EAPN - European Anti-Poverty Network

EAPN Norway or the Welfare Alliance is a partnership network of organisations, associations and action groups whose aim is to support and help economically, socially and legally disadvantaged groups in Norway. It was founded in March 1998.

Today the network consists of 21 member organisations with approximately 45,000 members.

EAPN Norway’s member organisations are supporting job seekers, tenants, single parents, job creators, households with children in poverty, parents of people with disabilities, people receiving an allowance and/or in training, convicts, immigrants, ex-drug users, people with mental illness and their relatives, etc.

Its role is to do lobbying work and coordinate contacts between our member organisations and politicians, the Government, different institutions, and to take part in working groups that support our member organisations’ interests, that is, promoting an increased participation of the users.

EAPN Norway’s main goal, which we have been lobbying for over the last 10 years, is to introduce a minimum income scheme in Norway, which would be research based and built on the standard budget for households, developed by the National Institute for Consumer Research.

A legal approach to participation on system and individual level for our groups is the second highlighted area of EAPN Norway’s work.

Contact Details

Velferdsalliansen
Storgata 26
N-0184 Oslo (Norway)

Postal address: Po.box 8752, N-0028 Youngstorget, Norway

Tel: +47-2211 34 95
E-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Web site: www.velferdsalliansen.no

Latest annual report

• The Welfare Alliance's annual activitiy report 2007 (in Norwegian)

EAPN Norway’s members

National organisations:

• Mental Helse
• Prosjekt felles framtid PROFF, Sandefjord
• Revita Norge
• Stiftelsen Landsforeningen Rettferd for Taperne
• Son Straffedes organisasjon i Norge
• SUKAO
• Total Rehab
• Amazig Kultur Organisasjon i Norge
• Kirkens Bymisjon
• Blåys
• Varslerunionen
• Wayback

Regional organisations:

• Arena for samfunnsinitiativ ASI
• ASI, Sør-Trøndelag
• KREM - Kreativ og mangfoldig arbeidsiliv

Local organisations:

• Aksjonsgruppen mot sosial nød i Bergen
• Aktbo, Oslo
• Bergen Uavhengige Sosialrådgivning
• Den Uavhengige Sosialrådgivningen i Oslo
• Den Uavhengige sosialrådgivningen i Stavanger
• Fattighuset i Oslo
• Klientaksjonen i Fredrikstaddistriktet
• Klientaksjonen i Karmøy
• Leieboerforeningen i Oslo
• Stiftelsen Selvhjelpens hus
• Rett til Velferd
• Oasen