EPSCO Meeting, 9-10 December & European Council Meeting, 12-13 December | EAPN Letters
In advance of the upcoming EPSCO meeting on the 9-10 December, and European Council Meeting on the 12-13 December, EAPN wrote letters to Social Ministers and to the “Trios” (Finnish Presidency and Croatian and German future Presidencies) as well as to Heads of State sharing our reflections on the need for a meaningful process to…
Delivering Agenda 2030 – For People and Planet | EAPN Proposals for a post Europe 2020 Strategy
EAPN presents its position paper on Delivering Agenda 2030 for people and the planet – EAPN Proposals for a Post Europe 2020 strategy the European Semester – a set of priorities for the European Commission and EU institutions to create a strategy promoting effective rights-based social and sustainable development. The elections of the new European…
Visibility Action | PEP Meeting 19th November
As part of the 18th European Meeting of People Experiencing Poverty (PEP meeting), a visibility action took place at Place Rogier on the 19th of November from 8.00am to 9.00am. The goal of this Visibility Action was to amplify the voices of people experiencing poverty at the PEP and to raise awareness of poverty and…
Actions speak louder than words, what values will Von Der Leyen really uphold? | Joint op-ed
Co-signed by 20+ European Organizations, this op-ed calls on Commission President-elect von der Leyen to create a fairer, greener, inclusive and prosperous Europe with human rights, equality, and social and environmental justice as the key priorities. President-elect Ursula von der Leyen has proposed a number of unsuitable mandates and controversial candidates to lead the European…
The role of power, politics and participation in eradicating poverty in Europe | EAPN Seminar
On 16 September 2019, European Anti-Poverty Network (EAPN) with the Finnish Anti-Poverty Network EAPN-Fin, the EU2019FI, BIBU– Tackling Biases and Bubbles in Participation -research project and SOSTE Finnish Federation for Social Affairs and Health held a seminar on the role of power, politics and participation in eradicating poverty in Europe in the framework of the…
AGS 2020: Move from Aspiration to Inspiration on Social Rights and Poverty Reduction | Letter to President Juncker and Von Der Leyen
EAPN has written to the President of the European Commission to ensure the AGS 2020 continues its progress towards a more balanced social/economic/environmental strategy delivering on poverty, social rights + participation. We underline 10 key messages for the 2020 Annual Growth Survey, building on our exchanges with our members on their findings this year and…
Is the 2019 European Semester More Social? | EAPN Assessment of the European Semester 2019
EAPN presents its report on the European Semester – Is the European 2019 European Semester More Social? – an assessment on how far the European Semester in 2019 has supported progress in terms of delivery on social rights and the Europe 2020 poverty reduction target, as well as promoting participation of civil society and people facing…