In autumn 2019, representatives from 17 winning cities of the Access City Award (ACA) met in The Netherlands to exchange best practices and provide mutual inspiration on accessible tourism and better inclusion for persons with disabilities and older people.

This report aims to document the impact of COVID-19 on people who use and provide long-term care and the measures adopted by different countries to contain and mitigate the impact of the virus. Regular updates are provided as new information becomes available.

This article presents the Netherlands’ movement of neighbourhood cooperatives that boost the positive energy emerging when citizens are helping each other to realize their aims by a shared utilization of resources with respect to challenges in community care.

The report compares welfare attitudes in Russia and Europe. It covers public support for changes in social protection systems as well as in current social policies. The vulnerable groups include: the poor, the unemployed, the elderly, working parents, as well as migrants.

This report is a situation analysis of the decentralization of social services in Kosovo, which started in 2009 with the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between ministries and the individual municipalities.