Bringing EY 2010 alive for Londoners
{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.
EAPN meets Latvian NGOs
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.
Peer Review on Active Inclusion
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’s Parliament Hearing on “Fighting Poverty and Inequality – Building Trust in the EU”
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.
EAPN’s report on the crisis: Social Cohesion at stake – The Social Impact of the Crisis and of the Recovery Package
{jathumbnail}This report, produced by the EAPN Social Inclusion working group, is based on concrete examples, demonstrates that the present crisis is having a cruel impact on the life of the most vulnerable, and that it is generating more deprivation and increasing hopelessness. Some recovery policies are highlighted as good examples.
EAPN’s response to the Commission Consultation of Financial Regulation
EAPN welcomes this initiative of public consultation, and hopes that this consultation will lead not only to improved financial regulations but also the exchange of good practice and learning internally within the European Commission on more tailor-made handling of financial regulations and files across all DGs…
EAPN meeting in … Iceland
On 26-27 October, EAPN and its National Networks from Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Finland met with anti-poverty NGOs in Reykjavik, Iceland.
European Seminar “At work, but poor and without a voice?”
On 14-15 September, EAPN participated in the seminar “At work, but poor and without a voice?”, organized by the Council of Europe, Directorate General for Social Cohesion, in cooperation with the Maltese Foundation for Human Resources Development and brought together government representatives, NGOs and private-sector actors to discuss two expert reports…
EAPN Parliament Hearing on “Fighting Poverty and Inequality – Building Trust in the EU”
EAPN organised a Parliamentary Hearing on “Fighting Poverty and Inequality – Building Trust in the EU”, on 3 December 2009…
EAPN calls on EP members to sign the EP Written Declaration on Social Rights
Since 22 October, EAPN and its national members have written to EP members to support a Parliamentary Declaration (0056/2009) which calls on Member States and the Commission to defend social rights in the crisis.