Six organisations of people with mobility disabilities from Estonia, Finland, Latvia and Lithuania gathered for the first time at a seminar “Disability Rights and Reality” in Vilnius, Lithuania 28.–31.10.2010.
Organized by EAPN Spain and supported by public funding, a Congress on Fundamental Rights and People Experiencing Poverty and Social Exclusion will be held in Madrid on 18-20 November, as a closing event of the 2010 European Year.
In the context of the European Year 2010, two associations – Clara from France and Babelea at European level – with the support of EAPN France, have created this short video to give voice to migrants.
The “Collectif des associations unies” met in Matignon, the Governement’s residence on 10 November, with Prime Minister François Fillon, Minister for Environment Jean-Louis Borloo and Secretary of State for Housing Benoist Apparu, on the eve of a ministerial reshuffle.
The UK Government launched on 11 November a White Paper on Welfare. The paper contains proposals to simplify the benefit system, to “make work pay” and introduces the idea of a ‘universal’ credit.
In the context of the European Year 2010, two associations – Clara from France and Babelea at European level – with the support of EAPN France, have created this short video to give voice to migrants.
{jathumbnail}The Belgian Anti-Poverty network is always very active on 17 October. See http://www.17octobre.be/ (in Flemish and French).
On 1 October, in Warsaw a consultation meeting took place between Polish Presidency and NGOs. There were 4 parallel workshops divided by 4 priorities: 1. Foreign policy; 2. An energy policy; 3. Internal economy, innovation; 4. Intellectual capital, voluntary services.
A year after the creation and implementation of the Revenu de Solidarités Actives (RSA), ie new form of French minimum income system, FNARS carried out a survey with social workers in order to indentify the malfunctioning of the recently reshaped system. Results of the survey can be found on FNARS’ website.
