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.
{jathumbnail}The German network has translated Voices from the Poverty Line and The EU we want, both from 2006.
{jathumbnail}This book gives a direct voice to real men and women experiencing poverty on the sharp end of the revised Lisbon Strategy. Discover their story.
{jathumbnail}The figures of 72 million people at risk of poverty, 18 million unemployed and 14 million working poor in the EU, raise the following question: is the revised Lisbon Strategy really delivering employment policies that work for people experiencing poverty and social exclusion?
{jathumbnail}The Community Programme to combat social exclusion provides the opportunity to support analysis and research. This special issue of Network News aims to offer a “macro” look at the areas and findings.
{jathumbnail}Services of General Interest: What are we talking about? Ever had that feeling that everybody else knows what the Services Directive is about except you?
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.