EAPN Ireland: blog on income inequality and seminar video on accessing EU funding
Read the latest information about EAPN Ireland here…
EAPN’s core demands well reflected in in its input from 2012 in new SPC report on Tackling child poverty and promoting child well-being
The new SPC report on Tackling child poverty and promoting child well-being was adopted on 27 June. The annex of the report includes the summary of stakeholder consultation, including EAPN’s. This will form the basis of the Communication and the Recommendation on Child Poverty due out by the end of the year. EAPN’s core demands in its input from 2012, are well reflected, particularly in an increased focus on adequate income support – including access to quality jobs and social protection/social security “considering the different costs related to different age ranges and complementing income support through in-kind benefits e.g. childcare, health, housing, etc. including ‘maintaining an appropriate balance between universal policies and targeted approaches’.
The Poverty Alliance (EAPN Scotland): Scottish Assembly for Tackling Poverty 17 & 18 February 2011
Registrations are now open for the second Scottish Assembly for Tackling Poverty, which will take place in Glasgow on the 17th and 18th of February 2011. This a free, two-day…
Interview in Euronews with Sérgio Aires, President of EAPN
Read here the interview broadcasted in Euronews with Sérgio Aires, President of EAPN. And check the video on their website.
EAPN Spain: 20.8% of the population under poverty threshold
{jathumbnail}With 20.8% of its population living under the poverty threshold, Spain has one of the highest poverty rate in the Union while, at the same time, equals Nordic countries in material deprivation levels, i.e. below 10%…
Water is a Human Right Campaign: Fountain events, big success!
Events were held at fountains all across
EAPN Ireland releases final report of the 2010 European Year regional seminars and interviews with people experiencing poverty
- Final Report of the 2010 European Year against Poverty and Social Exclusion Regional Seminars
- Series of Interviews with People Experiencing Poverty in Ireland
The Water Campaign: Full steam ahead into 2013 – Sign the petition against water privatization!
Many millions of people continue to be deprived of clean, safe and affordable water and sanitation, even in Europe. The European Commission can do something about it, but WE have to put it on their agenda! One million signatures from EU-citizens are needed.
FNARS (member of EAPN France): 120 asylum seekers evicted on the street
{jathumbnail}On 9 December in Nice, 120 asylum seekers, including 35 children, were expelled manu militari from the place they had found as a shelter for the winter, as public authorities couldn’t provide them with any other place to stay.
MEP oral question on the NRP mentioning EAPN
In Nov 2012, Monika Flašíková Beňová (MEP, S&D) asked an oral question on the NRP, explicitly referencing EAPN.