On 19th July, anti-poverty organisations in 5 EU Member States (Portugal, Ireland, Romania, Greece and Latvia) and EAPN Europe wrote to Mr Barroso to request that the European Commission publish more detailed Recommendations on National Reform Programmes for each of their countries, reviewing the key objectives set by Europe 2020.
{jathumbnail}Row4Rights started on Sunday 21 August, and for seven days, rowers and volunteers will live this experience that will take them from Austria through Slovakia to the Hungarian capital, Budapest.
{jathumbnail}All the members of EAPN express their sympathies and solidarity with the people in Norway as they live through these dark days. Our particular thoughts go out to the members of the Norwegian Network.
24/06 – EAPN spoke on the opportunities and risks afforded by Europe 2020 to make progress on undocumented migrants’ rights, at the 10 Year anniversary seminar of PICUM.
On the 23 June, Eurochild presented their assessment of progress on child poverty and well-being in the 2011 National Reform Programmes.
On the 30 June and 1st July EAPN Galicia organized a well-attended forum aiming to increase the input of the third sector in Galicia in the regional implantation of Europe 2020 and the NRP, and to engage in the new Galician law on Social Inclusion.
EESC’s Opinion on the European Platform Against Poverty and Social Exclusion was approved at the end of June. It was passed unanimously, with 3 abstentions. The Opinion is available in several languages on: http://www.eesc.europa.eu/?i=portal.en.soc-opinions.14953.
Sian Jones, EAPN’s Policy Coordinator, was asked to contribute to the work of the opinion as expert for the rapporteur Maureen O’Neill (Scotland), together with Caritas and Henri Lourdelle from ETUC as experts for the Social Committee.
{jathumbnail}Organised by the Hungarian Presidency of the European Union, with the support of the European Commission and of the European Anti-Poverty Network, the 10th European Meeting of People experiencing poverty entitled “Employment, Work, Jobs – The reality for people experiencing poverty” took place at the Palais d’Egmont in Brussels, on 14-15 May.
{jathumbnail}From 1st till 5th March 2011, Fintan Farrell, EAPN’s director, took part in the Global Movement 2012 International Preparatory Meeting in Delhi, India, on land rights and on and the common problem of poor people across the South who are losing their natural assets of land, forest and water, which ended by the Delhi Declaration, put together by all participants.
{jathumbnail}07/06 – European Commission country-specific Recommendations focus on reducing deficits, which will lead to cutting public services and wages, and increasing retirement ages.