Macedonian Anti-Poverty Platform and Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Human Rights launched on 29th October their campaign on the year 2010 in Skopje. The campaign aims to raise awareness and mobilize actors at national and local levels to join forces to combat poverty and social exclusion in the country.
{jathumbnail}29-30/03 – The second Joint Social Conference was organised in Brussels by an alliance of over 40 trade unions, NGOs and social movements from 20 countries, of which EAPN is a prominent member.
Six organisations of people with mobility disabilities from Estonia, Finland, Latvia and Lithuania gathered for the first time at a seminar “Disability Rights and Reality” in Vilnius, Lithuania 28.–31.10.2010.
The Basic Income Network (BIEN) and other national organisations are planning a new European Citizen’s Initiative (ECI) on Basic Income.
Organized by EAPN Spain and supported by public funding, a Congress on Fundamental Rights and People Experiencing Poverty and Social Exclusion will be held in Madrid on 18-20 November, as a closing event of the 2010 European Year.
The Committee of the Regions (CoR) Economic and Social Commission (ECOS) held a Round Table session on the impact of the crisis, to assess solutions for improving the social impact and the creation of jobs.
{jathumbnail}The 11th European Meeting of people experiencing poverty took place in Brussels on 10 & 11 May 2012 on the topic of “Homelessness and Housing Rights in the Context of the Crisis.”
In the context of the European Year 2010, two associations – Clara from France and Babelea at European level – with the support of EAPN France, have created this short video to give voice to migrants.
EAPN secretariat and EAPN Estonia participated in the launch conference on Learning for Well Being: a policy priority for children and youth in Europe – a movement for change.