The European meetings of people experiencing poverty: A process going forward….
The 11th European Meeting of people experiencing poverty took place in Brussels on 10 & 11 May 2012 on the topic of “Homelessness and Housing Rights in the Context of…
The 11th European Meeting of people experiencing poverty took place in Brussels on 10 & 11 May 2012 on the topic of “Homelessness and Housing Rights in the Context of…
The 11th European Meeting of people experiencing poverty took place in Brussels on 10 & 11 May 2012 on the topic of “Homelessness and Housing Rights in the Context of…
A third aspect of participation that EAPN has been putting more energy into is fostering participation of people experiencing poverty in the work and structures of national networks and EAPN.…
In parallel to the European Meetings of people experiencing poverty, EAPN has been looking at mainstreaming participation of people with direct experience of poverty in policies that affect them (see…
Who gets Community funding? What influence do lobbies have? What rules of conduct do those in charge of EU institutions have to follow? As more than 15 000 lobbyists are…
The development of civil dialogue has faced numerous developments in the EU over the last decades, which were marked by a growing acknowledgement of the contribution of civil society to…
One of the main ambitions of the revised Lisbon Strategy is to complete the internal market in the area of Services, which provide 75% of EU jobs and 65% of…
Through the EAPN Services Group, in 2007/8 we have taken action on the following areas: 1) Monitoring the impact of the Services Directive on people experiencing poverty EAPN has developed…
The refusal of the EU to establish a strong horizontal framework on all Services of General Interest as a balance to the liberalization of the market through the Services Directive…
EAPN actively campaigned against the Services Directive since its inception, (known as the Bolkestein Directive) on three key areas: To get Services of General Interest excluded from the Directive. To…