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
This report of the EAPN Conference ‘The EU We Want’, which took place on 8-9 June 2006 on the occasion of the Austrian Presidency of the EU, devotes to the results of the discussions and the key emerging messages from the conference.
Read the full report of the fifth European meeting of people experiencing poverty which took place on 12 and 13 May in Brussels under the Austrian Presidency.
Read the letter EAPN sent to the EU Prime Ministers on the eve of the of the Informal Tripartite Social Summit on Flexicurity held in Lahti, Finland on the 19 and 20th October
This document gathers the EAPN position paper which was presented on the occasion of the Informal Social Summit on Flexicurity held in Lahti, Finland, on the 19 and 20th of October 2006.
On the occasion of the fifth European Round Table on Poverty and Social Exclusion, EAPN wishes to share its initial reflections on this stage in the development of the new ‘streamlined’ OMC on social protection and social inclusion
On 5-7 October 2006, EAPN held its seventeenth General Assembly in Toledo, Spain. At the end of the General Assembly, the EAPN delegates adopted the following declaration.
EAPN Response to the Communication concerning a consultation on action at EU level to promote the active inclusion of the people furthest from the labour market.
EAPN assessment of how the new Lisbon process is integrating social inclusion priorities and promoting the active participation of social NGOs and people experiencing poverty. It forms part of EAPN’s contribution to the Spring European Council.
These guidelines are pivotal in defining the mechanisms and scope of Member States’ contribution to delivering an effective OMC on social protection and social inclusion. They need to remain ambitious in defining a clear framework for promoting the European added value of this process.
This evaluation of EAPN was carried out during 2004 and 2005. The overall aim of this evaluation was an assessment of the extent to which EAPN is a strong and growing network equipped to deliver its mission and work towards its vision.