Eurodiaconia publishes its analysis of the European Semester
15/10 – Eurodiaconia has published a summary of members’ analysis of the European Semester 2013.
Mag 2/2012 – POVERTY REDUCTION: WILL MEMBER STATES BREAK THEIR PROMISES? The contribution of Structural Funds to Poverty Reduction
This issue of the EAPN Mag on the future of the EU Structural Funds tells the story of how the Member States are ready to break the promise they made when the agreed the EU Poverty Reduction Target. One of the key fruits of this agreed target has been the proposal from the Commission to ring-fence 25% of the next round of Structural Funds for the European Social Fund (ESF) and to ring-fence 20% of the ESF to fight poverty and social exclusion.
Conclusions of the EU FP7 project SOPHIE – Social and economic policies matter for health equity
19/11/2015 – The SOPHIE research project has realeased its conclusions. Funded from the European Community’s Seventh Framework Programme, the project aims to generate new evidence on the impact of structural policies on health inequalities and to develop innovative methodologies for the evaluation of these policies in Europe.
Growndbreaking Finnish Strategy on Homelessnessegy Report
3/03/2015- The Finnish homlessness strategy. Last month of February, Finland released an international review of the Finnish strategy to tackle homelessness showscasing growndbreaking good practices. The review has been published…
NEW! Updated EXPLAINER on Poverty and Inequality in the EU
16/09/2014 – EAPN issues its new and long-awaited Explainer on Poverty and Inequality in the EU, an update of the Explainer of the same name issued in 2009 and one of EAPN’s most popular publications. This explainer sets out to provide a simple introduction to the poverty debate. It focuses primarily on current perspectives on the nature and extent of poverty, its causes and its links to inequality. It explains how poverty is understood and measured currently in the EU, and highlights some of the shortcomings of these approaches.
Walloon Network Against Poverty, RWLP (member of BAPN) : New publication on inequalities and poverty in Wallonia – Working paper of IWEPS – Anne- Catherine GUIO Christine MAHY
September 2013, Namur – In this publication, “Regards sur la pauvreté et les inégalités en Wallonie”, the authors have opted to cross different indicators to best approach the reality of the Walloon population facing poverty and insecurity. Most of the indicators used were defined, used and validated at European level and are mainly from the European Survey on Income and Living Conditions ( EU-SILC) .
MAG 1/2012 – The Crisis of Democracy – Anti-poverty organisations respond
{jathumbnail}This issue of the EAPN Magazine looks at how anti-poverty NGOs are responding to the challenge posed by a political context dominated by ‘austerity measures’ that impact heavily on people ‘living in or at risk of poverty’ and undermine agreed strategies to fight poverty.
#2015EAPN Annual Policy Conference REPORT is out!
EAPN’s Annual Policy Conference (09/10/2015), held in partnership with and hosted by the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), built on EAPN’s Assessment of the 2015 National Reform Programmes, giving evidence that poverty and participation must be put at the heart of the European Semester.
EASPD | New report: How can the European Semester help to implement the UN CRPD
12/11/2015 – EASPD releases its latest report recommending the EU to use the European Semester as a tool to support the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The EASPD report proposes recommendations on how the EU and its Member States can further develop disability friendly legislation and practices through the European Semester; especially in areas such as inclusive labour markets, inclusive education settings and living in the community. The report ends with several national messages from EASPD’s member organisationson the Country-Specific Recommendations, Country Reports and National Reform Programmes for their own respective Member States.
European Socioeconomic Governance in Action: Coordinating Social Policies in the third European Semester
23/02/2015- European Socioeconomic Governance in Action: Coordinating Social Policies in the third European Semester. OSE latest working paper, to which EAPN Europe has contributed, tackles recent governance changes and their…