On 11 June, EAPN hosted and took part in an on-line dialogue on Pandemics, Poverty and Politics – The impact of Covid-19 on poverty and how to tackle it. The online dialogue, organised by the European Parliament Intergroup Against Poverty touched upon: the broad impacts of Covid-19 in the Member States and in regards to…
On 14 July we held an online conference under the title How to ensure the poor don’t pay for Covid19? Ensuring that short-term responses feed into an effective long-term rights-based EU strategy to fight poverty. The conference came at the moment of producing the results of months of detailed study including exchanges with our members…
Europe is going through extraordinarily difficult times. The short term impacts of Covid19 on people’s lives as well as the economy are catastrophic, and the medium – long term impacts likely to be equally, if not more so. Millions of people’s jobs, income and living standards are at risk, as they fall back on inadequate…
The COVID19 pandemic is foreseen to bring severe socio-economic challenges that will affect EU children and families across the EU. The EU Alliance for Investing in Children launched a statement on 16 April to ask the EU institutions to prioritise children and families in their COVID19 response both in the short term and the long…
What is the EAPN Poverty Watch Report? The EAPN Poverty Watch Reports do not attempt to provide a comprehensive academic report on poverty. They start from the reality of people experiencing poverty and the perspectives of the NGOs that support and work with them: our 31 EAPN national networks and 13 European Organization members. Their…
EAPN and its members are concerned at the social and economic consequences of Covid19 on people at risk of poverty and social exclusion, their families, and other highly vulnerable groups, who are hit the hardest by the current crisis and need urgent support. We released a statement on 17 March, calling on all governments to…
As one of the members of the European Stakeholder Committee, EAPN participated in the kick-off meeting of a new Horizon 2020 project “Closing gaps in social citizenship – New tools to foster social resilience in Europe” (EUROSHIP) that took place on 27 and 28 February 2020 in Oslo. EUROSHIP Project The project aims at:…
119 organisations came together to express, in an open letter, their deep concerns regarding the unlawful and inhuman developments at the Evros border and the Aegan islands.The handling of the situation, by the Greek Government and the European Union, is a clear violation of their legal obligations towards asylum seekers and of the right to…
EAPN President Carlos Susias, Director Leo Williams and Policy Coordinator Sian Jones met with Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis to discuss a coherent social and sustainable post-2020 strategy, an economy which works for the people to reduce poverty and inequalities and an action plan on the implementation of the Pillar of Social Rights! One of the key…
2020 does not only mark the beginning of a new decade but also the 30 years anniversary of EAPN. During the last three decades, EAPN has grown into the largest European network of 32 national, regional & local networks, involving anti-poverty NGOs, grassroots groups and 13 European Organisations, active in the fight against poverty and…
