EAPN, the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), the European Environmental Bureau (EEB), the Social Platform, the Spring Alliance and DG Energy of the FPS Economy are pleased to invite you to their joint Conference, supported by the Belgian EU Presidency, on “How can prices and reducing energy consumption contribute to the fight against Energy Poverty?“
The EESC has invited the NGO Coalition for 2010, coordinated by EAPN, to co-organise a joint hearing on “The outcome of the European Year 2010 and future action“.
Several civil society groups sent a joint letter to MEP Pascal Canfin and other MEPs, cosponsoring the Financewatch Initiative initating the idea of developing a response to the lack of critical lobbying from civil society in the field of financial regulation. Their letter made a series of proposals in that regard. Read full letter here.
A delegation from EAPN led by Swedish Executive member Sonja Wallbom met with Commissioner Andor on 3 November. EAPN took the opportunity of this meeting to welcome progress made on integrating social issues in the Europe 2020 strategy and stressed with the Commissioner that a reinforced Social OMC built on National Action Plans on Inclusion must be a visible part of the future Platform against Poverty.
PING ‘Poverty Is Not a Game’ is a ‘serious’ game to be used by schools as a teaching tool, and is accompanied by a handbook for teachers which draws extensively on the EAPN ‘Poverty explainer’. EAPN Portugal also contributed to the testing phase of the game earlier this year with a group of young people in Lisbon.
{jathumbnail}The report of the 9th meeting of people experiencing poverty is now available in English, French and Spanish, and sumarised in other languages.
EAPN and other stakeholders who participated in the 9th Round Table sent a clear message that the National Action Plans on Inclusion, are crucial for coherent integrated strategies and national stakeholder participation, i.e. participation of people experiencing poverty, NGOs, regional and local authorities.
{jathumbnail}MAJOR CALL! Human Ring around the European parliament for a credible response to the crisis! 19/11 at 12:15
The 2010 Coalition of Social NGOs calls on everyone to join and form a Human Ring around the European Parliament on 19 November, from 12:15 till 13:30. Taking the form of a citizens’ flashmob, this event calls for a credible response to the crisis and reclaims the European Institutions as People’s institutions.
EAPN took a further step forward in its partnership work with Dignity International on the Occasion of its ‘Get Organized for Human Rights’ study visit hosted by the MST (Landless Rural Workers’ Movement) in Brazil.
{jathumbnail}ON 14-15 September, several EAPN members attended the Belgian Presidency conference on the Social OMC, on EU coordination in the social field – Looking back and building the future.