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EAPN co-signs Europe+ letter to MEPs

EAPN NewsBy EAPN Europe Staff July 1, 2014

01/07/2014 – Europe+, an alliance of 40+ European civil society organisations working together for positive democratic change in the EU through the active and better involvement of citizens, wrote a letter to the new MEPs to engage with them in a constructive dialogue to ensure civil society participates fully in this new legislative term. Europe+ builds on the recommendations of the 2013 European Year of Citizens Alliance that developed a policy agenda to ensure a vibrant European democracy where decisions are made in line with citizens’ needs, aspirations and visions for society.

EAPN UK: Snakes and Ladders Climbing out of Poverty Game now as a computer game!

EAPN National Networks NewsBy EAPN Europe Staff September 13, 2012

13/09/2012 – The Life-size Snakes and Ladders Climbing out of Poverty Game has now been converted to a computer game: http://www.climbingoutofpoverty.co.uk/.

Press release: Launch of LOCIN, the EU website on local initiatives to combat social exclusion

EAPN Press releasesBy EAPN Europe Staff September 8, 2005

Giving access to a wide range of good practices on the ground is the aim of LOCIN – www.locin.info, the European website on local initiatives to combat social exclusion, which has been officially launched today in Brussels.

EAPN Response to the Social Protection Committee document “Key issues on social protection and employment”

EAPN position papers and reportsBy EAPN Europe Staff April 16, 2003

EAPN holds that quality jobs are essential to tackling poverty; therefore EAPN is engaged by the issues in this document, and sees it as legitimate and essential to step into the debate.

The social emergency is not over, writes EAPN to the EU leaders ahead of the European Council today and tomorrow

EAPN NewsBy EAPN Europe Staff June 26, 2014

26/06/2014 – The European Council are meeting today in Ypres and tomorrow in Brussels to discuss the core priorities for the European Union for the next five years, based on…

Poverty Alliance (EAPN Scotland, member of EAPN UK): Social Justice Must be Central to Constitutional Debate

EAPN National Networks NewsBy EAPN Europe Staff September 13, 2012

30/08/2012 – Whether you are for or against change in Scotland’s constitutional relationship with the rest of the UK, social justice must be at the heart of the debate about our collective future.

FNARS (member of EAPN France): Don’t put people back on the street

EAPN National Networks NewsBy Nellie Epinat May 29, 2012

FNARS sent the Minister of Equality of Territories and Housing an evaluation of the number of places available this winter and of the number that should remain available. 75% of…

Press release: Europe needs strong Welfare States, which need a strong Social Europe

EAPN Press releasesBy EAPN Europe Staff October 13, 2005

On the occasion of the Fourth European Round Table on Social Inclusion to be held in Glasgow on 17-18 October, EAPN points out that the strongest welfare states in the EU are also the most competitive.

EAPN Position on streamlining open coordination in the field of social protection: Maintaining a visible European Social Inclusion Strategy

EAPN position papers and reportsBy EAPN Europe Staff July 2, 2003

In response to the Commission proposal, EAPN would like to stress first of all the importance of maintaining visible the social inclusion strategy within the streamlining process.

EAPN participates in EESC panel – From Active Inclusion to Social Investment

EAPN NewsBy EAPN Europe Staff June 20, 2014

16/06/2014 – EAPN was invited to a conference on Active Inclusion to Social Investment in Brussels, co- organized by the European Economic and Social Committee and Eurofound, aiming at focusing on the measures taken at European level to step up active inclusion and social investment. Barbara Helfferich, Director of EAPN, participated in the panel on the social policy agenda: from active inclusion to social investment, which followed the keynote speech by Social Affairs Commissioner Laslo Andor.

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