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Calendar of EPR events 2023
You can consult our calendar of events here, which is updated as soon as dates are confirmed.
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6 success factors to support young people with disabilities and mental health issues
Consult the document here.
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Environmental – Sustainability Strategy & Resources
Before the energy and cost of living crises, EPR decided to make sustainability a focus topic as it became a high priority of service providers. EPR aims to support members in working towards more sustainable organisations as well as improve the sustainability of the network and the secretariat’s activities and operations. Read the document here.
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EPR Short Briefing on the EU Care Strategy
The European Care Strategy was launched by the European Commission in 2022. It is the first Strategy developed by the EU on the topic of care and it aims to strengthen the resilience of European care systems and improve the conditions of care givers and care receivers. This briefing outlines the most relevant initiatives of the […]
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EPR Report “Transition programmes and services for young people with disabilities from school or training into employment: Good practices and success factors”
In recent years EPR members have expressed their interest to collaborate and organise a mutual exchange and learning exercise on services for and the work with Young People with Disabilities (YPWD). The joint work started off in December 2020 at the National Awareness Raising Event (NARE) in Germany where a number of EPR members presented […]
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EPR Short Briefing on the EU Disability Strategy
This briefing outlines the most relevant initiatives of the European Disability Strategy for organisations, associations and social enterprises working with persons with disabilities. EPR monitors the development of the individual initiatives and keeps members updated and engaged. You can read the briefing here.
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Pathways to employment: Analysis of policies and practices for pathways to the mainstream labour market
The objective of this document is to highlight the success factors of key policy frameworks, legislation and employment models supporting the transition of persons with disabilities into the open labour market. The publication is aimed at national and EU decision-makers. It has a specific aim to feed into the initiatives that are part of the […]
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Position Paper: “Family-centred Early Childhood Intervention: The best start in life.”
The aim of this paper is to raise awareness on what family-centred Early Childhood Intervention is, on why it is needed and to highlight key challenges and, finally to formulate recommendations for the European Union (EU) and its Member States (and also other national governments) to establish quality ECI systems. Our aim is to advocate […]
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Social Economy Action Plan – A Short Briefing
This overview briefing outlines the most relevant initiatives for social economy organisations, associations and social enterprises working with people with a disability. EPR will monitor the development of the individual initiatives, feed in where possible, and keep members updated and engaged. You can download the publication here.
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Insights, Recommendations and Good Practices for Quality Services
EPR believes that quality of services is a fundamental issue in service provision. When services are not of a high enough quality, they may not meet the needs that they aim to meet, or even create more needs. Inadequate quality services can negatively impact a person’s quality of life, but also their dignity and human […]
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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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This website received support from the EPR framework partnership agreement with the European Commission, DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion for 2018-2022 from the EU Programme for Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI). For further information please consult: http://ec.europa.eu/social/easi