ESN warmly welcomes new members. To apply for membership, please e-mail us your request and a completed Membership Form.  Also, we encourage you to contact us to arrange a phone conversation with ESN Director.

Present Members include national and regional associations of directors of local public social services, national and regional authorities and agencies, associations of local elected representatives, research organisations, cities and municipalities. Associations of directors of local public social services have a special role within the network as trustees of the Board of ESN and are responsible for its overall strategy and development.

Benefits of Membership

• Opportunities for networking between directors and senior professionals working in social services
• Opportunities to contribute to thematic expert ESN working groups and policy papers
• Opportunities to take part in European projects with other Members of ESN
• Opportunities to shape and contribute to ESN statements and reports on policy & practice
• Access to local, national and European ESN-collated research on social services
• Personal mailing of published reports
• Invitations to participate in seminars and other events
• Regular updates on ESN activities, policy news and innovative practice
• Promotion of the role local public social services, and in particular of the role of the director of social services, at a European level

More benefits

• Discount off delegate fees (20%) to the annual European Social Services Conference for the members of your organisation
• Recognition as supporting the development of a network concerned with quality services and the empowerment of users as full citizens

Contact

To find out more about joining ESN please email Jeta Bejtullahu in the ESN Secretariat using firstname.lastname@esn-eu.org