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.
The Commission has published the new Annual Growth Survey for 2012, a month earlier than the original planning.
EAPN participated as expert stakeholder in the EU Peer Review on ex-ante Social Impact Assessment organized by the Belgian Government on the 17 and 18th of November in Brussels, providing particular input on increasing stakeholder engagement.
03-04/11 – EAPN Iceland held its General Assembly. On this occasion, Tanya Basarab, EAPN’s Development Officer, visited the Network on 3-4 November together with Johanna Engen, Dag Westerheim and Svein Karlsen from the Welfare Alliance/EAPN Norway.
16/11 – EAPN hosted a group of Belarusian NGOs, discussing the context and the kind of work civil-society organisations carry out in Belarus, in Lithuania and in the rest of the European Union countries.
17-18/11 – EAPN Spain held its General Assembly and conference The Europe 2020 Strategy in the Autonomous Regions of Spain: Two milestones in fighting poverty and social exclusion 2015 and 2020 in Santiago de Compostela.
17-18/11 – In support of the initiatives ‘Youth on the Move’ and ‘European platform against poverty’, the European Commission organised an evidence-based and policy-oriented conference on ‘Youth and Social Inclusion’.
16/11 – DG Regio held a “Structured dialogue with civil society on EU Cohesion Policy 2014-2020: legislative proposals”.