“Our Voices Are Real, Our Stories Are Real – We Need To Be Listened To”. Speaking in advance of the Social Inclusion Forum on 4 November, Anna Visser, Director of the European Anti-Poverty Network Ireland, welcomed the Government’s efforts to actively seek out the views of people experiencing poverty and social exclusion in the context of economic and social policy making.
On 22 October, EAPN and its national members started to write to EP members to support a Parliamentary Declaration (0056/2009) which calls on Member States and the Commission to defend social rights in the crisis. Read EAPN’s letter, EAPN Spain’s and now EAPN Ireland’s.
On 22 October, EAPN and its national members started to write to EP members to support a Parliamentary Declaration (0056/2009) which calls on Member States and the Commission to defend social rights in the crisis. Read EAPN’s letter, EAPN Spain’s and now EAPN Ireland’s.
On 12 and 13 November, several national networks (FNARS, UNIOPSS, Secours Catholique, Fondation de l’Armée du Salut, Croix rouge Française, UNCCAS, Advocacy) and local networks (FNARS Basse-Normandie, URIOPSS Basse Normandie, Commission régionale « dire et réagir ensemble » made of users and professionals, ATD Fourth-World, CAF du Calvados, IRTS de Basse-Normandie) organized a national meeting…
On 12 and 13 November, several national networks (FNARS, UNIOPSS, Secours Catholique, Fondation de l’Armée du Salut, Croix rouge Française, UNCCAS, Advocacy) and local networks (FNARS Basse-Normandie, URIOPSS Basse Normandie, Commission régionale « dire et réagir ensemble » made of users and professionals, ATD Fourth-World, CAF du Calvados, IRTS de Basse-Normandie) organized a national meeting on the participation of citizens, in Caen.
EAPN Slovakia held its General Assembly on 10-11 November. The main discussion dealt with the 2010 Year Against Poverty and Social Exclusion. An exchange took place with Ministry officials responsible for the Year. Fintan Farrell, Director of EAPN, took part in the GA as well as in two public lectures on “fighting poverty and inequality…
EAPN Slovakia held its General Assembly on 10-11 November. The main discussion dealt with the 2010 Year Against Poverty and Social Exclusion. An exchange took place with Ministry officials responsible for the Year. Fintan Farrell, Director of EAPN, took part in the GA as well as in two public lectures on “fighting poverty and inequality…
On 26-27 October, EAPN and its National Networks from Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Finland met with anti-poverty NGOs in Reykjavik, Iceland.
On 26-27 October, EAPN and its National Networks from Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Finland met with anti-poverty NGOs in Reykjavik, Iceland.
On 14-15 September, EAPN participated in the seminar “At work, but poor and without a voice?”, organized by the Council of Europe, Directorate General for Social Cohesion, in cooperation with the Maltese Foundation for Human Resources Development and brought together government representatives, NGOs and private-sector actors to discuss two expert reports…
