The Austrian Anti Poverty Network (“Die Armutskonferenz”) organised their 12th Austrian Poverty Conference in Salzburg from 9 to 11 March. The initial conference topic was Voices against Poverty – Because social inequality and exclusion endanger democracy but given the current situation, there was also an exchange about the consequences of the Corona virus on people…
EAPN Spain created a microsite (in Spanish) on the social impact of the Coronavirus crisis that includes: a detailed analysis of the various social and economic consequences of the Corona virus, very well also highlighting the gender dimension. The statement includes recommendations to the Spanish government and the Autonomous Regions in Spain. It has been shared by social media and was picked…
As one of the members of the European Stakeholder Committee, EAPN participated in the kick-off meeting of a new Horizon 2020 project “Closing gaps in social citizenship – New tools to foster social resilience in Europe” (EUROSHIP) that took place on 27 and 28 February 2020 in Oslo. EUROSHIP Project The project aims at:…
119 organisations came together to express, in an open letter, their deep concerns regarding the unlawful and inhuman developments at the Evros border and the Aegan islands.The handling of the situation, by the Greek Government and the European Union, is a clear violation of their legal obligations towards asylum seekers and of the right to…
EAPN President Carlos Susias, Director Leo Williams and Policy Coordinator Sian Jones met with Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis to discuss a coherent social and sustainable post-2020 strategy, an economy which works for the people to reduce poverty and inequalities and an action plan on the implementation of the Pillar of Social Rights! One of the key…
After three years of hard and successful efforts in tackling energy poverty, the ASSIST project is approaching its end. It is therefore the right time for the partners of the project to organise a conference to discuss the challenges and the solutions to tackle Energy Poverty at the European and local level. The event “From…
2020 does not only mark the beginning of a new decade but also the 30 years anniversary of EAPN. During the last three decades, EAPN has grown into the largest European network of 32 national, regional & local networks, involving anti-poverty NGOs, grassroots groups and 13 European Organisations, active in the fight against poverty and…
The 2019 PeP Meeting took place on 18 and 19 November, at the beginning of a new term of the European Commission and European Parliament. During this meeting, we took the opportunity to raise awareness about the history of PeP meetings, organised since 2000, and to present the political priorities that people experiencing poverty (PeP)…
EAPN, with members of the EU Alliance for Investing in Children, recently published two statements welcoming the prioritisation for a European Child Guarantee by the European Institutions. In the first one, the Alliance explained Why the Child Guarantee Council Recommendation is best launched in 2020 Today, 23 million children grow up at risk of poverty…
We believe at EAPN that fighting poverty is a political choice and that high poverty rates are the clear manifestation of political inaction. Philip Alston, UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, draws the same conclusion upon finishing his fact-finding visit in Spain. Indeed, he noted in his preliminary conclusions that “poverty is…