The Fight against Homelessness: Solidarity in Action – FEANTSA 2017 Policy Conference

Our member organisation FEANTSA is organising their policy conference in May in Gdansk. 18th May 2017 (afternoon) Site Visits to view services working with homeless people in Gdansk or Working Spaces on the following issues: drug use, women's homelessness, youth homelessness, social rental agencies, homelessness in Russia, Housing First. 19th May 2017 (all day) Main conference…

Public Hearing – Equal treatment, equality bodies and other possible means of redress for Roma

The European Economic and Social Committee is holding a public hearing at their site in the European Quarter, Brussels, on "Equal treatment, equality bodies and other possible means of redress for Roma". Anti-gypsyism and discrimination are important barriers to Roma enjoying full rights and this hearing plans to map possible avenues for redress for Roma, including…

Affordable Energy, a Basic Social Right – How to abolish Energy Poverty?

A workshop will be held in the European Parliament, organised by Delegation DIE LINKE. (in the European Parliament); Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung Brussels Office; Transform Europe Network. The following topics will be discussed: 1) Ensuring the basic social right; safeguards against disconnection: how can access to affordable energy be assured; 2) Re-municipalisation of the grid and utilities: how…

25th European Social Services Conference

Valletta, Malta

The 25th European Social Services Conference (ESSC) will take place in Valletta (Malta) on 26-28 June 2017 in cooperation with the Maltese Presidency of the Council of the European Union, and organised by the European Social Network. The 25th anniversary edition of the ESSC will explore how innovation and new practices can help local public…

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