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Europa website undermines European Commission’s commitment to the social OMC and to the fight against poverty
{jathumbnail}In a letter addressed on 16 February to Director-General of DG Employment Robert Verrue, EAPN expressed its concerns about recent changes to the Commission’s pages of the Europa website which appear to undermine the visibility of the Commission’s commitment to the fight against poverty and to the Social OMC…
EAPN meets with Independent Experts on Social Inclusion
EAPN has been invited by the European Commission to meet with the Independent Experts on Social Inclusion on 26 February, following a very positive feedback on its report on the Crisis, written by EAPN’s Social Inclusion Working Group.
EAPN participates in the 2010 European year launch event of the Social Inclusion Regional Group of the North East England Office
On 23 February, the Social Inclusion Regional Group will have its launch event of the 2010 established in response to the European Union’s initiative to name 2010 the European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion. Pauline Geoghegan, coordinator of the 2010 Coalition of Social NGOs for the European Year, will present the Coalition and its demands for concrete outcomes of 2010…
EAPN Italy: participation of people experiencing poverty
Within the European project “Europa s.p.a.” a new meeting on participation and people experiencing poverty was held in Bologna, on 28 January. The event gathered people in poverty, community organizers, social operators and local authorities to discuss how the expertise of people experiencing poverty may sustain the OMC/inclusion and the fight against poverty and social…
EAPN Austria: International Conference “Growth in Transition”
EAPN Austria (die Armutzkonferenz) was invited to contribute to the international conference “Growth in Transition”, that took place at the Auditorium of Science in Vienna on 28-29 January.
EAPN Belgium “The future of Europe: a new strategy needed”
On 29 January 2010, the Belgian Anti-Poverty Network (BAPN) organised its first event of the year 2010. This event was part of a reaction to the old Lisbon Strategy (2000-2010).
EAPN Ireland: Closure of Community Development Projects Will Seriously and Permanently Undermine Local Efforts to Tackle Poverty
Responding on the decision to abolish nearly 30 Community Development projects across the country, Anna Visser Director of the European Anti-Poverty Network Ireland said that the move “will seriously and permanently undermine local efforts to tackle poverty and raises serious questions about the Government’s commitment to facilitating active participation in European Affairs at local and…
Portuguese schools anticipates the launch of the European Year
In order to mark the European Year combating Poverty and Social Exclusion, EAPN Portugal and the artistic school Escola Artística Soares de Reis (EASS) have designed a common project, which is the creation of a piece of jewellery which symbolises the message that the pupils of the Escola Artística Soares de Reis (EASS) wish to pass on to everybody:the proportion of wealth distribution in the world is unequal.
EAPN Portugal – Project Participar +
Several people experiencing poverty were invited to participate in working meetings, which took place in Bucharest and Madrid. The objective, in a certain way, was to achieve a diagnostic of the realities in each country, regarding poverty and social exclusion, to listen, in the first person, about the difficulties, but also about the good practices. …