European Accessibility Act, Setting Accessibility Requirements to Products and Services, Comes Into Effect
The European Accessibility Act is an EU Directive that requires that a set of products and services meet accessibility...
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New Actions of the Strategy on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities are a Work in Process for the European Commission
On 19 June, EPR attended the Disability Platform’s* second meeting of the year, hosted online by the European Commission (EC)....
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EUROFOUND Report on Unpaid Care Highlights the Key Role of Formal Care Services
A EUROFUND report on “Unpaid care in the EU”, published in July 2025, analyses the current situation and characteristics of...
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Nearly a Quarter of People Aged 16 and Over in the EU Has a Disability, 2024 Eurostat Data Reports
In July 2025, Eurostat published the latest data on the share of people in the European Union with a disability – considered...
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European Alliance for Apprenticeships Sets Sights on 700 Pledges by 2030
At the 2025 edition of the yearly high-level event of the European Alliance for Apprenticeships (EAfA) – a platform created by...
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WHO Advances Mental Health work: Roadmap on Lived Experience, Joint Programme on Children and Adolescents’ Mental Health
In the new Roadmap “Transforming mental health through lived experience”, launched in June 2025, WHO Regional Office for...
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WHO Maps Out Community-based Support for People with Disabilities and Older Adults with Care Needs
The WHO report “Mapping community-based care and support for people with disabilities and older adults” underlines how...
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Bridging the Health Gap for Persons with Disabilities – WHO Launches Disability Health Equity Initiative
The WHO’s Disability Health Equity initiative was unveiled on 10 June 2025, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York...
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EPR Publishes its Strategic Priorities 2026 – 2029
The Strategy is the result of a co-production exercise where EPR members, together with the EPR Board and the EPR Secretariat,...
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EPR Response to the European Court of Auditors’ Report on EU Funding for NGOs
As an NGO that relies partially on EU funding, in EPR we acknowledge the European Court of Auditors' (ECA) recent report...
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EQUASS
The European Quality in Social Services (EQUASS) is an initiative of the European Platform for Rehabilitation (EPR). EQUASS enhances the social sector by engaging social service providers in continuous improvement, learning and development, in order to guarantee service users quality of services throughout Europe.
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