EAPN Ireland Welcomes Social Inclusion Forum
“Our Voices Are Real, Our Stories Are Real – We Need To Be Listened To”. Speaking in advance of the Social Inclusion Forum on 4 November, Anna Visser, Director of…
EAPN Ireland calls on EP members to sign the EP Written Declaration on Social Rights
On 22 October, EAPN and its national members started to write to EP members to support a Parliamentary Declaration (0056/2009) which calls on Member States and the Commission to defend…
EAPN France: National Meeting on Participation “despite poverty, the power of doing”
On 12 and 13 November, several national networks (FNARS, UNIOPSS, Secours Catholique, Fondation de l’Armée du Salut, Croix rouge Française, UNCCAS, Advocacy) and local networks (FNARS Basse-Normandie, URIOPSS Basse Normandie,…
EAPN Slovakia – GA
EAPN Slovakia held its General Assembly on 10-11 November. The main discussion dealt with the 2010 Year Against Poverty and Social Exclusion. An exchange took place with Ministry officials responsible…
EAPN Ireland “Hearts & Minds – Building Public Support for Tackling Poverty”
On 12 October, EAPN Ireland launched a new publication called “Building Public Support for Tackling Poverty”. The short, eight page guide is aimed at community and voluntary organisations, NGOs, anti-poverty…
EAPN Spain: the impact of the crisis on poverty and social exclusion: diagnosis and actions
On 19 October, EAPN Spain presented to the Senate a report entitled “the impact of the crisis on poverty and social exclusion: diagnosis and actions”, elaborated with all members of…
EAPN France: poverty increased in 2007
In 2007, the President of the Republic committed to reduce poverty by a third in 5 years. On the occasion of the World Day of the Eradication of Poverty, the…
Europe 2020 Strategy: Social NGOs call for a reinforced Social OMC
{jathumbnail}On November 23rd, the four paltforms and 21 European NGO’s have sent a letter to Commissioner Andor demanding calling for the strenghthening of the Social OMC in the future Platform Against-Poverty.
The Poverty Alliance (EAPN Scotland): The Equality Bill and the socio-economic inequality duty: what does it mean for anti-poverty policy in Scotland?
The UK Government’s Equality Bill, includes a new socio-economic inequality duty on public bodies which has important implications for anti-poverty policy in Scotland.
EAPN Sweden meeting with national Parliamentarians
On the occasion of the Roundtable on Poverty and Social Exclusion, EAPN Sweden organized a side meeting in the Swedish national Parliament.