On 21 January 2021, the European Parliament issued and important resolution on the gender perspective in the COVID-19 crisis and post-crisis period This resolution calls on the Commission to collect disaggregated and comparable data on the provision of different types…
The Social Platform just launched this year’s ‘Made in Social Europe’ exhibition – a collection of 19 inspiring practices from civil society organisations who are a part of our European member networks. We are all aware of the devastating impact…
Each year since 2012, our member Carers Scotland, on behalf of the Scottish Government and in partnership with the national carer organisations, organise an annual Carers Parliament for carers from all across Scotland. The first ever virtual Carers Parliament took…
“To achieve gender equality, the European Union should launch an ambitious initiative on long-term care” Eurocarers welcomes the adoption of conclusions on “Tackling the Gender Pay Gap: Valuation and Distribution of Paid Work and Unpaid Care Work" by EU ministers…
Eurofound just released the article “Shaping the future of long-term care: A good outcome will benefit all”, which calls for an EU strategy on carers: An ageing Europe and rising public expenditure on long-term care have signalled for some time…
The National Board of Health and Welfare Sweden (NBHWS) was commissioned by the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs to lay the foundation for a National Carers Strategy. The newly published report focuses, in the first instance, on informal carers…
Eurocarers publishes today a Policy Paper presenting how the EU should address the key challenges that informal carers face in accessing their rights, in response to a public Consultation launched by the European Commission on the implementation of the European…
The Political Guidelines of President Ursula von der Leyen announced the adoption of a Child Guarantee to help ensuring that every child in Europe at risk of poverty or social exclusion has access to the most basic of rights like health care and education. The European…
The 2020 edition of Health at a Glance: Europe focuses on the impact of the COVID‑19 crisis. Chapter 1 provides an initial assessment of the resilience of European health systems to the COVID-19 pandemic and their ability to contain and…
Eurocarers just published a position paper on the Implementation of Work-Life Balance Directive and new Carers’ Rights in Europe. This position paper aims to provide a user-friendly overview of the state of play on the implementation of the Work-Life Directive and,…
