2011 ESN's Response on Early School Leaving

This response is ESN's contribution to the consultation on the European Commission's Communication on Tackling Early School Leaving and the accompanying Proposal for a Council Recommendation. Given the target to reduce the early school leaving rate Europe-wide.

2011 ESN's Response to European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing

This response is ESN's contribution to the consultation on the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing, part of the EU's 'Innovation Union' strategy - one of the Europe 2020 flagship initiatives to turn ideas into jobs, green growth, and social progress.

2010 ESN's Response to European Pact for Mental Health and Wellbeing

This response supports the European Pact for Mental Health and Wellbeing and is committed to contribute to its implementation. ESN believes that mental health is not only an issue for health but also for social services.

2010 ESN's Consultation Response on EC Communication of the Rights of the Child

This response welcomes the intention of the Commission to adopt a Communication on Children’s Rights (2011-2014) at the end of 2010.It responds to the questions raised in the Consultation document under the heading Vulnerable groups of children.

2010 ESN’s Recommendations on the European Platform against Poverty

This policy paper is a contribution to the debate on the future of the EU’s work on social protection and inclusion in the framework of the European Platform against Poverty.

2009 Green Paper on the European Workforce for Health

This is ESN’s response to the European Commission consultation on the health workforce. It emphasizes that many of the challenges and opportunities on this issue are similar in the area of social services.

2008 Europe’s Social Reality and Social Vision

This is ESN’s response to the European Commission consultation and presents current social and economic trends and challenges in Europe from the perspective of local public social services.

2008 Active Inclusion

This is a response to the European Commission consultation on its active inclusion policy concept, designed to support the development of better policies to integrate people furthest from the labour market.

2007 People not Patients: Long-term Care in an Ageing Europe

This is a statement about the values and role of social services in long-term care for older people. It also provides ESN’s standpoint on European cooperation in the area of long-term care.

2007 Child Poverty and Welfare in Europe

This is a statement on the values and role of social services in protecting children and combating child poverty. It also provides ESN’s standpoint on European cooperation in the area of child poverty.

2006 Social and Employment Activation

These are ESN’s key recommendations for managing coordinated services for social and labour market activation of vulnerable people.

2006 Antidiscrimination and Integration

This is a set of practice-based recommendations on striving for equality in social services as employers, service providers and community partners and supporting the integration of minority groups.

2005 Access to Quality Services

This is a set of practice-based recommendations about promoting better access to social services and improving the quality of services through user participation.

2011 Mental Health and Wellbeing in Europe

This report aims to share the knowledge and learning from ESN's working group on mental health and the European Pact for Mental Health and Wellbeing.

2010 Annual Review 2010

The Review highlights ESN’s policy & practice work with Members and at EU level over the past year and celebrates the achievements of the last three years. Translations available in français, deutsch, español, polski, and magyar.

2010 Contracting for Quality

This report presents the ESN's research study on the relationships between the financer, regulator, planner, case-manager, provider and user in long-term care in Europe.

2010 Breaking the cycle of deprivation

This report presents the view of ESN working group on social work with children and families across Europe. It is part of a series which reflect the work of ESN policy & practice working groups.

2010 Annual Review 2009

This report shows ESN work and activities with its members in 2009. It shows how ESN supports members in addressing challenges in managing social services at the local level through mutual learning. Translated in ES-IT-FR-DE-PL-EL.

2009 Members' Review 2008

This report shows ESN work and activities with its members in 2008. It shows how ESN supports members in addressing challenges in managing social services at the local level through mutual learning. Translated in FR-ES-CZ-PL-DE-IT.

2009 Review of National Reports 2008-10

This report is a review  of the National Reports on Strategies for Social Protection and Social Inclusion 2008-10 by ESN members accross Europe.

2008 Realising Potential/ Réaliser son potentiel

This report presents the view of ESN members about managing active inclusion services at local level across Europe. It is part of a series which reflect the work of ESN policy & practice working groups.

2007 Care across the Generations/ Des soins à travers les générations

This report analyses national policy development in the area of child poverty and long-term care as presented in the National Reports on Strategies for Social Protection and Social Inclusion 2006-08.

2006 Social Services and Social Inclusion/ Services Sociaux et Inclusion Sociale

This report presents ESN’s thematic work in the area of social inclusion particularly looking at issues of access, quality, equality and activation. It also reviews national policy development in social inclusion through the National Action Plans on Social Inclusion 2006-08.

2005 Promoting Inclusion for Unaccompanied Minor Asylum-Seeking Children and Immigrants

A Duty of Justice and Care. Emerging from an ESN project, this is a call for the reception and care of migrant children and unaccompanied children seeking asylum based on the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Translated in Française, Deutsch, Magyar, Italiano, Română.

2003 Managing Diversity in Public Health and Social Care in the Interest of all Citizens

Report 1: Race and Ethnicity / Report 2: Disability / Report 3: Age

These three reports were prepared as part of a two-year transnational project designed to help public sector managers in health and social care, as employers and providers, to combat discrimination and promote equality.

2001 Civil Dialogue in the Nordic Countries/Ziviler Dialog in den Nordischen Staaten/ Dialogue civil dans les pays nordiquess

This report explores partnerships between local authorities and the community in Nordic countries in combating social exclusion and discrimination.

2000 Mind the Gap

This report promotes stronger co-operation between the public and private social sectors at a local, national and a European level.

2011 Lifting 20 million people out of poverty & social exclusion

This paper provides insights and experience from local public social services on improving social inclusion in light of the Europe 2020 Strategy.

2010 Managing social services in times of crisis

This working paper assesses the impact of the financial and economic crisis on local public social services and reflects discussions with Members about managing services in a difficult economic climate.

2008 Building Capacity, Improving Quality: Social Services in Transition in CEE

This working paper explores the transition of social services in Central and Eastern Europe from in the post-Communist period and addresses the challenges of decentralisation, deinstitutionalisation and quality development.

2006 Social and Employment Activation

This paper reviews contemporary policy trends and case studies on cooperation between different services (benefits, employment, social work) to help marginalised people towards the labour market.

2005 Access to Quality Services / Accès à des services sociaux de qualité

This paper presents a contemporary understanding of the meaning of access and quality in the sector and explores current practice particularly through user participation.

2005 Basic Social Services in Rural Settlements, Village and Remote Homestead Community Care-giving in Hungary

This is a synthesis report from an EU peer review about social work services by community care-takers in remote rural villages in Hungary.

ESN’s contributions to peer reviews on a number of national social protection and inclusion policies through the EU peer review programme can be downloaded with all peer review documents at:

2010: Federal Foundation Mother and Child (Germany)

2009 City Strategy for tackling unemployment and child poverty (UK)

2009 Combining choice, quality and equity in social services (Denmark)

2007: ACCESS Cottonera Community Resource Centre (Malta)

2006: Financial coordination within the field of rehabilitation (Sweden)