At first glance, there is a solid ground for singling out older people during the current pandemic as a special group: the mortality related to COVID-19 is increasing with the age and for those 80 and above years old it is five times the global average based on WHO data. About 95 per cent of those who have died from COVID-19 in Europe were over 60 years, and more than half of them were over 80 years. This tragic statistics has prompted governments to focus their anti-epidemic measures on older persons by often demanding their self-isolation for the period beyond the terms set for younger population.

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 paper aims to update and elaborate on the relationship between drug use and offending behaviours by exploring variations within a cross-national sample of drug-experienced young people in touch with criminal justice systems.

The posting of workers describes a process by which companies and temporary work agencies send employees from one EU Member State to another to provide a service in that country for a specific period of time based on dedicated EU Directives. Meanwhile, posted employees remain covered by and pay contributions to the social security institutions of their home country.

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.