Dear Eurocarers Members,
We would like to thank all those who joined us in Brussels for our 18th Annual General Assembly, held in Brussels on the 21st and 22nd of May 2024. It was a pleasure to welcome you and engage in fruitful discussions during the event.
For those who were unable to attend or would like to revisit the materials, we have made the background documents available on this page for your reference.
Should you have any follow-up questions or comments regarding the AGM or our activities, please do not hesitate to reach out to our secretariat at sy@eurocarers.org. We are here to assist you in any way we can!
Thank you once again for your continued support, and we look forward to our ongoing collaboration.
Warm regards,
The Eurocarers Secretariat
Meeting Documents
- AGM 2024 – Draft Agenda (including motion jointly submitted by wir pflegen e.V., VOCAL and the Coalition of Carers in Scotland)
- List of Participants
- Draft minutes of AGM 2023
- Draft minutes of AGM 2024
- Treasurer’s report 2024 and Annual Accounts 2023
- Eurocarers Statutes and Internal rules are available on our website – see here
DAY 1
- Treasurer’s and Activity reports 2023 – A. Vatland and S. Yghemonos
- Reflecting on our past, shaping our future – S. Yghemonos
DAY 2
- Supporting informal carers via employment contracts – C. Champeix
Policy ‘Tour de Table’
- V. Spazzoli, EC, DG EMPL – EU Policy on Long-Term Care
- N. De Bruyne – Informal Care Plan of the Flemish region in Belgium
- M. Lenstrup – Demolishing welfare in Denmark
- M. Linnavirta – Strengthening advocacy by knowledge in Carers Finland
- A. Hoff – Reconciliation LTC employment policies Germany
- C. Cairns – Progress and Challenges towards caring breaks in Scotland
- A. Ramovs – Adoption of a new LTC Act in Slovenia
- S. Yeandle – Centre for Care UK
Presentation of Eurocarers Research activities
- Eldicare 2.0: Re-defining skills in a post-COVID European Silver Economy – G. Lanfredi
- Well-Care: Investing in the mental health and wellbeing of informal carers and LTC workers – C. Champeix
Research ‘Tour de Table’
- A. Goirigolzarri – Presentación Grupo SSI, Spain
- A. Hoff – Research at GAT, Germany
- A. M. Leleszi-Trobert – Preventing burnout and keeping carers on the labour market during the pandemic, Hungary
- A. Ramovs – Promoting careers in LTC, Slovenia
- B. De Koker and D. Lambotte – HOGENT, Belgium
- E. Miller – Interface between informal and fomal care, Scotland
- G. Casanova – INRCA Research activities related to informal carers, Italy
- M. Makri – Research on caregivers, Greece
- N. De Bruyne – Inspiration Guide for Young Carers in Higher Education, Belgium
European Carers Day
- O. Jacqmain – 2024 ECD campaign
