EAPN has been invited by the European Commission to meet with the Independent Experts on Social Inclusion on 26 February, following a very positive feedback on its report on the Crisis, written by EAPN’s Social Inclusion Working Group.
Many EAPN members have responded to the Consultation of the European Commission on the EU 2020 strategy. All contributions should be available on the Consultation’s website.
On the occasion of the 2010 European Year for combating poverty and social exclusion, EAPN Ireland will be organizing an international conference on “Building Social Europe – from Crisis to Recovery” in Dublin, Ireland, on Friday 19 February 2010. This conference is hosted by EAPN Ireland. Read more here.
The European Anti Poverty Network (EAPN) and Dignity International have joined together to express their solidarity with the people of Haiti at this time of enormous suffering and struggle for survival and recovery in their country.
With the expansion of access to credit and the provision of new products in financial services, over-indebtedness has become a growing concern in today’s society. Combating over-indebtedness is key element of the European policy against social exclusion.
{jathumbnail}Over 100 people were present when EAPN in London launched its count down to 2010 on December 1st, with a ‘Road show’ in Stretford Town Hall.
On 16-17 November, exco members Goran Larsson and Arunas Svitojus and development officer Tanya Basarab went on a study visit to Latvia to discuss with local NGOs and government representatives the possibility to establish an anti poverty network in Latvia.
EAPN and Eurochild participated in an important Peer Review on 3-4 December in Paris involving representatives from 11 Member States, focussed on the use of targets, and scoreboard mechanisms of indicators and governance mechanisms as drivers for active inclusion policy implementation.
EAPN organised a Parliamentary Hearing on “Fighting Poverty and Inequality – Building Trust in the EU”, on 3 December 2009. This hearing was hosted by MEP Proinsias De Rossa. Download the report of the event here.
