The next EPWG Webinar is scheduled for Tuesday 26th October, from 13.30 to 16.00. Our discussion will focus on carers’ access to adequate income and pensions.
Should you have any questions, please contact us at jn@eurocarers.org.
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You will find here below (under the tab “Previous EPWG Meetings) also the meeting documents of the Eurocarers Policy Working Group Meetings that took place earlier in 2020 and 2021.
Meeting agenda:
Draft Agenda_EPWG_26 October 2021.docxBackground documents
Latest-Policy-Dev.-CC-EPWG-26102021.pptx
‘Enhancing the social rights of informal carers: the way forward’ (Eurocarers, 2020)
Eurocarers’ fact sheet on Informal care, Poverty and Social Exclusion (Eurocarers, 2018)
Employing unpaid carers - Initiative in Austria - ALZ article by SF - Sept 2021Ireland
Carers-income-Template-for-collection-of-practices-and-policies-Ireland.pdf
Long-Term-care-Report-2021-Ireland-Profile.pdf
Germany
Carers-income_Germany1.docx
Carers-income_Germany-2-SRB-1.docx
France
IACO-GSoC-France-FINAL-MAY-2021.pdf
Meeting on 16th March 2021
The first EPWG webinar of the year 2021 focused mainly on the European Action Plan to implement the Social Pillar, assessing to what extent it takes into account Eurocarers’ detailed contribution ‘Enhancing the social rights of informal carers: the way forward’ prepared by the group last year, and discussed follow-up actions. The meeting presentation and other documents are available for download here below.
Meeting documents:
- EPWG Draft agenda 16 March 2021
- EPWG Draft minutes 19 Nov.
- EPWG Presentation CC CM - 16 March 2021
- GreenPaper_Ageing_Toolkit_AGE-extract_FINAL.pptx
- Eurocarers contribution to the public consultation on the Social Pillar’s Action Plan can be downloaded in here
- Draft-Minutes_EPWG_20210316.docx
Few links to items mentioned by participants during the meeting:
- The European Pillar of Social Rights Action Plan
- Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan
- Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021-2030
- More information on the European Parliament Informal Carers Interest Group can be found on Eurocarers website in here. Scroll to the bottom of the mentioned page to find links to the meeting reports of prior meetings.
- Independent Review of Adult Social Care in Scotland
- Decree (July 2019) on recognition of informal carers in Madeira Archipelago, Portugal (in Portuguese)
- Decree (November 2019) on recognition of informal carers on Azores Islands, Portugal (in Portuguese)
Meeting on 19th November 2020:
- Enhancing the Rights of Informal Carers - Eurocarers' Response to the Consultation on the Social Pillar Action Plan (added on 30th November)
- EPWG Agenda 19/11/2020 (updated on 17th November)
- EPWG Presentation Claire - 19/11/2020 (added on 19th November)
- EPWG Family Photo 19/11/2020_1 (added on 19th November)
- EPWG Family Photo 19/11/2020_2 (added on 19th November)
Meeting on 30th September 2020:
Last Updated on October 29, 2021