The 2022 European Social Services Awards recognised the social services which have developed and implemented a new and innovative process, product, approach, model or programme that improves the services themselves or the...

As the world moves from crisis to crisis, resilience has become a focal point in the discussions on crisis response and recovery. Social services carry the responsibility to support those made vulnerable in times of crisis as well...

Each year, the ESN European Semester Group follows the European Commission’s cycle of policy coordination with EU Member States known as the European Semester and produces a report based on a questionnaire completed by public...

Building resilience, celebrating excellence 

Read about the winners and finalists of the innovative projects selected for the 2021 European Social Services Awards, and how they continued to deliver care in the community despite...

ESN's recommendations in response to the European Commission's consultation on the proposed European Care Strategy.

The European Social Network's response to the European Commission’s call for evidence on minimum income programmes.

The European Social Network (ESN)’s Annual Review highlights our activities in 2021 which were mainly focused on recovery from Covid-19, with the concept of resilience becoming increasingly central to our work and that of our...

The Recovery and Resilience Funds and the future ESF + offer the opportunity to make a robust investment in public social services, and aspire to transform the care, social support and welfare models of our societies. The European...

This report presents details of the questionnaires, practices, and meeting discussions of ESN’s Working Group on Integrated Care and Support that between 2018 and 2021 analysed the integrated provision of support and social...

This policy briefing has been drafted in the framework of the 2021 meeting of the European Social Network’s (ESN) Working Group
on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The aim of ESN’s Working Group on the SDGs is to explore...