{jathumbnail}EAPN has officially launched on 12 September 2006 a new booklet entitled “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.
{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?
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.
{jathumbnail}The Community Programme to combat social exclusion provides the opportunity to support analysis and research. This special issue of Network News aims to offer a “macro” look at the areas and findings.
{jathumbnail}Services of General Interest: What are we talking about? Ever had that feeling that everybody else knows what the Services Directive is about except you?
EAPN Response to the Communication concerning a consultation on action at EU level to promote the active inclusion of the people furthest from the labour market.
EAPN calls for the EU to confirm the basic right to minimum income, providing adequate income levels to sustain a dignified life for all, regardless of employment status.
It is about time the Heads of State and Government reaffirmed that significant progress is to be made to help and support those in poverty, who are still excluded from the ‘EU family’ project.
EAPN assessment of how the new Lisbon process is integrating social inclusion priorities and promoting the active participation of social NGOs and people experiencing poverty. It forms part of EAPN’s contribution to the Spring European Council.