March 2016

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	March 2016

Annual Review 2015

We would like to update you on our year in review publication for 2015, which is now available in five additional languages: français, español, deutsch, italiano and polski. We would like to thank our members and members of the ESN team who spent time proofreading the text, and also to thank those who contributed quotes for the report.

The ESN annual review gives you a snapshot of ESN's upcoming activities for 2016, as well as casting a look back on all of the activities that we were engaged in with our members and external parties, through working groups, our annual seminar, workshops, peer reviews and many more events.

In 2015 we had a record number of new members joining ESN, with 21 members overall joining our ranks. Please take a look at our members' map in the network section of the Annual Review 2015 (also available online) to pin-point their locations!

Please download your copy (search by language) and share it widely amongst your organisation and your membership base.

ESN participates in 2016 Annual Convention for Inclusive Growth

On 21st March, ESN was actively involved in the European Commission's Annual Convention for Inclusive Growth in Brussels. CEO John Halloran spoke at the workshop on EU funds and a side event on long-term unemployment jointly organised by ESN, Eurocities and Eurodiaconia, and Policy Director Alfonso Lara Montero acted as Rapporteur in the workshop on Active inclusion.

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UK government transforms local neighbourhoods with 'Our Place!' programme

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Dr Reima Ana Maglajlic from the Network on Social Work and Extreme Events at the University of Sussex gives ESN members an introduction to their network, its background, initiation, and purpose.

The Centre for Health Service Studies at the University of Kent seeks motivated Research Fellow.

Rees, the Centre for Research in Fostering and Education at the University of Oxford is looking for a Research Fellow to start at the beginning of June.