13 European networks of services – including AGE member organisation the European Ageing Network (EAN) – and a union federation have joined forces to call on Member States and the European Commission to invest in social services to promote an inclusive recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. To that end they invite governments to use the EU Budget and the Recovery and Resilience Fund to help those who have been hit hardest by the crisis: older persons, persons with disabilities, children and young people at risk of neglect or abuse, people at risk of poverty, homeless persons, migrants, and women suffering from domestic violence.
AGE regularly cooperated with the signatories and takes due note of their demands, in line with our call for better access to quality care and support in the EU.