Responding to the publication of the Survey on Income and Living Conditions, Anna Visser Director of the European Anti-Poverty Network Ireland, welcomed the 2.1% fall in the at risk of poverty rate but warned of significant challenges ahead for 2010. The full report is available from www.cso.ie.
A series of 10 FREE seminars, January-March 2010 – 2010 will be a significant year in the fight against poverty.
On the 11-12 December an important working conference was held in Pamplona, Spain, which developed and agreed the Pamplona Declaration for a pro-active exit strategy from the crisis delivering on social inclusion.
From 26 till 28 November, EAPN Spain held its General Assembly in Valencia, involving over 200 participants from EAPN networks from nearly all autnonomous regions. The Final report of the seminar is now available together with the Final Declaration – in Spanish. Read more here. For more information, please contact Isabel Allende – isabel.allende@eapn.es.
Various events..
The Collectif SSIG (Social Services of General Interest Group) welcomes the French Parliament’s initiative to transpose in France the Community principle of protection of missions of general interest of social services, notably as it explicitly excludes the Services Directive.
With the expansion of access to credit and the provision of new products in financial services, over-indebtedness has become a growing concern in today’s society. Combating over-indebtedness is key element of the European policy against social exclusion.
{jathumbnail}Over 100 people were present when EAPN in London launched its count down to 2010 on December 1st, with a ‘Road show’ in Stretford Town Hall.
On 16-17 November, exco members Goran Larsson and Arunas Svitojus and development officer Tanya Basarab went on a study visit to Latvia to discuss with local NGOs and government representatives the possibility to establish an anti poverty network in Latvia.
EAPN and Eurochild participated in an important Peer Review on 3-4 December in Paris involving representatives from 11 Member States, focussed on the use of targets, and scoreboard mechanisms of indicators and governance mechanisms as drivers for active inclusion policy implementation.
