Join our team! Do you have a passion for the fight against poverty and social exclusion? Do you know your way around policy and advocacy issues? And do you have a passion for supporting organisations fighting against poverty and social exclusion? Then this role may be for you! EAPN is looking for a full-time Policy…
Fifty million households around Europe are currently suffering from energy poverty. This means they cannot sufficiently light, heat or cool their homes. Energy poverty is rooted in structural causes – which span across the current economic, energy, climate, taxation, social, employment, welfare, health, and housing policies. The main drivers of energy poverty are low income,…
Brussels, 24 February 2022 The Executive Committee of the European Anti-Poverty Network (EAPN) strongly voices its most absolute rejection of any type of war and its justifications. EAPN urges the European Union and its national leaders to -among the possible decisions of today’s meeting- agree on preventive and organizational measures to deal with the situation in which thousands of people…
For the preparation of the proposal for a Council Recommendation on a fair transition towards climate neutrality, the European Commission launched a consultation process with civil society organisations active in the areas of social rights and labour policies, in the last trimester of 2021. In the first section of this position paper, EAPN sets out…
Together with EPSU (the European Public Service Unions) we contributed to the Briefing: the Right to Affordable Clean Energy for all Europeans! Energy poverty is already affecting over 50 million Europeans, and this number is growing frighteningly fast. Equal access to clean and affordable energy must be guaranteed within the EU transition towards climate neutrality…
On the occasion of the German Presidency Council Conclusions published this Monday 12 October, EAPN releases its statement on the vital need for EU Action on adequate Minimum Income. Poverty and inequality are rising again with the COVID-19 pandemic which has deepened existing inequalities (see EAPN COVID-19 report). Certain groups were always disproportionately at risk…
The President of the Commission issued her first State of the Europe Union (SOTEU) address last week. While the SOTEU recognised that we live in a period of ‘profound anxiety for millions who are concerned about the health of their families, the future of their jobs or simply just getting through until the end of…
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2001 2001 1st People experiencing poverty EU meeting: When the Lisbon Strategy was approved, EAPN made all the efforts possible to include in the Open Method of Coordination an annual European meeting of people experiencing poverty formally as part of the process. However it was not possible to reach the necessary political… Read more 2002…
EAPN Slovenia recently joined our network (EAPN General Assembly, September 2019, Helsinki) “Slovenia is currently tackling many issues in regard to poverty and social exclusion, thus we want to establish stronger network and build strong alliances! We hope to achieve relevant changes in the society due to the fact that we gathered enthusiastic NGOs and…
