Community Living for Europe: Structural Funds Watch
Community Living for Europe: Structural Funds Watch
Project Coordinator: Alexandra Hillen-Moore
Community Living for Europe: Structural Funds Watch is an independent initiative monitoring the use of the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESI Funds), specifically the European Regional Development Fund and the European Social Fund and the implementation of the 2014-2020 ESI Funds Regulations in the transition from institutional care to community based support services.
Central to the initiatives work is raising awareness of the significant potential of the 2014-2020 funding period to support the transition from institutional care to community based living and support services. We aim to build knowledge of the regulations and mechanics of the funds, highlight local, national and EU level actors who manage, monitor and control the funds and empower civil society participation in this change process.
Full information can be found on its website: http://communitylivingforeurope.org. You can also follow the initiative's work on Facebook and on Twitter.
Update
On 22nd November 2017, the initiative Community Living for Europe: Structural Funds Watch launched a Report in the European Parliament co-hosted by Mairead McGuinness, MEP (EPP) and Vice President of the European Parliament and Iskra Mihaylova, MEP (ALDE) and Chair of the European Parliament Committee on Regional Development.
This report concerns the role of the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) with respect to the transition from institutional to community-based living for children and young people, including those with disabilities, adults with disabilities and older persons in European Union Member States. It contains examples, both positive and negative, that demonstrate how the Member States have implemented the ESIF regulations, how they are currently using or are planning to use the ESIF to support the transition to community-based living, and provides concrete recommendations for the current and next funding period post 2020.
Neil Crowther, Gerard Quinn and Alexandra Hillen-Moore “Opening up Communities, Closing down Institutions” (Community Living for Europe: Structural Funds Watch, November 2017)
