Will the economic crisis force a stronger social pillar in Lisbon? EAPN Social Inclusion Scoreboard on the National Reform Programmes (2008-10)
EAPN hopes that it will feed into the discussions on Lisbon leading up to the Spring Council.
October/December 2008: Getting ready for 2010 European Year against Poverty!
{jathumbnail}The 2010 European Year against Poverty will be all the more special for EAPN as it will mark the deadline the EU set itself to “make a decisive impact on the eradication of poverty” and EAPN’s 20th anniversary.
EAPN Letter to EAPN to EU Ministers of Employment: “The adequacy of Minimum Income Schemes is a key way to address the economic crisis”
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.
Building Security, Giving Hope: EAPN Assessment of the National Strategic Reports on Social Protection and Social Inclusion (2008-10)
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.
From financial crisis to recovery: Where is the strategy to combat poverty? – EAPN Input on the Commission’s Economic Recovery Package
EAPN member networks will be closely monitoring the impact of the crisis on people experiencing poverty and people at risk of poverty and will be building alliances with other actors to produce further proposals in the coming months.
Input by Fintan Farrell, Director EAPN, to the 7th European Round Table on Poverty and Social Exclusion (Marseilles 15-16 October 2008)
Read the speech made by Fintan Farrell, the EAPN Director, at the 7th European Round Table on Poverty and Social exclusion.
“Delivering Results on Active Inclusion”: EAPN Key Messages for the Round Table on Poverty and Social Exclusion (Marseilles, 15-16 October 2008)
The Round Table on Poverty and Social Exclusion 2008, was an important opportunity to make real progress on delivering a dynamic integrated active inclusion approach which incorporates the right to adequate income, access to services and to quality, sustainable employment.
EAPN Tool Kit: Engaging in the Lisbon National Reform Programmes – 2008-10
This tool kit is to help EAPN National Networks engage with the process this year, and to press for a stronger focus on social inclusion at all level.
Report of the 7th European Meeting of People Experiencing Poverty, 16-17 May 2008
Read the full report of the seventh European meeting of people experiencing poverty which took place on 16 and 17 May 2008 in Brussels under the Slovenian Presidency of the EU.
EAPN joint lobbying letter to MEPs: Take action to reduce energy poverty now!
In a joint letter with other social actors, EAPN urges the MEPs who haven’t done so to sign the declaration on Energy Poverty. If more than half the MEPs sign the declaration by the 7th of November, the Commission is called upon to make a response.