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Semester Alliance: Toolkit on the European Semester

by Veneta Kuyova - Wednesday, 14 February 2018, 10:28 AM
 

Description 

This Toolkit is aimed at the national members of the European organisations which constitute the Semester Alliance, and is designed to support them in engaging with Europe 2020 and the European Semester. It gives information about the processes and the opportunities for engagement, by clarifying the key elements, timeline, and strategic actors of the new process, as well as giving links and suggesting different ways of involvement.


Reference 

http://easpd.eu/sites/default/files/sites/default/files/Policy/ES/easpd_toolkit_en.pdf 



 

Social Impact Investment – Building the Evidence Base

by Veneta Kuyova - Wednesday, 14 February 2018, 10:46 AM
 

Description 

This report provides a framework for assessing the social impact investment market and focuses on the need to build the evidence base. The report highlights the importance of further international collaborations in developing global standards on definitions, data collection, impact measurement and evaluation of policies as well as experience sharing between players in the market.


Reference 

http://bruegel.org/wp-content/uploads/imported/publications/OECD_SII.pdf



 

Social Impact Investment: European Economic and Social Committee Opinion

by Veneta Kuyova - Wednesday, 14 February 2018, 10:50 AM
 

Description 

The Commission's Social Investment Package (SIP)  highlights the importance of well-designed welfare systems in which social enterprises and social entrepreneurs  are supported as pioneers of change and innovation to complement public sector efforts.


Reference 

http://www.eesc.europa.eu/?i=portal.en.int-opinions.32426



 

Social Investment Package

by Admin EASPD - Wednesday, 14 February 2018, 10:58 AM
 

Description
The Social Investment Package (SIP) is a series of non-binding documents, adopted by the European Commission in 2013 as a response to the economic crisis, threatening the achievement of the EU2020 poverty and employment targets and to the demographic changes that are shrinking the size of the working-age population in Europe.

Reference

http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?langId=en&catId=1044&newsId=1807&furtherNews=yes


 

Social services of General Interest

by Admin EASPD - Wednesday, 14 February 2018, 11:03 AM
 

Description

This Communication is a further step towards taking into account the specific nature of social services at European level. It presents an open list of characteristics reflecting the specific nature of social services as services of general interest.


Reference

http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=URISERV%3Al33230


 

Stability and Growth Pact (SGP)

by Admin EASPD - Tuesday, 27 February 2018, 11:37 AM
 

Description

The Stability and Growth Pact (SGP) is a set of rules designed to ensure that countries in the European Union pursue sound public finances and coordinate their fiscal policies. 


Reference

http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/economic_governance/sgp/index_en.htm


 

Strengthening the Workforce for People with Disabilities: Initial Mapping Across Europe

by Admin EASPD - Friday, 26 April 2019, 8:41 AM
 


Description

EASPD has recently established a European Observatory for Human Resources (EOHR) on staffing issues in the disability field, which aims to develop a better understanding of how human resources are currently used. Through the commissioning and use of research, EOHR will facilitate discussions on critical issues of staffing, training and quality of life.

Reference

https://www.easpd.eu/sites/default/files/sites/default/files/PressReleases/eohr_report_0.pdf

 

Study on Challenges and Good Practices in the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

by Veneta Kuyova - Friday, 30 March 2018, 10:58 AM
 

Description 

The goal of this study is to identify challenges that may hinder the full and effective implementation of the Convention, and measures that would facilitate the achievement of its objectives (‘good practices’). 


Reference 

http://efc.issuelab.org/resource/study_on_challenges_and_good_practices_in_the_implementation_of_the_un_convention_on_the_rights_of_persons_with_disabilities_executive_summary



 

Study on Social Services of General Interest

by Admin EASPD - Wednesday, 14 February 2018, 11:53 AM
 

Description
The aim of this study on social services of general interest is to describe the status quo of four types of social services (long-term care, childcare, social housing and employment services) as regards three main aspects: the applicable regulatory framework for service provision and financing, the types of service providers, and the main quality tools and frameworks.

Reference

http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=794


 

Support Services to Ensure the Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities

by Admin EASPD - Thursday, 9 May 2019, 11:00 AM
 


Description

This report aims to raise awareness and provide guidance to States on how to ensure access to different forms of support for persons with disabilities inclusive of a human rights-based approach. 

The Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities, Catalina Devandas-Aguilar, submits the present report to the Human Rights Council pursuant to its resolution 26/20. It describes the activities she carried out in 2016 and contains a thematic study on access to support by persons with disabilities.

Reference

http://www.embracingdiversity.net/files/report/1494498614_support-services-for-persons-with-disabilities.pdf