Last news from EAPN Spain
EAPN Spain welcomes the Transparency Law The Welfare State is not the problem. It is the solution! Minister for Social Affairs announces drafting of Law for Social Sector Volunteering: School…
The Poverty Alliance (EAPN Scotland): LIVE VIDEO coverage of the 3rd Scottish Assembly for Tackling Poverty
Click here to watch the LIVE VIDEO coverage of the 3rd Scottish Assembly for Tackling Poverty, and took place on 15th and 16th March 2012, at the Glasgow Royal Concert…
EAPN Ireland: Anti Poverty and Equality Groups welcome Oireachtas Committee all-party report on Single Working Age Payment
14/03 – “Minister Joan Burton should not proceed with moves to a single welfare payment until supports, activation payments and quality jobs are in place”. Thirteen organisations working against poverty…
EAPN Austria contributes to publication Growth in Transition
{jathumbnail}Stimulating growth through adjusting macroeconomic conditions remains the principal policy response to pressing problems of unemployment, poverty and environmental degradation. However, the current growth trajectory has neither led to a…
Slovak Anti-Poverty Network holds its 2nd Public hearing on Poverty
{jathumbnail}On 28 February, the Slovak Anti-Poverty Network (SAPN) will hold the second Public Hearing on Poverty in Slovakia, in the National Council of the Slovak Republic, under the auspices of…
EAPN Portugal developing national and transnational projects in different fields and organising a seminar
EAPN Portugal is currently developing national and transnational projects in different fields: Project ROMI (July 2011- November 2013) – National project aimed at the Roma Communities, to promote equal opportunities…
The Poverty Alliance (EAPN Scotland): new Anti-Poverty Review on ‘asset based’ approaches to tackling poverty
The latest edition of the Scottish Anti-Poverty Review is now available to download from the Poverty Alliance website: http://www.povertyalliance.org/publications_detail.asp?pubs_id=83 This edition focuses on the issue of ‘asset based’ approaches to…
EAPN Spain: 10,000,000 people in poverty
Around 10 million people (22.5% of the population) live experience ‘relative poverty’ in Spain, living with 500 € or less per month. 2 millions of them experience extreme poverty, with…
EAPN Ireland: Dramatic rise in inequality highlights that the burden is not being shared equally
30/11 – The latest report on income and poverty published today shows that inequality in Ireland has grown dramatically. The preliminary results from the Central Statistics Office Survey of Income…
KISA (member of EAPN Cyprus) makes a statement on Detention conditions in Cyprus
EAPN Cyprus stands by KISA in asking for human treatment and respect of Conventions and Directives and agrees that there have been cases of violations. The statement made by KISA…