{jathumbnail}The reality for people experiencing poverty and social exclusion facing employment, work and job difficulties was at the centre of the 10th EU Meeting gathering about 130 delegates representatives of people experiencing poverty and 80 guests coming from EU Institutions in Brussels.
16/10 – BAPN (Belgian Anti-Poverty Network) organized its annual national campaign marking the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty.
Olivier Marguery, Vice-President and Fintan Farrell, Director attended the recent meeting of Dignity International and Ekta Parishad held in India’s most southern State Tamil Nadu. The meeting with Dignity International was an opportunity to share experiences of building mobilization actions to defend economic, social and cultural rights.
EAPN sends its messages and recommendations to the first Annual Convention – Take Urgent Action to prevent Europe 2020 increasing poverty – Invest in Social Europe now!
05-08/10 – The Annual European Health Forum, was held in Gastein, Austria from the 5th to the 8th October, on the topic : Innovation and Well-being: European Health in EU2020 and beyond. EAPN participated in the forum and spoke in the final plenary on: Health by design – the road to well-being,
responding to the key note addresses of John Dalli, EU Commissioner for Health and Consumer Policy: J Dalli and Ms Jakab, Regional Director for Europe for the World Health Organisation.
This briefing note aims at highlighting the work of many EAPN members who work directly on issues of Roma Inclusion. Roma have been identified as a priority group at risk of poverty and social exclusion in the National Strategic Reports on social protection and social inclusion, as part of the Social OMC.
{jathumbnail}This briefing note aims at highlighting the work of many EAPN members who work directly on issues of Roma Inclusion. Roma have been identified as a priority group at risk of poverty and social exclusion in the National Strategic Reports on social protection and social inclusion, as part of the Social OMC.
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For more than a year, solidarity organisations, united in the Collectif des associations unies, have been calling for a meeting with Prime Minster François Fillon, to discuss the appalling and aggravating situation of the most deprived. Read press release here (in French only).
