Opening screening of ‘I Daniel Blake’ in Chesterfield
Colin Hampton (EAPN UK): ‘Thanks to everyone for supporting the opening screening of I, Daniel Blake in Chesterfield on Friday. We had an attendance of over 200. Thanks to the…
Conference of EAPN Netherlands with Secretary of State Jetta Klijnsma
EAPN Netherlands organized a conference to close the project “Include Experts by Experience in the Local Social Field”. During this conference, the Secretary of State, Jetta Klijnsma, discussed poverty and…
EAPN Portugal is celebrating its 25th anniversary
EAPN Portugal is celebrating its 25th anniversary. To mark this date, several initiatives were organized throughout 2016, closing the year with the presentation of a publication that portrays the 25…
Seminar hosted in the European Parliament: Can the Semester help build a better Social Europe?
The event Can the Semester help build a better Social Europe? is jointly hosted by the European Anti-Poverty Network with Sergio Gutiérrez Prieto (MEP, S&D). The seminar aims to review how…
Concrete actions to tackle poverty and rising inequality based on social rights are necessary to ensure AGS 2017 delivers on signs of hope | Letter to the EPSCO Council
At the EPSCO meeting on the 8-9 December, the Social Ministers will discuss their first response to the 2017 Annual Growth Survey, in the context of the upcoming European Pillar of…
Children cannot wait: 7 priority actions to protect all refugee and migrant children | Joint statement from 78 organisations
78 organisations active in the field of children’s rights strongly welcome that this year’s European Forum on the Rights of the Child focuses on protecting children in migration. Children represent a significant…
Launch of Energy Poverty Handbook in European Parliament
Between 10% and 25% of people in the EU face energy poverty, and the numbers continue to increase. Too many people are forced to choose between heating and eating. Access…
Civil society criticizes “Business As Usual” as Commission publishes its plans for implementing the Sustainable Development Goals
SDG Watch Europe, a civil society alliance of more than 90 EU NGOs established to ensure the full implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by the EU and its…
Signs of change towards a Social Europe? | Annual Growth Survey 2017
Brussels, 18 November 2016. On 16 November, the European Commission adopted the Autumn Package presenting the Annual Growth Survey (AGS) 2017, with the Press Release title: ‘Working on a stronger and…
The 15th EU Meeting of People Experiencing Poverty – Empowerment Through Participation!
The European Meeting of People Experiencing Poverty was organised by the European Anti-Poverty Network (EAPN) with the support of the European Commission, the Slovakian presidency of the Council of the European Union,…