EAPN Ireland Press statement: ‘Time to focus on adequate income, services and quality work’
13/06 – ESRI controversy a dangerous distraction – “the paper is based on figures from 2004/5 when we had nearly full employment”
13/06 – ESRI controversy a dangerous distraction – “the paper is based on figures from 2004/5 when we had nearly full employment”
{jathumbnail}Brussels, 11 June 2012 – The 23rd EAPN General Assembly delivered a strong message to EU Institutions and National Governments to say that ‘Austerity’ is not working and that it is driving people further into poverty and making the ‘poor’ pay the price for the crisis they did not create.
June 2012 – Transnational Seminar on Children on Youth at risk: “Muitas vidas, um baú de tesouros. Um olhar sobre os percursos e as estratégias de intervenção junto das crianças…
June 2012 – Transnational Seminar on Children on Youth at risk: “Muitas vidas, um baú de tesouros. Um olhar sobre os percursos e as estratégias de intervenção junto das crianças e jovens em risco”.
{jathumbnail}This issue of the EAPN Magazine looks at how anti-poverty NGOs are responding to the challenge posed by a political context dominated by ‘austerity measures’ that impact heavily on people ‘living in or at risk of poverty’ and undermine agreed strategies to fight poverty.
{jathumbnail}The European Social Platform is hosting till end of June European Anti-Poverty Network (EAPN) photo exhibition which showcases pictures from 21 European Countries on the topic “Europeneeds a new HEART”.…
FNARS sent the Minister of Equality of Territories and Housing an evaluation of the number of places available this winter and of the number that should remain available. 75% of…
FNARS sent the Minister of Equality of Territories and Housing an evaluation of the number of places available this winter and of the number that should remain available. 75% of all places opened for the winter have closed down.
May 2012 – Last January, EAPN Estonia released a press release calling for a rise in the subsistence benefits, still ridiculously low in Estonia — 76,70 EUR for first person (and 80 % each next family member) after accommodation costs, while the monthly food basket costs 77,58 EUR per person. Press release was picked up by most national newspapers.
23/05/2012 – The 3rd Regional Meeting of People experiencing poverty and social exclusion took place on 18 May in Murcia, on “the capacity of people to contribute to social change”.