2019PEP | The Time is Now to make Europe poverty free!
The 2019 PeP Meeting took place on 18 and 19 November, at the beginning of a new term of the European Commission and European Parliament. During this meeting, we took…
The Child Guarantee Council Recommendation | EAPN
EAPN, with members of the EU Alliance for Investing in Children, recently published two statements welcoming the prioritisation for a European Child Guarantee by the European Institutions. In the first…
UN Rapporteur’s confirmation – High poverty rates in Spain a result of political inaction | EAPN SPAIN
We believe at EAPN that fighting poverty is a political choice and that high poverty rates are the clear manifestation of political inaction. Philip Alston, UN Special Rapporteur on extreme…
Strategic Thinking Review | EAPN
As we were approaching the 30th year of the European Anti-Poverty Network (EAPN), it was time to reflect. To do so, we undertook a Strategic Thinking Process that begun in…
EAPN reaction to European Commission’s Communication: A strong Social Europe for Just Transitions | EAPN
The European Anti-Poverty Network has read with interest the Commission’s Communication: A strong social Europe for just transitions and the related package of documents. Our network and our members will respond…
European Social Fund Award | EAPN Spain
#EmpleandoDigital (#EmployingDigital) project, carried out by the Fundacion Secretariado Gitano and the Spanish Red Cross (two of EAPN Spain’s national NGOs) and cofunded by the Fundación Accenture and the Spanish…
Energy Poverty: Second meeting of the European Vulnerable Consumers Steering Committee
On Monday 17 June, EAPN organised the second meeting of the European Vulnerable Consumers Steering Committee (VCSC) at the European Economic and Social Committee. This meeting, organised as part of EAPN’s policy orientation…
EAPN takes part in Annual Convention for Inclusive Growth 2019
EAPN, represented by delegates from 13 European countries, attended the Annual Convention for Inclusive Growth 2019 (#ACIG2019) on 20 May, which this year focused on the future of Social Europe. As the…
Roundtable discussion with Permanent Representations and the European Commission on the European Pillar of Social Rights and the European Semester
On 14 May 2019, EAPN organised a roundtable to facilitate an exchange between some of its national members and the corresponding social attachés in the Permanent Representations in Brussels, as…