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Adoption of the Annual Growth Survey: Make reducing poverty and inequality a key driver for Inclusive Recovery and Growth

EAPN Press releasesBy EAPN Europe Staff November 10, 2011

10 November 2011, Brussels – In advance of the European Commission adopting the new Annual Growth Survey (AGS) on 23 November, launching the new Economic Semester and next phase of Europe 2020 Strategy, EAPN has written to President Barroso presenting their assessment of the first year of the Strategy and outlining 5 priority areas for action to meet the EU poverty reduction target.

EAPN Briefing: Active inclusion – What is at stake?

EAPN position papers and reportsBy EAPN Europe Staff September 15, 2008

This briefing aims at giving all EAPN members, whether involved in working groups activities or not, the main information and EAPN analysis concerning the new proposal on Active inclusion launched by the European Commission in 2006.

Universal Access to Health: One year after the elections

EAPN NewsBy EAPN Europe Staff May 5, 2015

05/04/2015 – EAPN participated in a roundtable organized by health stakeholders including EGA, European Patient’s Forum, Doctors of the World and backed by EP Interest group, to discuss how to press for universal access to health, in a context where ‘efficiency’ dominates. Alojz Peterle (EPP) underlined the need to make the economic case for health, and to defend health investment and promotion, including proposals for a European Semester for health.

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…

EAPN France news

EAPN National Networks NewsBy EAPN Europe Staff 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.

Structural Funds must be used to deliver the EU poverty reduction target

EAPN Press releasesBy EAPN Europe Staff November 2, 2011

Brussels, 2 November 2011 – In view of the meeting in Warsaw on 3 and 4 November of Directors General in charge of Cohesion Policy in all EU Member States, EAPN sent them its views on the Commission’s legislative proposals for the Structural Funds’ Regulations post-2013.

“Laying the Foundations of a Fairer Europe – Ensuring adequate minimum income for all “… Conference Report is out!

EAPN position papers and reportsBy EAPN Europe Staff December 9, 2010

{jathumbnail}On 24 September, EAPN and BAPN co-organised the Conference “Laying the Foundations of a Fairer Europe – Ensuring adequate minimum income for all”.

DELIVER the “Maternity leave Directive”!

EAPN NewsBy EAPN Europe Staff April 27, 2015

27/04/2015 – EAPN, with the European Women’s Lobby (EWL), the European delegation of Make Mothers Matter (MMM), ILGA Europe, Social Platform, the European Youth Forum, the European Federation of Nurses (EFN) the European Disability Forum (EDF), the Confederation of Family Organisations in the European Union (COFACE) and SOLIDAR, representing millions of women and men throughout Europe are deeply concerned about the negative impact of the withdrawal of the proposal to strengthen the Maternity Leave would have on women throughout Europe. They have addressed today a joint letter to Vice-President of the European Commission Frans Timmermans to maintain the “Maternity leave Directive”. Please sign the petition “Time to Deliver the Maternity Leave Directive”!

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.

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

EAPN National Networks NewsBy EAPN Europe Staff 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 Employers. Living Wage Week will highlight the benefits that the living wage brings for both companies and employees.

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