EAPN letter to EU Prime Ministers on Flexicurity
Read the letter EAPN sent to the EU Prime Ministers on the eve of the of the Informal Tripartite Social Summit on Flexicurity held in Lahti, Finland on the 19 and 20th October
EAPN statement on the occasion of the Fifth European Round Table on Poverty and Social Exclusion: Give the fight against poverty the political drive it deserves!
On the occasion of the fifth European Round Table on Poverty and Social Exclusion, EAPN wishes to share its initial reflections on this stage in the development of the new ‘streamlined’ OMC on social protection and social inclusion
Press release: Give the fight against poverty the political drive it deserves!
On the occasion of the fifth European Round Table on Poverty and Social Exclusion to be held in Tampere on 16-17 October 2006, the European Anti-Poverty Network (EAPN) will be sharing with EU and Government officials its initial reflections on the recent publication of the new ‘streamlined’ Reports for 2006-2008 under the Open method of coordination on social protection and social inclusion (OMC), the EU’s driving mechanism in meeting its objective to reduce poverty and social exclusion by 2010.
Final declaration of the 2006 EAPN General Assembly: The EU we want
On 5-7 October 2006, EAPN held its seventeenth General Assembly in Toledo, Spain. At the end of the General Assembly, the EAPN delegates adopted the following declaration.
Press release: EAPN calls on the EU to fundamentally re-think its economic and social policy
The shocking official figures of 72 million people living their daily lives in or at risk of poverty shows that the EU has failed in reaching the vision of a social Europe. This is why the participants to the Toledo EAPN General Assembly last week urged the European Union to “fundamentally rethink its economic and social policy if it is to achieve its stated objective to make decisive impact on the eradication of poverty by 2010”.
EAPN Germany
{jathumbnail}The German network has translated Voices from the Poverty Line and The EU we want, both from 2006.
Press release: Voices from the Poverty Line: Jobs and unemployment in the EU – Launch of a new EAPN publication
{jathumbnail}EAPN has officially launched on 12 September 2006 a new booklet entitled “Voices from the Poverty Line: Jobs and unemployment in the EU”.
Voices from the Poverty Line: Jobs and unemployment in the EU
{jathumbnail}This book gives a direct voice to real men and women experiencing poverty on the sharp end of the revised Lisbon Strategy. Discover their story.
July/August 2006: Focus on Employment
{jathumbnail}The figures of 72 million people at risk of poverty, 18 million unemployed and 14 million working poor in the EU, raise the following question: is the revised Lisbon Strategy really delivering employment policies that work for people experiencing poverty and social exclusion?
Press release: European Council, 15-16 June – Lisbon Strategy: lack of visibility, consistency and commitment for social inclusion
In a letter sent today to the EU Heads of State and Government, EAPN states that no place for social inclusion within the implementation of the Lisbon Strategy would devalue the Spring Council conclusions.