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Home4Health focuses on dignity and networking to address homelessness and addictions in Europe

The event advocates for the Housing First model, a trauma-informed approach, and the incorporation of lived experience into public policies. On Wednesday, June 17, the Bloc4BCN space, located in the…

ABD, European leader in preventive early childhood care

We presented Preinfant’s experience at the European Social Services Conference Carme Calafat, Director of the Department of Children, Families, and Gender, and Àngels Guiteras, CEO of the ABD Group, represented…

ABD calls in Brussels for social entities to be recognised as key players in the European innovation ecosystem

The director of the ABD group’s International Area, Mireia Munté, and the entity’s manager, Àngels Guiteras, participated in a high-level ECIU conference and in the meeting of its board of…

ABD hosts the mutual learning visit of the European project Educate for Independence in El Prat de Llobregat

On March 12 and 13, the project’s partner entities visited El Prat to learn how ABD implements the project through its Territorial Educational Units (UET), with the active participation of…

ABD hosts the third Home4Health transnational exchange in Barcelona

On 27 and 28 January, the Welfare and Development Association ABD hosted in Barcelona the third transnational exchange of the Home4Health project, a European initiative focused on developing training resources…

ABD participates in the kick-off meeting of the European FREE-DVV project in Tallinn

On 16 and 17 December 2025, ABD participated in the first transnational meeting (Kick-Off Meeting) of the European FREE-DVV project – Financial Resources and Education to Empower Domestic Violence Victims,…

ABD attends the European Migration Forum in Brussels

Measures were requested to ‘guarantee rights before employment’. On 27 and 28 November, the ABD Group attended the 10th European Migration Forum in Brussels to discuss how to recognise, value…

Global Districts takes part in the DEAR programme Exchange Hub in Brussels to “Rebuild hope”

Between November 12th and 14th, Global Districts was present at the DEAR programme Exchange Hub that took place in Brussels, to interact and learn from other EU funded projects. Under…

BOOST project holds its closing meeting in Athens

On the 20th and 21st of October, the closing meeting of the BOOST project was held in Athens to present and evaluate the results and discuss the next steps to…