EAPN Statement on the EU Charter of Fundamental rights
This document is the statement by Fintan Farrell, President of EAPN, to the Convention hearing on the Charter of Fundamental Rights, 27 April 2000.
Semester Alliance issues report of its capacity-building workshop for learning, exchange and engagement
12/12/2014 – On 6th June 2014, the European Alliance for a Democratic, Social and Sustainable European semester held a Capacity Building workshop for 35 Alliance members in Brussels. The workshop was primarily aimed at national members of the Alliance, including the 3 pilot alliances in Bulgaria, Denmark and Ireland, but also at representatives from Brussels-based Alliance members. Read the full report!
FNARS (member of EAPN France) Lifting young people out of poverty : the Youth Guarantee is only one step
14/05 – Today is the last meeting of the working group on the Youth Guarantee in charge of handing out a report to the Prime Minister on its implementation starting…
Press Release: The credibility of the EU is at stake – Don´t kill the Poverty Target!
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EAPN Report – National and European policies to combat poverty and social exclusion
Report of EAPN Conference, Helsinki, 8-9 November 1999.
EAPN writes to EPSCO Council on the AGS and Employment Report
08/12/2014 – EAPN has sent a letter with 6 key messages to Ministers for Employment and Social Affairs ahead of their EPSCO meeting on the 11th December, where they will discuss progress on the Europe 2020 Strategy and the Mid-Term Review, including their first response to the new Annual Growth Survey 2015. With its letter, EAPN shares its assessment of the 2015 AGS “Fresh start or broken promises?”.
EAPN Spain news (May 2013)
- Worshop on ICTs for NGOs
- Secretary General of the Spanish Socialist Party visits the headquarters of the 3rd-sector platform
Press Release: European Commission’s proposal lacks a commitment to social progress
{jathumbnail}Brussels, 3 December 2009 – Ahead of the 10-11 December European Council, EAPN held a Parliamentary Hearing on Fighting Poverty and Inequality – Building Trust in the EU, hosted by MEP Prionsas de Rossa, to promote a debate on concrete proposals to ensure that the eradication of poverty and social exclusion is made a pre-requisite of the EU 2020 strategy…
EAPN Proposals for adequate objectives for a European strategy against poverty and social exclusion
This paper makes a series of proposals for objectives which could make a decisive impact on the eradication of poverty. It is important to note that the Lisbon Summit is the first to set eradicating rather than just reducing poverty as a goal.
Organisations ask new EU Commissioner for Migration and Home Affairs to ensure the rights of all migrant children
08/12/2014 – Welcoming Dimitris Avramopoulos in his position as new EU Commissioner for Migration and Home Affairs, a group of 26 organisations, including EAPN, asked the Commissioner in a joint letter on 8 December 2014 to take measures to realise the rights of all children affected by migration.