EAPN Video on employment activation policies is OUT!
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Pathways to Work: Unlocking a door to Active Inclusion
EAPN has just released its video on employment activation policies and practices in 4 European countries.
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Pathways to Work: Unlocking a door to Active Inclusion
EAPN has just released its video on employment activation policies and practices in 4 European countries.
26/01 – EAPN participated as speaker during the exchange of views on the future of the European Social Fund organised by the EMPL Committee of the European Parliament.
19-20/01 – The Working for Equity in Health Progress Project lead by the Scottish Government, with Eurohealthnet, Health Action Partnership International and other partners, organized this expert forum in Brussels.
17/01 – On the eve of the launch of the European Year on Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations, the EY2012 Coalition, of which EAPN is a member, presents its joint Manifesto and Road Map and urges all relevant actors at local, national and European level to seize the momentum of the European Year 2012 to commit to creating an age-friendly European Union that will allow everyone to live, learn, work and age with dignity.
On 21 December, EAPN submitted its response to the stakeholder consultation organized by the SPC adhoc group on Child Poverty, following the stakeholder meeting held on the 14th December.The Adhoc group was set up to advise the Commission in developing the 2012 Recommendation on Child Poverty.
07/12 – (Utrecht) Hugo Swinnen has been a notable actor in the fight against poverty – contributing over thirty years to research and policy solutions on gender, participatory democracy and the interrelationships with poverty and social exclusion policy at national and EU level.
Eurocities held their final event in the Cities for Active Inclusion project for 2011 on the 29th November in Brussels, assessing the key findings. The morning session included inputs from EP Employment Committee Vice President: Elizabeth Schroeder on the Future of ESF, followed by good practice workshops on social innovation, active inclusion of young people, quality of social services and social economy.
05-06/12 – Fintan Farrell, Director of EAPN spoke in this important and timely conference organised by Commissioner Andor and the European Commission in Brussels on the 5th and 6th December. The conference focused on all aspects of the growing inequality gap and its role in undermining social inclusion and cohesion, as well as economic growth.
05/12 – In advance of the EU Council meeting on 8 and 9 December, EAPN has sent a letter to EU Prime Ministers outlining their proposals for a way out of the crisis which prioritises solidarity and an inclusive Europe 2020 Strategy.
Ludo Horemans, President of EAPN, participated in the Colloquium organised by the International Observatory on energy and water precariousness of GDF-Suez on the 13th of December in Paris.