July/August 2004: Employment and Social Inclusion
EAPN gives its take on emerging employment policies that make not just the unemployed, but workers too, more vulnerable.
EAPN gives its take on emerging employment policies that make not just the unemployed, but workers too, more vulnerable.
EAPN, urges that the following key messages emerge clearly from the review of the Lisbon agenda: the need to achieve a balance between Social, Employment and Economic Policies; the need to maintain a visible and effective EU Inclusion strategy as part of the EU Social Policy Agenda.
EAPN, urges that the following key messages emerge clearly from the review of the Lisbon agenda: the need to achieve a balance between Social, Employment and Economic Policies; the need to maintain a visible and effective EU Inclusion strategy as part of the EU Social Policy Agenda.
With the European Parliament and Commission busy reshaping themselves, the outcome of the Kok High Level Group to Review the Lisbon strategy will take on even greater impor
Without covering the full range of technical issues linked to the legal status and financing of Social Services of General Interest, and before commenting on the current legal development at EU level, EAPN wants to define more precisely the expectations of organisations representing the interests of people experiencing poverty and social exclusion in terms of access and quality.
At the occasion of a seminar entitled “Social Services of General Interest in the European Union", EAPN wants to put the needs and expectations of people experiencing poverty and social exclusion at the centre of the debate.
The European Elections offer an opportunity to debate what kind of European Union we want. EAPN, in its Election Manifesto, has put forward concrete proposals for actions.
The theme of the Meeting – Participation is a two way street – focused on the importance of Governments at national and EU levels actively engaging with people experiencing poverty on their situations.
This document is the report of the EAPN Seminar “Reinforcing the Inclusion Strategy in an Enlarged EU” which took place on 11 May 2004 in the premises of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (County Dublin).
This is the policy position taken by EAPN in response to the publication by the Commission of the Third cohesion report, which outlines the objectives, priorities and methods of the Structural Funds for the new programming period, 2007-2013.