EAPN participates in Caritas Europa Seminar Tackling Child Poverty – Good Practice Shaping Policy
Sian Jones, EAPN Policy Coordinator, spoke in the roundtable of the Caritas Europa Seminar.
Save the date! Hearing in the EP: MAKING ACTIVE INCLUSION HAPPEN IN TIMES OF CRISIS
{jathumbnail}EAPN, together with the Office of Frédéric Daerden MEP (Belgium, SD) have the pleasure to invite you to a hearing dedicated to Making Active Inclusion Happen in Times of Crisis, next July 12th, from 14:00 – 17:00, in the European Parliament (room A5 G305).
ESRI controversy a dangerous distraction – “the paper is based on figures from 2004/5 when we had nearly full employment”
19/06/2012 – The European Anti-Poverty Network (EAPN) Ireland is calling for an honest debate on how we can ensure that everyone has access to a decent income whether from social welfare or work and on how to remove poverty traps for those trying to move from welfare to work.
EAPN urges EU leaders to stop their attack on Social Protection Systems
{jathumbnail}Brussels, 19 June 2012 – In advance of the Employment and Social Affairs Council (21-22 June), EAPN has written to Ministers of Social Affairs urging them to defend Social Protection and Social Welfare systems, which the austerity measures continue to undermine. Unless a new approach is found, the social, economic and health costs will be enormous and difficult to reverse.
EAPN Ireland Press statement: ‘Time to focus on adequate income, services and quality work’
13/06 – ESRI controversy a dangerous distraction – “the paper is based on figures from 2004/5 when we had nearly full employment”
EAPN General Assembly calls for an EU Social Investment Pact
{jathumbnail}Brussels, 11 June 2012 – The 23rd EAPN General Assembly delivered a strong message to EU Institutions and National Governments to say that ‘Austerity’ is not working and that it is driving people further into poverty and making the ‘poor’ pay the price for the crisis they did not create.
EAPN Portugal and EAPN Castilla y León: Transnational Seminar on Children on Youth at risk
June 2012 – Transnational Seminar on Children on Youth at risk: “Muitas vidas, um baú de tesouros. Um olhar sobre os percursos e as estratégias de intervenção junto das crianças e jovens em risco”.
EAPN Portugal and EAPN Castilla y León: Transnational Seminar on Children on Youth at risk
June 2012 – Transnational Seminar on Children on Youth at risk: “Muitas vidas, um baú de tesouros. Um olhar sobre os percursos e as estratégias de intervenção junto das crianças e jovens em risco”.
MAG 1/2012 – The Crisis of Democracy – Anti-poverty organisations respond
{jathumbnail}This issue of the EAPN Magazine looks at how anti-poverty NGOs are responding to the challenge posed by a political context dominated by ‘austerity measures’ that impact heavily on people ‘living in or at risk of poverty’ and undermine agreed strategies to fight poverty.
Exhibition: Europe needs a new HEART
{jathumbnail}The European Social Platform is hosting till end of June European Anti-Poverty Network (EAPN) photo exhibition which showcases pictures from 21 European Countries on the topic “Europeneeds a new HEART”. You can see the video in youtube.