2009 Round Table on Poverty: October 2009, Stockholm
The Round Table took place on 15 and 16 October in Stockholm under the title ‘Social inclusion in times of recession” – New challenges for the Active inclusion strategy’.
EAPN Spain makes recommendations on the legislation Project on “Rights and freedoms of foreigners and their integration in Spain”
EAPN welcomes the legislation Project, as it intends to include fundamental rights for all foreigners, solve pending issues such as political rights (right to vote and participate in the political life) and labour rights (work contracts and social security as a key to labour migration), and it extends the conditions of family reunification. However…
EAPN Spain Press Conference: Are hunger and social exclusion… news?
EAPN Spain, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Social Policy, Madrid University (UCM) and the Institute of Preventive Journalism and International Analysis (IPPAI), organised the 1st Awareness-Raising Days for Journalists on 14 to 16 October.
EAPN Ireland: “Hearts and Minds, building public support for tackling poverty”
EAPN Ireland, in association with the October 17 UN Day for the Eradication of Poverty Campaign, held a lunchtime seminar on Monday 12 October 2009 on building support in the media and amongst the general public for tackling poverty, social exclusion and inequality.
EAPN Poland conference on “Rights and opportunities of people experiencing poverty”
On 8 October 2009, EAPN Poland organized a conference on “Rights and opportunities of people experiencing poverty” in the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy, in Warsaw.
EAPN France: Participation in the “first international meeting of territories of co-responsibility”
The meeting was organised on 25 September in Mulhouse by the Council of Europe, which since 2005 has defined and implemented a new approach to social cohesion and sustainable development called “territories of co-responsibility”.
EAPN France: FNARS reacts to President Sarkozy’s Plan for Young People
President Sarkozy presented its “Plan Jeunes” (Plan for Young People) on 29 September.
EAPN Wallonia (Belgium): Housing…more than a roof!
More than 10.000 people, 1% of the population, live on campsites all year long in Belgium.
The Poverty Alliance (EAPN Scotland) – The role of small Nations and Regions in the EU
On the occasion of the recent meeting of the EAPN Executive Committee in Edinburgh, the Scottish Anti Poverty Alliance held a seminar on the role of small nations and regions in the EU.
EAPN in dialogue with Barroso – Spring Alliance conference
EAPN members participated in the Spring Alliance conference held on 28 September in the EESC, organized together with Environmental, Development NGOs and trade unions.