EASPD calls for more support from EU Commission in creating Social Services Sector job opportunities
The European Association of Service Providers for Persons with Disabilities (EASPD) has published a briefing paper analysing the current state of the Social Services labour market, in terms of its job creation potential, development barriers, and problem areas where the European Commission should further concentrate its efforts.
World Down Syndrome Day, celebrated on the 21st of March of each year, is a good occasion for persons with Down syndrome around the world to make a statement and demand equal rights and opportunities.
It is positive to see the European Council calling for “stepping up efforts to reach the Europe 2020 targets”. This supports the request of employment and social affairs ministers during their EPSCO meeting last week to “strengthen their efforts to reduce poverty”.
The Council of Europe has launched two new online resource platforms comprising a revamped online bookshop and a free documentation resource for the general public.
Twenty European networks working with children and families announced the creation of the ‘EU Alliance for Investing in Children’.
The European Network of Independent Living (ENIL) in collaboration with the European Disability Forum (EDF) and the European Foundation Centre’s Consortium on Human Rights and Disability (EFC) launched a campaign to highlight the impact of disability cuts in the anticipation of the European Parliament elections of May 2014.
