On 1 April 2022, we held the 2021 ceremony of the European Social Services Awards against the ongoing impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and yet another crisis -the arrival of Ukrainian refugees, to neighbouring European countries...

For the past seven years, there have been more than 40 social innovation projects funded by the EU. Between 2014 and 2020, the European Commission (EC)’s Directorate-General for Employment and Social Affairs (DG EMPL) launched 7...

Over 550 leaders of social services authorities, policy-makers, researchers and industry professionals will shortly be coming together in Hamburg for the 30th European Social Services Conference beginning on 8 June. 

On 10-12 May the European Social Network (ESN) presented at the German Welfare Day on how social services across Europe promote access to disability rights across Europe. 

The 2022 European Independent Living Day is dedicated to young disabled people. How are ESN members supporting autonomy and independence?

As EU national governments begin to submit their plans for the implementation of the European Child Guarantee, ESN reiterates the need to involve everyone concerned, including children themselves and public social services...

Find out the winners of the 2021 European Social Services Awards, announced on 1 April in Brussels.

Last month, I spoke at a session on technology in social services at Barcelona’s Mobile World Congress, where I learnt about Ari, a robot developed by social services in Barcelona that supports older people in their own homes to...

How ESN members are responding the humanitarian crisis caused by the war in Ukraine. 

The European Social Network (ESN) has responded to the European Commission’s call for evidence on minimum income programmes. ESN argues that minimum income programmes should provide an appropriate floor and be accompanied by a...