Fintan Farrell’s interview on poverty and inequality – the paradox of democracies
22/02 – Fintan Farrell was interviewed at Conference on poverty and inequality – the paradox of democracies at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg.
EAPN inputs on Minimum Income: Green European Foundation Workshop on social consequences of the crisis
22/02 – EAPN policy coordinator Sian Jones intervened in a capacity-building workshop on ‘A minimum income in the EU’ as part of the Green European Foundation workshop on the social consequences of the crises – analysis and proposals.
EPSU Press communication – 11 February 2013 – One million signatures for Water as a Human Right!
Brussels, 11 February – Yesterday, the first up and running European Citizens Initiative (ECI) ‘Water is a Human Right’ made history as also being the first ECI in the history of the European Union to have collected over 1 million signatures.
EAPN Bureau meets with Commissioner Andor
22/01 – Sergio Aires, President EAPN and Vice Presidents, Letizia Cesarini-Sforza and Kart Mere along with Director Fintan Farrell and Policy Coordinator, Sian Jones, met with Commisisoner Andor.
EAPN speaks in Parliament Hearing on the Fund For the Most Deprived
23/01 – Fintan Farrell, Director of EAPN spoke in the European Parliament Hearing on the future of the European Fund for the Most Deprived, the proposed successor to the European Food Aid Programme.
EAPN contributes to Conference of the European Economic and Social Union (EESC) and the European Movement
01/02 – The EESC and the European Movement held a joint conference in Dublin on 1 February under the title “Ireland 40 Years On: the benefits, opportunities and challenges of EU Membership”. EAPN was asked to contribute to a panel “Ireland as an example of how to cope with the challenges posed by the financial crisis”.
Welfare reform for active inclusion of young people with health problems or disabilities – EAPN participates in final panel
16-17/01, The Hague, Netherlands – This conference was jointly organised by Eurofound and the Dutch Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment. The conference is aimed at highlighting the implementation of active inclusion policies in relation to vulnerable youth and the related reforms to welfare systems currently taking place in European countries.
EAPN participates in Eurofound Workshop – Social Inclusion of Young People
29/01 – EAPN participated in a small workshop with other social NGOs including Eurodiaconia, Caritas, Youth Forum, Solidar and Eurohealthnet, to discuss Eurofound’s forthcoming Research on the Social Inclusion of Young Peope, as part of Pillar 4 of their main Research programme: adequate living standards and promoting social cohesion.
EAPN Speaks at Green Family Meeting in Parliament Week in the EP: How to use the Economic Semester for building a Common Strategy for Economic Policy Coordination
28/01 – The Green held a capacity-building event for their national members as part of Parliament week in the EP. The meeting involved 100 national Green Party members and MEPs.
EAPN as part of Adhoc Group of Social Networks present Roadmap for driving implementation on Child Poverty and Well-being
01/02 – An Adhoc group (ATD 4th World, Caritas Europa, Coface, Eurochild, EAPN, Eurodaconia, European Social Network, PICUM) sent a letter to Commissioner Andor, presenting joint proposals for a roadmap to drive more effective implementation of the up-coming Recommendation on Child Poverty and Well-being, by engaging all actors – at EU, national and local levels.