Category Archives: EAPN position papers and reports

EAPN Report – Contribution to the European symposium on access to healthcare for the disadvantaged, Paris, 16 December 2000

The representatives of anti-poverty organisations from several EUMember states, meeting in UNIOPSS’ offices in Paris on 7 October 2000passed the following resolutions addressed to the European and MemberState authorities, looking ahead to the European Conference on accessto health care being hosted by the French Presidency on 16 December2000.

Final declaration of the 2000 EAPN General Assembly: “Participation: an essential part of fighting social exclusion”

On November 23-25 2000, EAPN held its ‘tenth anniversary’ General Assembly in Barcelona. This year, the keynote theme was: “Participation: an essential part of fighting social exclusion”. At the end of the General Assembly, the EAPN delegates coming from the 15 Member States of European Union adopted the following final declaration.

EAPN Contribution to Council of Europe conference on Racism

The European Anti-Poverty Network is pledged to bring all its activities to bear on eradicating poverty and wishes to stress that rooting out racism and poverty and social exclusion are two sides of the same fight.

EAPN working document – How are the Employment Guidelines addressing long-term unemployment?

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EAPN Report – Structural Funds: Report of Rome round table, 29-30 September 2000

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EAPN Report – Mainstreaming poverty and social exclusion: Integrating the fight against poverty and social exclusion across all areas of public policy to promote social cohesion

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EAPN Statement to the UN World Summit for Social Development

This document is the statement by EAPN on the occasion of the United Nations Special Session “World Summit for Social Development and beyond: achieving social development for all in a globalising world” (Geneva 26 to 30 June 2000).

EAPN Proposals for adequate objectives for a European strategy against poverty and social exclusion

This paper makes a series of proposals for objectives which could make a decisive impact on the eradication of poverty. It is important to note that the Lisbon Summit is the first to set eradicating rather than just reducing poverty as a goal.

EAPN Report – National and European policies to combat poverty and social exclusion

EAPN Statement on the EU Charter of Fundamental rights

This document is the statement by Fintan Farrell, President of EAPN, to the Convention hearing on the Charter of Fundamental Rights, 27 April 2000.