EAPN Video on employment activation policies is OUT!
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Pathways to Work: Unlocking a door to Active Inclusion
EAPN has just released its video on employment activation policies and practices in 4 European countries.
Social Platform Networking Visit to Hungary: Impact of the crisis on people, civil society organisations and social policies
On 14-15 September the Social Platform organized a visit to Hungary. EAPN Hungary supported the planning and holding of the visit.
European Year 2012 Coalition: Launch of EY2012: Let’s all commit to an age-friendly European Union by 2020!
17/01 – On the eve of the launch of the European Year on Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations, the EY2012 Coalition, of which EAPN is a member, presents its joint Manifesto and Road Map and urges all relevant actors at local, national and European level to seize the momentum of the European Year 2012 to commit to creating an age-friendly European Union that will allow everyone to live, learn, work and age with dignity.
GA of EAPN Hungary
More than 100 participants took part in the General Assembly of EAPN Hungary Held on 9 September in Budapest. The beginning of the General Assembly offered a chance to engage…
EAPN’s Input to 2012 Commission Recommendation on Child Poverty
On 21 December, EAPN submitted its response to the stakeholder consultation organized by the SPC adhoc group on Child Poverty, following the stakeholder meeting held on the 14th December.The Adhoc group was set up to advise the Commission in developing the 2012 Recommendation on Child Poverty.
Several news from The Poverty Alliance (EAPN Scotland)
- Scottish Living Wage Campaign welcomes Labour Leaders Commitment to Living Wage
- New Welfare Reform Briefing Paper Available
- Making A Difference: Stories from the Fight Against Poverty in Scotland
EAPN joins farewell seminar as Hugo Swinnen, Verwey-Jonker Institute, retires
07/12 – (Utrecht) Hugo Swinnen has been a notable actor in the fight against poverty – contributing over thirty years to research and policy solutions on gender, participatory democracy and the interrelationships with poverty and social exclusion policy at national and EU level.
A new Network is being developed in Serbia
On 17-18 September, EAPN organized the first in a series of trainings for the Anti-Poverty Network of Serbia. This training and other activities are happening as part of a one-year EU funded project lead by SECONS development initiative group and involving 11 focus point organizations representing various groups of people experiencing poverty and social exclusion and service providers throughout Serbia.
EAPN speaks in Eurocities Event: Cities for Active Inclusion and Round Table on National Reform Programmes
Eurocities held their final event in the Cities for Active Inclusion project for 2011 on the 29th November in Brussels, assessing the key findings. The morning session included inputs from EP Employment Committee Vice President: Elizabeth Schroeder on the Future of ESF, followed by good practice workshops on social innovation, active inclusion of young people, quality of social services and social economy.
New network hosting its first international Conference: EAPN Estonia Thinking and Talking about Poverty
On 9 October, the newest member of EAPN – the National Anti-Poverty Network of Estonia – organized a Thematic Conference for the European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion in Tallinn: Think and Talk about Poverty.