Past events
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Microsoft Teams: a demo session
9 March 2021 (9.30am - 12.00 pm CET)
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, meetings organized by EPR moved online. In particular, Micrthe osoft Teams platform was chosen by the EPR secretariat as it is considered the most complete for and widespread within the network. For this reason, EPR organised a meeting (the second) with Bart Coopman, executive officer at GTB. Coopman will introduce […]
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Policy Webinar “EU role in ensuring Inclusive Labour Market in Europe”
16 February 2021, 14:00 - 16:00 CET
The Inclusive Labour Market Alliance (ILMA) has organised the policy webinar “EU role in ensuring Inclusive Labour Market in Europe.” The objective of the event is to call EU policymakers for action to ensure that every citizen had the right to decent work in an open and inclusive labour market. ILMA is an informal network […]
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INTEREHA working group
1 February 14.30-16.00 CET
The EPR working group led by member Fondazione Don Carlo Gnochi will meet to continue the joint work with a focus on challenges in measuring the impact of technologies on individuals. HealthTech4EU Alliance advancement and Q&A. Updates and discussion on the EPR-INTEREHA SRIA building process. Discussion on topics of interest for EPR-INTEREHA training sessions. This […]
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National Awareness Raising Event Germany – Working with Young People
17th December 2020
EPR and the Mariaberg e.V. jointly organised an event regarding the young people. This was an opportunity for German organisations working with young people to share challenges and good practices with service providers from across Europe, plan future joint work and develop recommendations for policymakers. Mariaberg e.V. Mariaberg e.V. is a Diaconal Social Service institution […]
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National Awareness Raising Event Slovenia – Services for PWD during COVID19
17th December 2020
EPR and the University Rehabilitation Institute (URI) jointly organised an event on how training and employment services for people with a disability had been adapted during the COVID-19 pandemic – what are the challenges and lessons learnt? There were presentations of challenges of service provision under COVID19 and how services were adapted in Slovenia and […]
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Online Meeting/Webinar Sexual Rehabilitation
16th December 10:00-12:00
Sexual rehabilitation for people with disabilities is a topic of increased interest and has been identified by EPR members as an area of potential work for service providers to people with disabilities. Some EPR members already work providing sexual education to users and others have interest in the topic. This webinar/online meeting looked into sharing […]
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The Road to Employment – National Awareness Raising Event Sweden (online)
10 December, 9:00-12:30
EPR and the Swedish Association for Supported Employment jointly organised an event on the employment of people with a disability with a focus on supported employment. A meeting report as well as the programme can be found below. Svenska Föreningen Supported Employment – SFSE Svenska föreningen för Supported Employment, SFSE, är en ideell förening som […]
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LINC Life Project – Closing conference
4 December 2020, 10:00-11.45 CET
Discover the LINC Life Project This initiative involves 6 participating organisations across the EU: GTB (Belgium); Theotokos (Greece); Orchardville (United Kingdom); Vates Foundation (Finland); Activa (Sweden), Malta Federation of Organisations Persons with Disability (Malta). The main goal was to create a set of modules that will assist persons with an intellectual disability to engage in […]
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Centre Coordinators Meeting (Online)
3rd December 10:00 - 12:30 CET
EPR Members Centre Coordinators met online to discuss and update each other on the latest EU policy issues, EU funded projects and EPR Activities. This meeting was for EPR members only.
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General Assembly
2 December 2020, 14.00-16.30
This General Assembly discussed and approved the 2021 budget and work programme as well as feature a discussion on the two-year theme of digital transformation and the activities that EPR had organised on the theme in 2020. The link to register can be found below. This was a member-only event. The agenda was circulated to […]
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Public Affairs Event – From Care to Employment; Practices and Policies
2 December 2020, 10.00–12.00 CET
This interactive virtual event saw the presentation and discussion of EPR’s study on practices supporting people to move from care into employment; programmes, services, projects that, in an integrated way, support clients from illness or the acquisition of a disability into labour market inclusion. An example would be an early intervention programme, and the services […]
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EPR EU funds webinar series: The new ESF+ programme
23 November 2020 (13.00 - 15.00 CET)
The end of 2020 coincided with the end of the programming of the European Commission relating to indirect funds for the seven-year period 2013-2020. Starting from 2021, new programs were launched which partly kept the priorities and structure of the previous ones but which also brought substantial innovations. Among these, the new ESF + replaced […]
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EPR Innovation taskforce – Digital skills
19 November (10.00 - 12.30 CET)
Digital skills are increasingly a priority that had a strong impact on the provision of services of our members. For this reason the topic of digital skills was at the center of some of the activities that EPR implemented during 2020. During the annual conference, one of the workshops was dedicated to this topic. The […]
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Thematic Incubator: Services for People on the Autistic Spectrum
12th November 10:00-12:30 CET
The aim of this meeting was to explore EPR future work in Autism, promoting mutual learning among the participants. EPR members shared and compared experiences in service provision for people on the autistic spectrum for their social and employment inclusion, including the challenges faced and success factors. EPR also presented the new project TransitAction, which […]
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EPR Innovation taskforce – Employment, inclusion and ICF
10 November 2020 (10.00am - 12.00pm CET)
Following a successful first exchange in March 2019, EPR organized a series of meetings among its members to discuss the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF). During the events, EPR members shared experiences, challenges, possible developments in their use of ICF since the last meeting, the challenges and recommendations of its use in […]
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Towards participation in a different normality – Mental Health as a cornerstone
5th November 11:00 - 12:30
EPR and its Mental Health Working Group members organised a public seminar to tackle and discuss key issues for delivering mental health services under the pandemic circumstances. How to best address the challenges services face, the increase of mental health issues within the population and the difficulties some users might face on that different normality? […]
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General Assembly
2 December 2020, 14.00-16.30
14.00 – 16.30 This GA included a strategic discussion on digitalisation; outputs of the Task Forces and follow up of the Annual Conference, feeding into the finalisation of EPR’s work programme in 2021. Members only. These events receive financial support from the European Union, from the EU Programme for Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI). […]
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Training workshop – Disability Management
29 October 2020, 9.30-12.30
Introduction Evidence based practice highlights the need to use an integrative approach in maintaining people at work or to reintegrate them in the labour market. One of the most critical success factors is having an actor coordinating the Return To Work (RTW) progress. The Disability Management (DM) represents a response to this need. The National […]
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Well-being at work: Shaping a healthy work culture
28 October 10:00 - 12:00 CET Brussels time
EPR & Badiliko joined forces to support EPR members and extended network between the months of July and October via an exclusive interactive Webinar Learning Series: “Well-being at Work: Coping & Balancing (1); Coaching skills for resilience (2) and Shaping a healthy work culture (3)” Who was this for? Those of you who were looking […]
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EPR EPSR Study Day Home-care and Community-based services (ONLINE)
20 October 2020, 9.30-12.00
The European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR) is a key social initiative launched by the European Commission in November 2017 aimed at improving the promotion and protection of social rights of EU residents. It is structured in 20 principles divided in three categories, referring to equal opportunities and access to labour market, fair working conditions […]
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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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