15/01/2015 - Breaking Barriers – Driving Change - Case studies of building participation of people experiencing poverty is the second publication by the European Anti-Poverty Network (EAPN) highlighting members’ initiatives to strengthen the direct participation of people experiencing poverty in organisations and in policy-making.
Thirteen organisations contributed to the 10 case studies resented in this publication. These organisations throughout the European Union have been building diverse models of direct involvement of people experiencing poverty in policy making, in projects and in running organisations. That shows there is not one single or best model to strengthening participation and that in every approach, participation brings added value for the individuals, for organisations, for policy-making and for democracy, this first publication has inspired many organisations to see where they stand on this issue and what approach they would like to develop that would fit their own reality.
Contents
- Introduction to this book
- Reshaping Democracy for a Cohesive Social Europe
- EAPN Austria: Inform – Make Visible – Don’t shame! Working with the Media on Poverty-Sensitive Reporting
- EAPN Czech Republic: First Czech National Meeting of People Experiencing Poverty and Social Exclusion
- EAPN France: Policy Action to Tackle Poverty and Exclusion: from Consultation to Consensus. Introducing the Social OMC Tools and Methods at National and Regional Level
- EAPN Ireland: Supporting Participation in the National Social Inclusion Forum
- EAPN Poland: Testing the Waters with Participation: Small steps in Poland
- EAPN Portugal: National Consultative Council of People Experiencing Poverty – Bringing Direct Experience in the Work of the Network
- EAPN Spain: Local and Regional Actions Bringing About the Participation of People Experiencing Poverty and Social Exclusion
- The Poverty Alliance (Scotland): Evidence, Participation, Change (EPiC) Project – Putting Participation into Practice in Scotland
- Derbyshire Unemployed Workers’ Centres: Nothing About Us – Without Us. Involving Unemployed Persons in Campaigning and Service Delivery
- ATD Fourth World: Developing an Approach with People Experiencing Poverty. The Fourth WorldPeople’s Universities and the Merging of Knowledge
- AGE Platform Europe: ‘INCLUSage’ – A Project Debating Older People’s Needs
- Eurochild: Giving a Voice to Children and Young People
- Eurodiaconia: Developing a Toolkit on the Participation and Empowerment of Service Users
- Key Messages from the Case Studies
- Useful Resources and Tools for Further Reading
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