More than 200 participants from across Europe gathered in Brussels for 2 days of meetings in May 2008. They were driven by the same determination: to give a face and a voice to poverty and social exclusion.
On 23 October, EAPN presented the assessment of national EAPN networks on the 2008-10 National Action Plans on Social inclusion 2008-10 at a seminar organized by Eurocities, the network of major European cities.
This second forum moves forward on promoting an active debate on clarifying the legal framework applicable to social services of general interest.
{jathumbnail}This year’s meeting, entitled ‘Four Pillars in the Fight against Poverty’, focused on four topics: Social services, Services of general interest, Housing and Minimum income.
On October 17th, the World Day to Overcome Extreme Poverty, EAPN and its members organised activities all around Europe to show that more than ever, the fight against poverty and social exclusion must be at the top of the EU and national political agenda.
In EAPN we are specifically concerned to work with, and in solidarity with, migrants as part of the fight against poverty and social exclusion.
If more than half the MEPs sign the declaration by the 7th of November, the Commission is called upon to make a response.
Let us work towards a social Europe which does not allow social exclusion! This was the call issued by the Slovenian Minister Mrs Marjeta Cotman, at the 7th European Meeting of People Experiencing Poverty which was held on 16 and 17 May in Brussels.
Objective: to have an impact on the content of the common principles on active inclusion the French presidency is planning to have adopted at the Council meeting on 15-16 December 2008.
EAPN members from the Globalisation Mainstreaming group and members from EAPN Sweden participated actively this year in the European Social Forum which took place from 17 to 21 September in Malmo.