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CILAP (EAPN Italy) welcomes invitation from Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs to take part in the Italian Operationnal Programme of the Fund for the Most Deprived

EAPN National Networks NewsBy Nellie Epinat January 24, 2014

Rome, January 23, 2014 – CILAP EAPN Italia was invited to participate in the first meeting organized by the Ministry of Labour and Social Policies related to the strategic role that the different levels of government and the social partners must play in relation to the guidelines aimed at the preparation of the Italian Operational…

CILAP (EAPN Italy) in GRUNDTVIG Learning partnership Increasing Participation and Citizenship in Europe (ICE) Transnational Meeting on Prison and Poverty

EAPN National Networks NewsBy Nellie Epinat January 24, 2014

AVELLINO 16 -19 January, 2014 – CILAP (EAPN Italy) co-organised the transnational Meeting Learning partnership Increasing Participation and Citizenship in Europe (ICE) entitled “Prison and Poverty – Tools and methodologies of participation”. This meeting is one of the 4 transnational events of the Grundtvig project “Increasing participation and Citizenship in Europe” (ICE). People in poverty,…

FNARS (member of EAPN France) supports the National Assembly vote on the Universal Rental Guarantee (GUL)

EAPN National Networks NewsBy Nellie Epinat January 20, 2014

15/01 – The National Assembly adopted the Universal Rental Guarantee (Gul). In a context of acute housing crisis, FNARS supports the government’s willingness to intervene to secure donors and help households to access and remain in their homes.

EAPN Spain: Carlos Susías in the TOP 25 of Alternative Power

EAPN National Networks NewsBy Nellie Epinat January 20, 2014

08/01/2014 Carlos Susías, the President of EAPN Spain, is one of the 500 most influential people in Spain in 2014, according to the El Mundo Spanish newspaper. He is also considered as one of the 25 most influential people in the alternative sector, i.e. significant people dedicated to civil society and citizens and social movements.

EAPN Ireland: Anti Poverty Network discusses Troika-Government Programme with European Parliament delegation

EAPN National Networks NewsBy Nellie Epinat January 17, 2014

The cumulative impact of unemployment, service cuts, exclusions from eligibility for benefits and increases in costs for people on low income are deepening poverty and destitution. We need a new direction to create a more inclusive and equal Ireland. 17/01/2014 – A delegation from the European Anti Poverty Network (EAPN) Ireland, along with the Society…

Praksis (member of EAPN Greece) release their publication and video Plus To Minus

EAPN National Networks NewsBy Nellie Epinat January 16, 2014

Dec 2013 – The effects of the Greek financial crisis, the rate of layoffs, the increasing rate of taxation, pay cuts and pensions reductions, the recorded loss of property due to lack of ability to repay bank loans along with the general financial insecurity arising from pension reforms, have created an unusual alarming phenomenon: the…

Macedonian Anti-Poverty Platform (MAPP) holds Meeting of People experiencing poverty

EAPN National Networks NewsBy Nellie Epinat January 16, 2014

24/12/2013 – As part of the joint initiative Decent Minimum Income with other stakeholders, the MAPP held its 3rd Meeting of People experiencing poverty and social exclusion under the tile of “Dignified life for all citizens” in Hotel Porta, in Skopje. The main goals of the meeting were to ensure democratic debate amongst all concerned parties and…

AEIPS (member of EAPN Portugal) holds international conference on Housing First in Lisbon

EAPN National Networks NewsBy Rebecca November 19, 2013

09-10/12/2013, The “Housing First International Conference: Ending homelessness” will be held in Lisboa, at Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.

EAPN France news

EAPN National Networks NewsBy Rebecca November 19, 2013

EAPN France and its members, as well as EAPN, support the European Elections Campaign “Making Europe more social and supportive: it does concern me! Europe is about us!” which has a common approach towards several non-profit associations and organisations.

The Poverty Alliance, (Scottish member of EAPN UK): New Living Wage Figure Announced For Scotland

EAPN National Networks NewsBy Nellie Epinat November 14, 2013

04/11 – As part of the annual ‘Living Wage Week’, the Scottish Living Wage Campaign and the Living Wage Foundation has announced the new living wage figure will be £7.65 an hour for the coming year, an increase of 20p. More than 400 companies and organisations across the UK are now officially accredited Living Wage…

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