EAPN participated in the Peer Review organized by the French Presidency on the 3 and 4 December 2009, discussing their scoreboard approach to driving and monitoring poverty reduction policies.
“Fighting poverty must be put at the centre of the European agenda (…) social cohesion, equity within the EU and throughout the world should be EU’s priority (…) Child poverty…
In a paper produced by EAPN Bulgaria for the Bulgarian Recovery Plan, they point out that the crisis could be a period of opportunities. “How well these opportunities will be used determines where societies will be headed for – sustainable development and recovery or ‘take a short breath’ and then again plunge into the wave of a following crisis“.
On 30 April, DG Regio of the European Commission organized for the first time an Informal Round Table with non-governmental organisations so as to strengthen the dialogue with the European Networks of NGOs actively involved in Cohesion Policy.
“Fighting poverty must be put at the centre of the European agenda (…) social cohesion, equity within the EU and throughout the world should be EU’s priority (…) Child poverty…
EAPN Spain President Carlos Susías will be chairing a conference on 28 April on the occasion of the New Society Forum (“Foro de Nueva Sociedad”). The New Society Forum was founded in 2000 by his current President, José Luis Rodríguez Garcia.
Since Friday 23 April, the Social Platform has been hosting a new photo exhibition: “Fourteen families under one roof” by Rebecca Lee (EAPN) and Catherine Antoine.
Responding to the disappointing closure of the National Forum on Europe, Anna Visser, Director of the European Anti-Poverty Network (EAPN) Ireland, expressed concern that this closure is the latest in a long line of decisions that undermine and stifle the quality of Irish democratic debate. 2009 is a critical year for Ireland’s engagement with Europe.
In a paper produced by EAPN Bulgaria for the Bulgarian Recovery Plan, they point out that the crisis could be a period of opportunities. “How well these opportunities will be…
On the occasion of the Journalist Award for Diversity against Discrimination Ceremony, Fintan Farrell presented the Special award for the article on ‘discrimination and poverty’, offered to Hanna Nikkanen, for…