EAPN Spain: 10,000,000 people in poverty
Around 10 million people (22.5% of the population) live experience ‘relative poverty’ in Spain, living with 500 € or less per month. 2 millions of them experience extreme poverty, with…
Events from EAPN Portugal
Training sessions on active aging and seminar on management of NGOs
EAPN Tool Kit: Engaging with the NAP Inclusion 2008-11
This tool kit aims to provide useful information and ideas to support national EAPN networks in engaging with the National Reports on strategies for social protection and social inclusion (SPSI) and particularly the NAPs Inclusion at national level.
EAPN speaks in Roundtable Discussion launching new White Paper of the International Juvenile Justice Office
23/09 – EAPN spoke in the EESC in a roundtable panel part on: The impact of the economic crisis on employment, education, social exclusion and children´s rights”in the framework of the IJJO White Paper Launch : “Save money, protect society and realise youth potential – Improving youth justice practice in a time of economic crisis”.The IJJO report highlights the social impact of the crisis on young people, showing that the cuts have been made ‘where it hurts them most’ affecting household income, services and employment, which have repercussions in the rise of juvenile crime.
EAPN Ireland: Dramatic rise in inequality highlights that the burden is not being shared equally
30/11 – The latest report on income and poverty published today shows that inequality in Ireland has grown dramatically. The preliminary results from the Central Statistics Office Survey of Income…
EAPN Estonia participates in professional volunteering project
EAPN Estonia is currently participating in a professional volunteering project ran by Estonian Ministry of Interior (http://www.siseministeerium.ee/8189/).
EAPN letter to the College of EU Commissioners: The Commission must deliver a Social Progress Agenda
Ahead of the meeting of the College of Commissioners on 30 April dedicated to EU social policy agenda, EAPN sent EU Commissioners a letter on 25 April urging them to deliver a Social Policy Agenda that matches Europe’s social reality and the values and objectives of the EU Treaties.
EAPN attends the Expert discussion ”A leap ahead: social innovation in social services” organised by Eurodiaconia
26/09 – EAPN attended the Expert discussion ”A leap ahead : social innovation in social services” organised by Eurodiaconia. The discussion involved NGOs, European Commission (DG Enterprises, Bureau of European Policy Advisors) and academics.
EAPN Ireland
- Review – Progress Towards Europe 2020
- Government needs to act immediately to protect the most vulnerable or it will condemn people to live in poverty for decades
Strenghtening the Open Method of Coordination (OMC): EAPN’s proposals
This document summarises the proposals highlighted during 2007 in a series of EAPN reports. (See below), with additional proposals which arose from EAPN recent discussions with our Social Inclusion Working Group as part of a Capacity Building seminar and workshop on the OMC ( 29th March), involving members from 24 member states.