12th May - 10:30 to 14:30
EPR Mental Health gathers experts on mental health issues from our membership to work together around a commonly agreed topic, developing resources together and learning from good practices from their centres. On May 12th, the EPR Mental Health WG held a virtual meeting to discuss the outcomes of the resource developed in 2019 and the […]
5 May
The emergency linked to the spread of COVID19 had countless consequences on the service provision and on the daily work of EPR members. One of these consequences was the shift of all possible interventions from the physical to the digital world. Working and meeting remotely became a priority and an obligation for many organisations. For […]
18 February 2020
The online meeting represented an opportunity to discuss and share proposals, objectives and needs among the members of EPR on the subject of exchange and mobility. The discussion helped participants to identify resources and partners with whom to build Ka1 mobility projects.
10 December, 09.00-13.00
LA QUALITÀ NEI SERVIZI PER GARANTIRE E PROMUOVERE PROCESSI INCLUSIVI NELLE COMUNITÀ. L’iniziativa si terrà presso il Cinema del Centro per l’arte contemporanea “Luigi Pecci” a Prato nella giornata di martedì 10 Dicembre e vuole rappresentare un momento di condivisione di idee e buone pratiche che trovano riferimenti ed applicazioni dalla realtà pratese alle dimensioni […]
2 - 3 December 2019
On December 2nd-3rd, EPR hosted internal meetings such as the Board of Directors, Centre Coordinators including a session on EU project development (2nd of December), the General Assembly (3rd of December). The schedule of these 2 days was as follows: Monday 2nd of December: 11.00-18.00 Board of Directors 14.00-18.00 – Centre Coordinators and session on […]
3 December 2019, 9.00-13.00
On December 3rd, EPR hosted its annual Public Affairs Event in Brussels from 9.00 to 13.00. It was focused around the role of social economy employment models as tools to implement the European Pillar of Social Rights and Active Inclusion. ‘A tool for Active Inclusion of People with Disabilities – Social Economy Employment Models‘. EPR […]
20 November 2019
This mini-conference aimed to promote mutual learning on providing quality services, to discuss success factors and how to address challenges, including a focus on implementing social rights and the “European Pillar of Social Rights”. Workshops gave opportunities to learn about methods to improve the quality of services and participants were encouraged to network during lunch […]
13 November - 10.30 to 12.00
Motivation, engagement and happiness of the staff can lead to improved services that can more effectively promote social inclusion of end users. For this reason, it is important that organisations active in the field of care have the opportunity to learn new methods and apply new tools to support and measure happiness in the workplace. […]
5-6 November 2019
Employment represents one of the fundamental elements to guarantee economic security, social inclusion, personal satisfaction and a good quality of life. However, job placement can be particularly difficult, especially for some disadvantaged groups, like people with disabilities. In recent years, Job Coaches tried to support their labour inclusion. However, skills required to Job Coaches are […]
15 October 2019
L’emploi accompagné, un nouveau levier pour l’inclusion professionnelle en France? Trois ans après le lancement en France du dispositif d’emploi accompagné, il s’agit de présenter et mettre en perspective des expériences françaises au regard d’autres pratiques européennes. Il s’agit également de mettre en valeur les conditions de réussite de ce nouveau dispositif pour favoriser un […]
9-10 October 2019
October 10th was World Mental Health Day. The final conference of the Eramus+ project Be RIGHT took place in Brussels in a frame of various events focused on mental health during the 9 & 10 of October. 9th October (Afternoon) EU Mental Health Alliance – ICF, Avenue Marnix 17, 1000, Brussels The future of work […]
10-11 October
Dealing with Complex Changing Environments to Ensure Quality Service Provision In October 2019, EPR gathered Directors from our Member Organisations in Athens, hosted by our Greek member Theotokos. The aim of the workshop was for the organisations to learn from an expert and apply methodologies to their own organisation, in addition to promoting networking among […]
1 October 2019
EPR invited the Autism Europe director to share their innovative/inspiring projects to promote the social inclusion of people on the autistic spectrum. Attending EPR members also exchanged on current practices/services developed in their own organization. Based on their own experience, attendees was invited to share some key success factors to effectively develop service supporting the […]
25 September 2019, 14.00-15.30
Home Care is a broad term used to describe care and general assistance services for people experiencing different types of physical or mental issues that require individualized home-based intervention by the services. Despite the wide range of services offered in these field, it is necessary for these interventions to have a methodology and an approach […]
5 September 2019
This EPR Policy Flash Webinar focused on discussing EPR’s input into the public consultation assessing the European Disability Strategy 2010-2020. Participants looked at the CSRs (Country Specific Recommendations) published by the European Commission addressing every EU country – find out the CSRs for your country here. For more information about what the CSRs are you […]
24-28 June
In November 2017, the European Commission launched the European Pillar of Social Rights (see our dedicated webpage here) to promote and protect social rights of EU residents. This is the latest key social initiative in Europe. EPR monitors and follow the developments on the Social Pillar as services play a key role on its success: […]
3-5 June 2019
EPR’s 2019 Annual Conference was co-organised by Astangu, our Estonian member, and took place in Tallinn on June 3rd-5th, 2019. 3rd June: AM: Tour of Astangu. PM: EPR internal meetings – Centre Coordinators and General Assembly (at Astangu, Astangu street 27, 13519 Tallinn) and opening reception (at Nordic Hotel Forum,Viru väljak 3, 10111 Tallinn) 4th […]
13 - 14 May 2019
On 13 – 14 May, the EPR Mental Health Working Group came together for the second meeting of this working group specialised at looking into mental health issues. Thanks to the hosting of EPR member Fundación INTRAS in Valladolid, Spain, the group met for one day and a half to discuss topics such as how […]
7 March 2019
EPR, Rehabilitation International and the Belgian Institute for Health and Disability Insurance hosted a mini-conference on socio-professional rehabilitation, with presentation of good practices and research from inside and outside of the workplace where around 100 people took part. The conference was opened by an intervention on Addiction Medicine in the Workplace by Dr Marsolais, president […]
6 March 2019
On 6 March 2019 EPR organised a session for members to share experiences and developments in their use of International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) in their respective organizations and to explore what future cooperation could take place within the EPR network on this topic. International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) […]