27/06 – In the EPSCO Council, the main items of interest were the review of the European Semester, youth employment, Conclusions on the Social Investment Package and the progress on negotiations on the Fund for the Most Deprived.
The non-profit organization IQ Roma servis and its transnational cooperation project Together and Across wishes to share the 3rd issue of its project bulletin on social exclusion at European level, dedicated this time to the concept of the Ethnic Friendly Employer brand, which originated in the IQ Roma servis Civic Association.
EAPN assessment of how the new Lisbon process is integrating social inclusion priorities and promoting the active participation of social NGOs and people experiencing poverty. It forms part of EAPN’s contribution to the Spring European Council.
EAPN highlights major lack as democratic deficit and civil engagement
06/06 – Fintan Farrell, on behalf of EAPN, spoke at S&D Group hearing on social dimension of European Monetary Union on 6th June at the European Parliament in Brussels and presented EAPN’s 5 proposals. The event built on the position of Pervenche Beres, chair of the Employment Committee, and included interventions from Commissioner Andor, Bernadette Segol, ETUC; the ILO and EESC, and other stakeholders including EAPN.
New headlines are currently dominated by the financial crisis still causing havoc to economies across the EU, leading to austerity measures that are hitting the poorest hardest.
EAPN Response to the Communication concerning a consultation on action at EU level to promote the active inclusion of the people furthest from the labour market.
17/06 – Sven Giegold, (Green Party), MEP, will ask 2 Questions, on behalf of the Adhoc coalition on Country-Specific Recommendations involving EAPN and other NGOs/Organisations, in a Parliamentary Hearing in the European Parliament with Commission Ollie Rehn. The two questions focus on NGO consultation in the CSR process, and confirmation that the Country-specific Recommendations are an instrument to deliver on the Europe 2020 targets.
Many organisations call for mobilisation on Thursday 10 Nov in Paris, Lyon, Toulouse, but also everywhere else in France, against the Government’s despise towards the laws that should protect the most vulnerable.…
On 5-7 October 2006, EAPN held its seventeenth General Assembly in Toledo, Spain. At the end of the General Assembly, the EAPN delegates adopted the following declaration.
On behalf of the NGO coalition gathering Caritas Europa, Eurodiaconia, EAPN, FEANTSA and Red Cross – EU Office and in view of the plenary vote on June 10, EAPN sent today to all MEPs a joint letter urging all the MEPs to adopt the EMPL committee Report on the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD).