EAPN at the EU leaders Social Summit in Gothenburg
The European Pillar of Social Rights was solemnly proclaimed on Friday, 16 November, by Heads of States and Governments of the European Union meeting at the Social Summit for Fair…
7 December | Hosted event with S&D & Greens/EFA: Building a European Social Standards Union – what role for the European Semester?
Building a European Social Standards Union – what role for the European Semester? On 7 December 2017, EAPN and MEPs Sergio Gutiérrez Prieto (S&D) and Jean Lambert (Greens/EFA) jointly hosted…
17 October – International Day for the Eradication of Poverty | Stop Poverty
Stop Poverty October 17 is the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. In 2017 the European Anti-Poverty Network (EAPN) calls to Stop Poverty! Tackling poverty is about ensuring we…
Sustainable Development Goals year 2 | Time to take poverty seriously and ‘make Europe sustainable for all’
25 September 2017 marks the two-year anniversary of the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Two years after signing up to the SDGs, the EU still has no clear…
New study about indebtedness in Lithuania and its effect on the poor
The Lithuanian National Anti-Poverty Network in collaboration with Vilnius University has conducted a study on the problem of the forcible collection of debts by bailiffs from the perspective of indebted people and the specialists…
New report on poverty in rural areas in Macedonia
The Federation of Farmers of the Republic of Macedonia in partnership with the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Food and in consultation with the Macedonian Anti-Poverty Platform has prepared a new…
Action Plan on Urban Poverty: EAPN members’ feedback is needed!
The European Commission has opened a consultation on the 13 draft actions for a Final Action Plan of the Urban Agenda priority partnership on Urban Poverty, coordinated by Belgium (PPS…
therighttobeanythingwewant | Portuguese-wide anti Roma-discrimination campaign developed with EAPN Portugal
EAPN Portugal, in partnership with the State Secretariat for Citizenship and Equality, is currently promoting an anti-discrimination Campaign on Roma Communities #direitoaseroquequiserem (therighttobeanythingwewant). This Campaign was launched on the 24th…
EAPN’s 2017 conference conclusions: Learning from the past to beyond 2020 – What EU strategy to fight poverty, social exclusion & inequality?
EAPN’s annual conference was on 15 June, under the title Learning from the past to Beyond 2020 – What EU strategy to fight poverty, exclusion and inequality? The conference afforded an opportunity to…
Right to Energy Coalition makes demands ahead of EP debate on clean energy
EAPN is co-founder of a coalition of unions, anti-poverty organisations and environmental NGOs committed to join efforts to fight energy poverty and defend the right to renewable energy for all. Brussels,…