{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?
{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?
{jathumbnail}At a time when the theme of insecurity is exploited for electoral ends, this edition of Network News, the EAPN newsletter, calls for a real political will to give prison back its function as a force for social rehabilitation.
This issue of Network News deals with some of the most critical aspects of the debates about current economic global forces and their impact on Social Europe.
The need for a minimum income is real. Most EU Member States provide for such schemes. The articles in this Network News issue will show where and why not all are reliable.
The Structural Funds story may possibly be one of the most exciting – and successful – stories on wealth distribution at supranational level. However, much remains to be done…
Poverty, loneliness and isolation may not be three sides of a triangle, but they are often parts of a vicious circle that leads to social exclusion.
Gender equality remains more hope than reality in many respects. Despite some big steps forward, stereotypes and prejudices are hard to shift!
What is the EU that EAPN wants? It is a Europe that will link social and economic development, promote participatory democracy and fight against discrimination.