EAPN meets Eurovision | EAPN Portugal
The month of May doesn’t just signal disappointing Spring weather, it is also Eurovision month! Fans will be delighted to know that the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2017,…
Manifesto on Child Poverty and Social Exclusion in the EU
With 1 in 4 children up growing at risk of poverty and social exclusion across the European Union even before the pandemic, the European Parliament, the Intergroup on Children’s Rights…
Roundtable on Pillar of Social Rights with UN Special Rapporteur, Commission, and ‘trio’ country representatives (PT, SI, FR)
EAPN organised a closed roundtable during the afternoon of 3 May with the United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Olivier De Schutter, the European Commission and…
EAPN Statement on the Porto Social Summit – May 7, 2021
With the upcoming Porto Social Summit, EAPN welcomes the intention to reinforce the commitment from Member States, European institutions, Social Partners and Civil Society to the implementation of the Action…
Social Platform Flagship Conference Workshop | EAPN & SOLIDAR
An annual forum of civil society organisations advocating for social justice and participatory democracy As part of the Social Platform Flagship Conference 2021, both SOLIDAR and EAPN will lead the…
Interculturality Week 2021 – EAPN Portugal
Hate speech is not an argument Ever since 2014, EAPN Portugal has been organising an interculturality week with the aim of raising awareness with citizens on the need for an…
Hearing from the experiences of migrants during the pandemic | EAPN UK
Hearing the unheard EAPN UK have recently conducted with people experiencing poverty (PeP), in this case migrants who live in the UK. Migrants have been challenged in countless ways during…
Social Europe will not be strengthened without binding measures? | EAPN Reaction to EPSR Action Plan
EAPN welcomes the European Commission’s Action Plan on the European Pillar of Social Rights, published on 4 March 2021. The Action Plan is the long-awaited follow-up to the promise that the…
EU Alliance for Investing in Children Statement – Child Guarantee
EU Alliance statement the European Commission’s proposal for the Child Guarantee On the 8 April, the EU Alliance statement was presented to the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs…
EESC Conference on Energy Poverty
Highlighting Energy Poverty in Europe On the 20 April 2021, the European and Economic Social Committee (EESC) organised a remote conference on energy poverty. The objectives of the conference were:…