10 – 12 February, Rome – Promoted by CILAP EAPN Italia and other main actors, a two-day meeting on “Income, Common Good and Democracy” (www.cilap.eu) with a focus on adequate minimum income in a country where such scheme does not exist, was held in Teatro Valle Occupato.
Thanks to the inspirational work of ATD 4th World and Migrants Voice, The Unemployed Workers’ Centres in the UK have developed the idea of the Snakes and Ladders game to show how difficult it can be to climb out of poverty.
{jathumbnail}Brussels, 29 February 2012 – On the eve of the European Council on 1-2 March 2012, the European Federation of Public Services Unions (EPSU) and the European Anti-Poverty Network (EAPN) call on European governments and EU institutions to focus on addressing inequality and promoting inclusive growth rather than slashing public services, social security systems and commit to the delivery of Europe 2020 targets.
{jathumbnail}Brussels, 22 February 2012 – In the wake of the new “bail out’’ package for Greece by the “Troika’’, EAPN has sent a letter to President Barroso, copied to the Heads of the IMF and ECB, setting out 5 key actions, consistent with the agreed Europe 2020 strategy, that should be taken in all countries in receipt of such economic support.
{jathumbnail}With this paper, EAPN provides an in-depth analysis of the causes and impacts of the crisis, and solid proposals on how to get out of this crisis, ‘together’.
With this paper, EAPN provides an in-depth analysis of the causes and impacts of the crisis, and solid proposals on how to get out of this crisis, ‘together’.
{jathumbnail}Last week, EAPN sent its response to the Annual Growth Survey and Draft Employment Report to the Employment Committee and Social Protection Committee (EMCO and SPC), prior to their discussions on their opinion on the AGS, urging for a more coherent approach to implementing the poverty target, in the light of the dominant focus on austerity measures and fiscal consolidation and concrete proposals to deliver on the new social priority 4 in the AGS.
{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 reduction of our overall resource use – as we use resources and energy more efficiently we consume more – nor created the conditions for full…
{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 reduction of our overall resource use – as we use resources and energy more efficiently we consume more – nor created the conditions for full employment and increasing wellbeing. Growth in Transition, to which Michaela Moser, from EAPN Austria (die Amutskonferenz),
