The BB Launch event: Building Bridges in Social Welfare Policy in Eastern Europe

The European Centre organised the Launch event “Building Bridges in Social Welfare Policy in Eastern Europe” that took place in Vienna, on 19 September 2016. It aimed at exchanging expertise from researchers, policy makers and practitioners on Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Kosovo, Macedonia*, Moldova**, Montenegro, Serbia, Turkey, and Ukraine. Scholars and experts with expertise in innovative approaches in labour market policy, health and social care (long-term care) arrangements in the above-mentioned countries discussed recent research findings and good practice implementation. As a result of the event, the Eastern European Social Policy Network, in short EESPN, was launched gathering researchers, civil servants of respective ministries and other public authorities as well as civil society organisations to intensify exchange and mutual learning in social policies. For more information check the following link.

* The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
** Republic of Moldova