Employment policies: a general overview
The European Employment Strategy (EES): 10 years of Open Method of Coordination In 1997 The Amsterdam Treaty, with a new chapter on Employment has been an important step: whilst employment…
Ongoing call for the Social NGOS to be considered as stakeholders when Employment policies are discussed
EAPN has been constantly bringing our work and arguments to the attention of policy makers at EU and national level, asking that employment policy deliver for the most excluded, notably…
Active Labour Market Policies: what is good activation likely to deliver social cohesion?
The development of ‘activation policies’ is a general trend in Europe, as a set of policies aiming at bringing people back to employment, either through financial incentives, or through compulsory…
Social Economy as a valuable tool for social inclusion
Within the area of social economy, many of projects and initiatives are being developed. They aim to help efficiently people furthest from the labour market getting back to the labour…
Flexicurity should also aim at delivering social cohesion
EAPN is following with great concern the implementation of the EU common principles on Flexicurity, adopted in December 2007, aiming at inspiring Labour Market reforms in the Member States. During…
Social inclusion: a general overview
At the Lisbon European Council of March 2000, Member States and the European Commission agreed to take steps to “make a decisive impact on the eradication of…
Raising awareness on Poverty/Wealth and Inequality
In spite of the overall wealth of the European Union (EU) poverty, nearly 1 in 7 people are at risk of poverty. However, poverty is not well understood, either by…
Promoting better social inclusion approaches and policies
Whilst supporting the development of multidimensional approaches, EAPN aims to promote mutual learning between national members and to develop proposals for better policy approaches and measures on specific policy areas…
Pressing for more effective, participative National Action Plans and OMC on Inclusion
For the last 10 years, EAPN has actively promoted the need for a dynamic, integrated national action plan process involving wide-spread stakeholder involvement within the Open Method of Coordination (OMC)…
Building towards 2010
The European Year against poverty in 2010 is a crucial moment, to stocktake on progress made and to implement a social pact with decision-makers on the necessary future measures to…