This year's annual report provides an overview of our activities, research projects, publications, webinars, peer review meetings, trainings and media presence in the area of social welfare.
Sustainable development is a key challenge in the local, national and global context. Our contributions to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) relevant to social and health policy are highlighted in each of the 26 projects described in this report.
With 17 ongoing and 13 completed projects we were able to cover a wide range of issues at stake, and an extended number of countries in the UNECE Region.
Since 2001, all EU Member States developed bi-annual National Action Plans for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion (NAPincl). The EU indicators in the field of poverty and social exclusion monitor the achievements of these National Action Plans.
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.
Job carving and job crafting can be effective strategies to overcome the challenges of the labour market (re)integration of people facing barriers, and to keep workers employed by creating meaningful and productive employment.
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.
