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
{jathumbnail}On 24 September, EAPN and BAPN co-organised the Conference “Laying the Foundations of a Fairer Europe – Ensuring adequate minimum income for all”.
{jathumbnail}The Europe 2020 Strategy includes, as one of its 5 key targets, a target to reduce poverty by 20 million people, to be delivered through a flagship initiative: the ‘European Platform against Poverty’.
{jathumbnail}EAPN’s reaction to the Commission’s proposals for Integrated Guidelines for the Europe 2020 strategy.
With the liberalization of energy markets and the rise of energy costs, Energy Poverty (or Fuel Poverty) is increasingly a growing concern for people experiencing poverty, ie between 50 and 125 million people.
{jathumbnail}This report, produced by the EAPN Social Inclusion working group, is based on concrete examples, demonstrates that the present crisis is having a cruel impact on the life of the most vulnerable.
{jathumbnail}This position paper sets out EAPN proposals on the way forward for an EU strategy for post 2010.
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.
EAPN hopes that it will feed into the discussions on Lisbon leading up to the Spring Council.
For EAPN such investment as well as being necessary for people living in poverty is also good for the economy as the investment will immediately be put back into the economy in the form of spending on essential goods and services.
This report builds on the EAPN history of engagement in the EU Inclusion strategy (OMC Social Protection and Social Inclusion) and assesses the National Strategic Reports on Social Protection and Social Inclusion 2008-2010.
