At the end of summer, we are all looking with renewed vigour at the agenda for the coming months. For CEDAG there are many important issues and dossiers to follow, which will be discussed at this Friday’s board meeting.
High on the agenda at the moment are various issues surrounding social services in the EU. In the

Civil society organisations are active in a wide range of sectors and they have a specific expertise because they often work directly with people and groups on the ground. Counting on their grassroots expertise, CSOs have the potential to strengthen citizen participation in European decision-making, helping to develop policies that

The European Union Charter of Fundamental Rights is considered by many experts to be the most modern international agreement on Human Rights currently in force. The text was proclaimed as far back as 2000, but since last December it enjoys binding legal status thanks to the Lisbon Treaty.

Providers of social services across the EU will be affected by the outcomes of policy discussions which are now being prepared in Brussels meeting rooms. Certain institutional and political developments – including the Lisbon Treaty’s entry into force, but also the Monti Report on the Internal Market and the current review of EU legislation