10th European Meeting of People experiencing poverty: Employment, Work, Jobs – The reality for people experiencing poverty
{jathumbnail}Organised by the Hungarian Presidency of the European Union, with the support of the European Commission and of the European Anti-Poverty Network, the 10th European Meeting of People experiencing poverty…
EAPN’s explainer on Wealth, Inequalities and Social Polarisation in the EU is out!
{jathumbnail}This publication aims to explain what wealth is and how social polarization is currently growing in the EU and worldwide, providing a whole range of statistics on these issues.
National Networks activities in the 2010 Year
{jathumbnail}The passing of the National Focus weeks reminds us how quickly the 2010 year is passing. Already activities in focus weeks have happened in Ireland, Austria, France, Slovenia and Luxembourg…
EAPN Poland speaks at the Opening of the 2010 Year
Poland inaugurated the 2010 European Year on Friday 26 February 2010.The opening conference took place in Warsaw, in the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs.
A European Agenda for Skills and Jobs: Looking beyond skills to build inclusive labour markets!
{jathumbnail}11/05 – EAPN responds to the Flagship Initiative A European Agenda for New Skills and Jobs, put forward by the European Commission last November.
National Networks lobbying on the Europe 2020 strategy
In this period EAPN National Networks have been busy lobbying their National Governments to support the poverty target in the Europe 2020 Strategy. Most Networks have written to their Prime…
EAPN Austria starts 2010 activities with conference on distribution and a good life for all
{jathumbnail}More then 400 participants – from social NGOs, self‐organisations of people experiencing poverty, public authorities, and from the research community – attended the 8th Austrian Poverty Conference on 23rd/24th February in Salzburg. The conference focused on issues of distribution, capabilities and quality of life and included Richard Wilkinson (author of ‘The spirit level’) as keynote speaker…
EAPN’s General Assembly
The XXII General Assembly of EAPN will take place in Lisbon from 16 to 18 June. The theme for this General Assembly is that in the light of the current economic, political and social crisis ‘Europe needs a new Heart’.
EAPN Belgium: Event on Housing
On 26 March, EAPN Belgium (BAPN) organised in Liege a full-day event on the access to and exercice of housing rights in Europe. People living in poverty or having lived in poverty will testify and will propose recommendations to the federal Government and Europe. This was its third public event on the important question of housing and the 2nd major event of BAPN’s 2010 European Year programme.