A look back to the activities of the Europe's leading network for social services during 2022. 

The European Social Network continued to support social services professionals across Europe responding to the overlapping crises...

Social services are a fundamental part of social protection systems across the EU and play a key role in improving people's lives. They are also a lever for delivering on the political commitment of the European Union to promote...

The European Union has recognised that activating and enabling social services play a vital role in lifting the most vulnerable people out of poverty and social exclusion. Combining minimum income, or similar financial benefits...

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...

The policy briefing has been drafted in the framework of the 2022 annual meeting of the European Social Network’s (ESN) Working Group on Quality of Social Services. The meeting brought together social services directors...

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...

This briefing has been drafted in the framework of a round table organised by the European Social Network (ESN) at the European Parliament (EP) to discuss the use of European Union (EU) funding to develop new models of social care...

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.