This report reviews the first National Action Plans for Inclusion from the perspective of the reactions of the national EAPN Networks. It compares and contrasts the approach and content of the NAPincls of the 15 Member States. It then draws some overall conclusions.
It is not the intention to dwell at length here on what has already been done but to give an NGO perspective on the broader framework against which such indicators should be chosen.
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.
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.
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.
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).