INVITATION: Online press briefing, Tuesday June 27, at 10.00, with speakers from a new campaign about rethinking the future EU budget to advance ‘Scenario 6: Sustainable Europe for its Citizens’. More information below. — Brussels, June 20, 2017 – More than 250 non-governmental organisations from across Europe have today released an alternative vision for a…
The EESC organised a 2-day conference on 22-23 May on the Agenda 2030 for sustainable development: A new frontier for rights and progress for the EU. Embarking on a “collective journey…to free the human race from the tyranny of poverty…(delivering a) new universal Agenda …(which will) realise the human rights of all” are very ambitious…
Analysing the European Commission’s staff working document taking stock of the implementation of the Recommendation on ‘Investing in children: breaking the cycle of disadvantage,[1] many of the partner organisations of the EU Alliance for Investing in Children are pleased to see that the document recognises the crucial role played by civil society, and by the…
Following the EC Communication on the next steps for a sustainable European future, the European cross-sectoral and civil society alliance SDG Watch Europe prepared its recommendations for the Council Conclusions to be adopted in June 2017 under the Maltese EU Presidency. EAPN Europe is a member of the SDG Watch and supports the coalition’s statement. SDG Watch Europe is…
EAPN, represented by delegates from 11 EU countries, plus Norway & Serbia, attended the Annual Convention for Inclusive Growth 2017 (#ACIG2017) on 24 April, and put forward 4 Key Messages (see below). The Annual Convention on Inclusive Growth 2017 took place on the 24th April in Brussels with the participation of over 400 stakeholders from the…
The 60th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome on 25 March represents a great opportunity to push for the future of Europe as we see it, and to push for an ambitious European Pillar of Social Rights. That’s why EAPN launched the first phase of a Twitter campaign #LastChance4Social Europe, follow us @EAPNEurope
60 years after the signing of the Treaty of Rome, EAPN and its members reflect, engage, speak up,… for a Just, Sustainable, Democratic and Inclusive Europe! EAPN Director Leo Williams is speaking at the Europe Ambition 2030 event in Rome. Please read his speech here Sian Jones, EAPN Policy Coordinator is speaking at the the…
The European Semester Alliance, a broad coalition bringing together 18 major EU civil society organisations (CSOs) and trade unions, has written a joint letter to key EU Commissioners as a follow up to the Annual Growth Survey 2017 (AGS). In this letter civil society organisations welcome the progress the European Commission has made towards the Annual…
The EC Communication entitled “Next steps for a sustainable European future – European action for sustainability” published in November 2016 states that the Commission intends to establish a new EU Multi- Stakeholder Platform as part of its overall implementation of the 2030 Agenda. It states that in order to “create a dynamic space bringing together…
EAPN has written today to the President of the European Commission to stress the urgency for an ambitious EU proposal on the upcoming European Pillar of Social Rights. This should not just repackage existing initiatives with only benchmarking on common principles, but must set out an ambitious EU roadmap towards guaranteeing essential social standards, which…
