several countries, EPR co-organised the 2018 edition on partnership with employers events together with Fundación ONCE and Inserta. The local hosts have extensive experience in developing successful collaboration with a variety of national and international companies. Fundación ONCE and […]
5-8 November 2018
Would you like to be an EQUASS Auditor? EQUASS, the European Quality in Social Services initiative of our network, organises an Auditor Training of four days in Vilnius from the 5th to the 8th of November. Registrations are now open to the public till the 26th of October. The training will be delivered in English […]
27 September 2018
On September 27th, EPR co-organised a conference focused on the employment of people with disabilities in Vienna, Austria together with EASPD, the European Union of Supported Employment, the Austrian Disability Council and the Austrian Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Consumer Protection. This conference, organised within the Austrian Presidency of the Council of the European […]
20-21 September 2018
Thriving in fast changing societies: creating future services, supporting inclusion The ongoing process to ensure “future-ready” services calls for service providers to work together with those who are using the services and also to create broader partnerships with the community and other stakeholders. Radical transformations are re-shaping societies at an unprecedented pace and the 2018 […]
13.30- 17.00 - 19 September 2018
EU policies are implemented through a wide range of programmes and funds, which provide financial support to hundreds of thousands of beneficiaries, including social, education and health service providers. In the current context of austerity measures, EU funding grants can be an alternative or addition to traditional methods of financing. For this purpose, and after […]
5 September 2018 (17:20 -19:00 CET)
EPR together with CSAVR, organised a webinar where representatives from Microsoft presented wide range of programs for people with disabilities. Together with the Mircrosoft Inclusive Hiring Program Manager and the NGO Program Manager, the webinar presented Microsoft Inclusive Hiring and Outreach, the Autism at Work program and other initiative that Microsoft have with their suppliers […]
Wednesday, 29 August 2018 16:00 -17:30 CET
Prof Dr. McFarlane and Dr. Mari Guillermo discussed with our members through a webinar the development, implementation and preliminary findings of the five-year research CaPROMISE, funded by the Office of Special Education Programs, US Department of Education. The focus was to examine person-centric and system-centric strategies for increasing retention and graduation from high school, postsecondary […]
27 June 2018
As part of its annual work programme, EPR offered a series of webinars to members focusing on updating on the latest developments on EU policy that relate to EPR members sector of work and how they might be relevant for them. During the past months, key developments have been made in relation to social issues […]
25-26 June 2018
EPR was pleased to invite all our members to an event on mental health organised in collaboration with Rehab Group and hosted by the NLN Kerry. The event took take place on 25th and 26th of June 2018 in Tralee, a beautiful part of Ireland. The programme for this event was developed using the inputs […]
25 June 2018
This webinar was led by EPR member Theotokos and featured a presentation and discussion on their EPR Prize winning game. Members were invited to present their own use of serious games to develop social skills in young people and discuss challenges and opportunities for implementing such models. It took place from 11.00 – 12.30 CET. […]