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Press release: Where to now on Social Services? Will the Commission take up the torch?

EAPN Press releasesBy EAPN Europe Staff June 6, 2007

The European Anti Poverty Network (EAPN) welcomes the initiative taken by the Collective SSIG FR in organizing the seminar held yesterday in Brussels (5th June) to discuss ways of moving forward in the debate on Social and Health Services of General Interest. This conference was a welcome next step, following on from the Commission’s Seminar on the 4th June which presented the findings of the consultation on Social and Health Services of General Interest and the related Study.

EAPN Position paper – Conclusions from the EAPN seminar on the European Employment Strategy

EAPN position papers and reportsBy EAPN Europe Staff October 15, 2004

This position paper was presented on the occasion of the Third European Round Table on Poverty and Social Exclusion which took place in Rotterdam on 18-19 October 2004.

EAPN attends ESF launch conference

EAPN NewsBy EAPN Europe Staff February 17, 2014

08/02/2013 – EAPN attended the ESF launch conference organised in Brussels by DG Employment on 6-7 February. This Conference was organized to present the main novelties of the ESF Regulation and help Managing authorities and other stakeholders to finalize/contribute to the design of the Operational Programmes. EAPN attended 2 workshops on the partnership principle and on active inclusion.

EAPN Spain: 3rd Regional Meeting of People experiencing poverty and social exclusion

EAPN National Networks NewsBy EAPN Europe Staff May 23, 2012

23/05/2012 – The 3rd Regional Meeting of People experiencing poverty and social exclusion took place on 18 May in Murcia, on “the capacity of people to contribute to social change”.

Press release: Informal EPSCO Council – EAPN calls on EU Social Ministers to strengthen the social dimension of the Lisbon strategy

EAPN Press releasesBy EAPN Europe Staff July 3, 2007

Ahead of the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council due to take place in Portugal on 5-7 July, the European Anti Poverty Network (EAPN) calls on EU Social Affairs Ministers to strengthen the social dimension of the Lisbon strategy.

EAPN Position paper – The Social Inclusion Strategy in an enlarged Union: What kind of Europe do we want?

EAPN position papers and reportsBy EAPN Europe Staff October 15, 2004

This EAPN statement is based on the responses by NGOs to the first Round of National Action Plans on Social Inclusion in the new Member States and to the Joint Inclusion Memoranda in the candidate countries.

2014 European Elections: EAPN calls on candidates to show their commitment

EAPN NewsBy EAPN Europe Staff February 14, 2014

17/02 – Today, EAPN opens its blog dedicated to its campaign on the 2014 European Elections, http://electingchampionsin2014.net/. EAPN’s campaign Electing Champions for a social Europe will be launched on 04 March in the European Social Platform’s premises with a breakfast press briefing, gathering MEPs, journalists and EAPN members (national networks and European Organisations). EAPN will present its 2014 Elections manifesto, campaign objectives and activities as well as the pledge MEPs will be asked to make in fighting poverty, social exclusion and inequalities. This launch will also be a key opportunity for civil-society organisations to exchange with MEPs on their views and commitments.

EAPN Netherlands on TV and radio on Poverty amongst the elderly

EAPN National Networks NewsBy EAPN Europe Staff March 21, 2012

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.

Press release: “The security we need cannot be summarised by secured transitions between jobs!”

EAPN Press releasesBy EAPN Europe Staff July 11, 2007

In its response to the Commission Communication on Flexicurity released late June, the European Anti Poverty Network (EAPN) suggests ways to ensure that the security dimension of Flexicurity is more developed. EAPN calls on Member States to give the objective of social inclusion a higher priority in the Flexicurity debate.

EAPN Position paper – Building Confidence in the EU Inclusion Strategy

EAPN position papers and reportsBy EAPN Europe Staff October 15, 2004

This document (35 pages) gathers the EAPN position papers presented on the occasion of the Third European Round Table on Poverty and Social Exclusion, Rotterdam, 18-19 October 2004.

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