The latest one:
EAPN letter to the EPSCO Council: Put People and Respect for the European Social Model first
Ahead of the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council (EPSCO) on 9-10 March 2009, EAPN has written to the Ministers regarding the impact of the crisis on people in poverty and anti poverty organisations. In their letter, EAPN puts forward short and long term proposals to ensure that the needs of people experiencing poverty are included in the response to the crisis.
Download the letter: English – French – Spanish
Other EAPN policy papers on…
Social Inclusion
Building Security, Giving Hope: EAPN Assessment of the National Strategic Reports on Social Protection and Social Inclusion (2008-10) Read
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Employment
EAPN Letter to EAPN to EU Ministers of Employment: “The adequacy of Minimum Income Schemes is a key way to address the economic crisis” Read
The Lisbon Strategy
>>Will the economic crisis force a stronger social pillar in Lisbon? EAPN Social Inclusion Scoreboard on the National Reform Programmes (2008-10) Read
Structural Funds
Services
Participation and civil Dialogue
At a time when the common principles on Flexicurity to be adopted by the Council on Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs in December are being elaborated, EAPN calls on the EU Employment Ministers to make Flexicurity deliver the social cohesion citizens are expecting.
This position paper explains what social economy is for EAPN. It also lists ‘good activation’ criteria for Social enterprises promoted by EAPN and presents recommendations for more visibility and a more efficient support to ‘Inclusive social economy’.
This tool kit is designed to help EAPN national networks engage with this “light year process”, specifically targeting action around the NAP inclusion, both at national and EU level and to provide supporting information that will enable networks to contribute to the questionnaire which will form the basis of the EAPN EU Report on Social Inclusion and Poverty 2007.
This tool kit is designed to help national networks engage with the National Reform Programme (2006-8) of the revised Lisbon Strategy and provides specific information on the 2007 Implementation Report. It primarily focuses on the Employment guidelines but makes reference to the macro and micro elements.
In its response to the Commission Communication “Towards common principles of Flexicurity: more and better jobs through flexibility and security”, EAPN warns: “The security we need cannot be summarised by secured transitions between jobs! It requires high levels of social protection, quality employment and respect of fundamental rights.”
Read the letter EAPN sent to the EU Ministers of Employment and Social Affairs ahead of the informal Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council (5-7 July 2007)
This document gathers the EAPN proposal for strengthening the social dimensions of Lisbon in the context of the discussion on the revision of the Integrated Guidelines for the Lisbon Strategy
Read the letter EAPN sent to EU Heads of State and Government ahead of the 2007 June European Council
EAPN and its members just released their contribution to the questionnaire sent by the European Commission on the 2010 EU year against poverty
In its response to the Commission’s Green Paper on Labour Law, EAPN states that there is a need for Labour Law to adapt in order to play its protective function regarding the development of precarity and to contribute to an inclusive labour market.
