The United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Olivier De Schutter, will conduct an official visit to the European Union from 25 November 2020 to 29 January 2021, at the invitation of the European Union. His visit will focus on the relationship between the internal market and poverty and on the impacts…
Strengthening members’ engagement in the European Semester 2020 and 2021 The capacity building webinar On 19 November 2020, EAPN organised a Capacity Building webinar with members to support exchange, learn and investigate ways to strengthen EAPN’s engagement in the European Semester 2021. The event was chaired by Martina Brandstätter, EAPN Austria, Co-Chair of the EU…
The Europe 2020 strategy set an EU poverty target to reduce poverty by at least 20 million people by 2020. The poverty target was crucial, but failed to reduce poverty by more than 8 million. Now in 2020, 109 million people are at risk of poverty, even prior to the pandemic. Adopting a new EU…
EAPN in the Media EAPN was featured in several newspapers: The Parliament Magazine The Irish Times Debating Europe Politico Mediapart EU Institutions Find an overview of how EU institutions respond to the COVID-crisis:
On the occasion of the German Presidency Council Conclusions published this Monday 12 October, EAPN releases its statement on the vital need for EU Action on adequate Minimum Income. Poverty and inequality are rising again with the COVID-19 pandemic which has deepened existing inequalities (see EAPN COVID-19 report). Certain groups were always disproportionately at risk…
17 October – International Day for the Eradication of Poverty | #EndPoverty #PovertyWatch October 17 marks the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. Now, more than ever, the situation calls for urgent action. Amid the Covid pandemic, the most vulnerable in our societies face the greatest challenges. EAPN and our members are concerned that…
EAPN took an active part in the conference “Our Social Europe – Strong Together” on 16 September 2020. This conference, organised by the German Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs under their presidency of the Council of the European Union was an opportunity to discuss: How can we use social and employment policy but…
On 14 July, EAPN presented its detailed research into the Covid-19 crisis and its impact on people experiencing poverty and vulnerability at its conference How to ensure the poor don’t pay for Covid-19 – From short-term response to an effective rights-based integrated antipoverty strategy. The study was conducted by Graciela Malgesini, Co-Chair of the EAPN…
As member of the EU Alliance for Investing in Children, EAPN is proud to support the Call for Action for a comprehensive, sustainable Europe 2030 strategy with a strong social dimension. In this statement, we called on the EU institutions to: Propose and adopt a comprehensive, sustainable Europe 2030 strategy with a strong social dimension Set an…
Back in April, EAPN contributed to a webinar on poverty and social exclusion of persons with disabilities. EAPN Vice-President Vera Hinterdorfer was one of the speakers at the webinar, organised on 22 April 2020 by the European Disability Forum, with support of EAPN. In her intervention Vera Hinterdorfer focused on EU-level action and initiatives to…
