EAPN Ireland news
- Review of the European Meetings of People Experiencing Poverty 2010
- Europe 2020 Working Group
EAPN’s contribution to the Commission’s public consultation on Europe’s ‘social reality’ – Give the EU an ambitious social policy agenda
In its response to the Commission’s public consultation on Europe’s ‘social reality’, EAPN calls on the European Commission to build upon the outcomes of the Social Reality Stocktaking exercice to develop an ambitious Social policy agenda.
EAPN contributes to the report for the Human Rights Council
EAPN contributes to the report for the Human Rights Council for June 2013 on the human rights approach to participation of persons living in poverty in decisions that affect their lives
14 dec 2012 – This contribution to the UN Report on the Participation of People Experiencing Poverty provides a brief picture of the European Anti-Poverty Network’s (EAPN) work over the past 22 years on strengthening direct participation of people experiencing poverty and social exclusion in 3 areas:
FNARS (member of EAPN France) Winter ends, 0° solidarity
31/03 – FNARS organised a demonstration in Paris and a flashmob in the city of Alençon to call on the National Government to finally put its commitment into practice concerning the housing of homeless people when winter housing centres close their doors.
EAPN’s reaction to the Commission proposals regarding the joint employment report 2008 and the 2008-2010 employment guidelines
The present paper focuses on a more detailed reading of pieces of the ‘employment part’ of the Lisbon package, the European Employment Strategy (ie the draft Joint Employment Report and the proposals for new guidelines), and assesses to what extent our social inclusion concerns have been taken into consideration.
EAPN AWARD for Transnational Inspiration and Learning in the Fight against Poverty and Social Exclusion
{jathumbnail}Are you an NGO or a PUBLIC ENTITY that has inspired or has been inspired to implement new approaches in fighting poverty, fostering the direct participation of people experiencing poverty? Then this call is for you! Deadline for submitting applications is 28 May 2013.
News from BAPN
- Civil society organisation want to have their say in the National Reform Programme
- BAPN calls for measures for homeless people who are back in the streets
- New BAPN publication: Redessiner le droit à la santé (‘Redraw the right to health’)
EAPN’s contribution to the Commission’s consultation on Active Inclusion
EAPN recently submitted its contribution to the second stage wide-ranging public consultation entitled “Modernising social protection for greater social justice and economic cohesion: taking forward the active inclusion of people furthest from the labour market”.
Landless Indian Movement leader Rajagopal in Brussels
03/12 – About 200 people attended the meeting with Rajagopal, a leader of the Ekta Parishad Landless People’s Movement, who had an exchange with the audience to tell about the “March of the Landless” for a land reform in India which ended in early October, as a 10-point agreement was signed with the representatives of the Indian Government. A representative of FIAN, an NGO fighting hunger with Human Rights , also spoke. This meeting was supported by EAPN, amongst other organisations.
IQ Roma servis (member of EAPN Czech Republic): “Together and Across” on exchange of experience and good practices
IQ Roma servis is running a transnational cooperation project “Together and Across”, focused on support and good practice exchange among the project partners in order to promote social inclusion of the socially excluded people, especially the Roma.