EAPN on Study visit in India

{jathumbnail}October 2012 – Anu Toodu (EAPN Estonia), Sabrina Emilio (EAPN Italy) and Fintan Farrell (Director EAPN) were on a study visit in Indian the end of October organised in cooperation with Dignity International. During the visit they had opportunities to share experiences with leaders of the Dalit’s community and with Ekta Parishad (the Gandhian inspired movement of landless people) as well as other human rights activists in India.

EAPN meets in Athens – The medicine is killing the patient… and democracy!

Athens, 09-10 November 2012 – In solidarity with its Greek network, EAPN held its Executive Committee in Athens, preceded by an open debate on the overall situation as well as on poverty and social exclusion. Sergio Aires, President of EAPN, and Fintan Farrell, Director of EAPN, both spoke on behalf on EAPN. “The imposition of such measures and their negative impact seem to be deliberate. Deliberate for what? For the promotion of precarity in these countries towards a new world order meeting the needs of increasingly large Corporations and resulting in slavery and misery for the majority of citizens for the benefit of an even wealthier minority”, said Sergio Aires.

EAPN speaks at EPSU’s Economic Committee

25/10 – EAPN presented the 2012 NRP Report and country-specific Recommendations to EPSU, European public services union, Economic Committee on the 25th October. The presentation formed part of a mutual exchange on EU and national engagement in Europe 2020, and explored the potential for increased collaboration between EPSU and EAPN members in the NRP/Economic semester process.

42 NGO networks address European Council, Parliament and Commission: Play the card of partnership

07 Nov 2012 – 42 NGO networks including EAPN co-signed an open letter sent yesterday to the Council, the European Parliament and the European Commission on the Partnership principle, highlighting their concerns about the on-going trend towards a dilution of this partnership principle, the decrease of socio-economic and civil society stakeholder’s participation and the deletion of the Code of conduct.