Click here to watch the LIVE VIDEO coverage of the 3rd Scottish Assembly for Tackling Poverty, and took place on 15th and 16th March 2012, at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. Over the two day conference, the focus was on inequality and alternative ways of working during a time of economic austerity.
Click here to watch the LIVE VIDEO coverage of the 3rd Scottish Assembly for Tackling Poverty, and took place on 15th and 16th March 2012, at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. Over the two day conference, the focus was on inequality and alternative ways of working during a time of economic austerity.
14/03 – “Minister Joan Burton should not proceed with moves to a single welfare payment until supports, activation payments and quality jobs are in place”. Thirteen organisations working against poverty and for equality today welcomed an all-party Oireachtas Committee report recommending to the Minister for Social Protection.
14/03 – “Minister Joan Burton should not proceed with moves to a single welfare payment until supports, activation payments and quality jobs are in place”. Thirteen organisations working against poverty and for equality today welcomed an all-party Oireachtas Committee report recommending to the Minister for Social Protection.
EAPN secretariat and EAPN Estonia participated in the launch conference on Learning for Well Being: a policy priority for children and youth in Europe – a movement for change.
01-02/03 – EAPN participated in stakeholder workshop as part of an international project coordinated by Oxford University on shame, social exclusion and the effectiveness of anti poverty programmes.
06/03 – On 17-18 Nov 2011, a significant Peer Review was held in Brussels on ‘Developing effective ex ante social impact assessment with a focus on methodology, tools and data sources’, hosted by the Belgian Government. EAPN was the expert NGO involved together with COFACE, represented by Maria Jeliazkova from EAPN Bulgaria.
The Initiative Committee is pleased to invite social movements and unions interested by this process to the 2nd Social Spring Conference that shall take place on: Thursday 29th & Friday 30th, March 2012 in Brussels, the ETUC auditorium ITUH (International Trade Union House) – Boulevard Albert II, 5 – 1000 Brussels.
19/03, Danish Presidency, Copenhagen – EAPN Secretariat and EAPN Denmark participated in the Presidency Conference co-organized with the intergovernmental Group: Europe de L’Enfance and the European Commission in Copehagen this week. The focus of the conference was to deepen discussion on key issues, in preparation for the Recommendation on child poverty due out later this year.
22/03 – Omroep Max, a Dutch media channel, broadcasted a whole-day long radio and TV shows about the situation of the elderly in the Netherlands, mainly about the growing poverty and social exclusion.The radio show Wekker-Wakker dedicated 4 hours to the topic.