Ensure the effective involvement of social partners<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\nFollowing this, Ms Katarina Ivankovic-Knezevic \u2013 Director for Social Rights and Inclusion at the EC \u2013 emphasized the strong impact of the energy crisis and the importance of the implementation of social measures to support European society. Ms Ivankovic-Knezevic stressed that target actions need to support specific groups as, due to the energy crisis, people with low income have become more vulnerable according to the last Eurobarometer report \u2013 the polling instrument used by the European Commission to regularly monitor public opinion in the European Union. Ms Ivankovic-Knezevic also added that such problems have been even more exacerbated by the impact of millions of Ukrainian refugees in Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In her analysis, Ms Ivankovic-Knezevic specifically focused on the difficulties encountered by persons with disabilities and by the employment gap between people with and without disabilities. In this regard, she listed several important tools to tackle this issue such as the EU Disability Employment Package, the European Care Strategy and the European Platform to combat homelessness and promote social housing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During the event, Mr Massimiliano Mascherini and Ms Martha Myers explored the multidimensionality of energy poverty and shared the necessity of analysing multidimensional outcomes. The analysis of energy poverty was then followed by the introduction of thematic panels discussion where civil society organisations could confront on important issues and topics caused by the energy impact. EUD attended the event with interest to better understand how the deaf community can be supported by the socio-economic measures implemented by the European Commission during the current energy crisis. Deaf persons \u2013 being persons with disabilities \u2013 remain one of the most exposed groups to the social impact of energy poverty.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
On February 16th \u00a02023, EUD attended the European Commission\u2019s (EC) meeting to \u201cExchange of views with civil society organisations on priorities for the European Semester 2023 against the background of the energy crisis\u201d. The event aimed to involve civil society in discussing the social impact of the energy crisis: specifically, the event presented the 2023 […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21213,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[71,28,14,32,33,21],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"
EUD joined the exchange of views with civil society organised by the European Centre of Expertise (ECE) - European Union of the Deaf<\/title>\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\t \n\t \n\t \n \n \n \n \n \n\t \n\t \n\t \n