Here you can download reports, briefings and position papers by Social Services Europe.
Reports
2018: Improving work-life balance: from social service provision to decent policies
2017: Recruitment & Retention in Social Services: Unlocking the Sector's Job Creation Potential
Letters
August 2020: Recommendations to EU institutions negotiations on the next MFF
October 2015: Recommendations to the Annual Growth Survey 2016
September 2015 Letter supporting Europe 2020 Strategy
Briefings
February 2018. Briefing paper on the Communication from the Commission on the Multiannual Financial Framework post-2020
November 2016. Role of social service providers in the integration of migrants
October 2016. What Opportunities for Social Services in the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF)
May 2014. Manifesto for the European Elections 2014
May 2014. Assessment of the new EU Directive on Public Procurement
July 2012. Social Innovation: The role of Social Service Providers
July 2012. Response to the EU Commission Public Consultation "Exploiting the employment potential of personal and household services"
April 2012. Job creation potential in the Health and Social Service Sector - 5 Million new jobs before 2017!
March 2012. On the proposal for a Directive on Public Procurement (COM)2011/896
Position Papers
June 2020: COVID-19 and Social Services: What role for the EU?
February 2019: Improving work-life balance. Policy recommendations.
April 2018: Towards the Implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights – the Role of Social Services.
March 2018: Enabling social services through the Multiannual Financial Framework post-2020: a European Imperative.
April 2013. Response to the Social Investment Package
April 2012. Initial Position on the proposal for a Directive on Public Procurement (COM)2011/896
Public Consultations
November 2016. Social Services Europe's Contribution to the EC Consultation on the EU Pillar of Social Rights