Voices from the ground | Covid-19

« We are all experiencing a terrible health crisis today, a deadly crisis, that is challenging another crisis that Europe is trying to combat. For many years there’s a crisis going on in Europe that has been devastating, namely the crisis caused by poverty. Everyday millions of people fight to be able to feed themselves…

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Inspiring literature | Covid-19

Academic  Rutger Bregman in The Correspondent – The neoliberal era is ending. What comes next? Prof. Philippe Delespaul in Sociaal Web (NL) – A virus in mental health care, a vaccine in the making? Lessons learned during the corona lockdown (article) Dublin City Community Cooperative – The Impact of Covid-19 on the Most Disadvantaged in Our…

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EU Institutions | Covid-19

European Commission: European Commission’s Coronavirus Update page Timeline of EU Action   Council of the European Union: COVID-19 updates’ page COVID-19: Council gives go-ahead to further use of cohesion resources   European Parliament: What the Parliament is doing to mitigate the crisis? Novel Coronavirus Outbreak   Eurofund Living, working and COVID-19: First findings Report  ©…

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Alliances, partners, other organisations | Covid-19

Alliances: EU Alliance for Investing in Children –Joint statement on protecting children and their families during and after the COVID19 crisis European Organisations COFACE – 8 key actions to help families & the economy bounce back Community Work Ireland – Marginalised Groups: Planning for resilience in the Covid-19 crisis Ensie – Call for specific support measures…

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Protecting children and their families during and after the COVID19 crisis | EU Alliance for Investing in Children

The COVID19 pandemic is foreseen to bring severe socio-economic challenges that will affect EU children and families across the EU. The EU Alliance for Investing in Children launched a statement on 16 April to ask the EU institutions to prioritise children and families in their COVID19 response both in the short term and the long…

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