EAPN Sweden was founded in 1998 by about ten social NGOs. Today it has 40 member organisations at national, regional and local levels.
EAPN Sweden primarily works on the following areas:
- Information and lobbying
- Participation in the Social Inclusion strategy, in cooperation with other NGOs.
- Collaboration with EAPN at European level.
- “Bringing Europe to Sweden”, meaning that people in general and NGOs in particular need the information that EAPN can provide.
EAPN Sweden also takes part in the National Action Plan (NAP) process by making inputs on the official text that the government is doing and follow up by written documents, meetings and discussions with representatives from the Government. It also tries to make local authorities interested in doing local NAPs together with actors from the sector of organizations working within the social economy. A process has started in some medium big cities.
EAPN-Sweden is represented in the so called “User’s Delegation” that meets with the Minister of Social Welfare and Health on a regular basis. The word “user” in this context means “user of welfare services” or, in other words, people living in exclusion and poverty.
The methods used have so far been task forces, seminars and conferences, participation in the so-called “Users’ Network” and other lobbying activities. The network has given particular attention to the labour market, unemployment, housing and homelessness, addiction and social exclusion.
You can download EAPN Sweden’s presentation brochure here (in Swedish).
Contact Details
EAPN Sverige
C/o Verdandi
Slakthusgatan 9
121 62 Johanneshov (Sweden)
Tel: +46-8-545 560 65
E-mail: sonja.wallbom@rfhl.se
Website: www.eapn.se
Annual report
- Annual report 2012 (in Swedish)
- Annual report 2010
- Annual report 2009 (in Swedish)
EAPN Sweden’s members
Full membership:
National organisations:
- Aktionsgruppen för social rättvisa mot utslagning
- Caritas Sverige
- EAPN i Syd
- EAPN i Västra Götaland
- EAPN i Örebro – Nätverket för en hållbar välfärd
- ENU Sverige
- Göteborgs Kyrkliga Stadsmission
- Hela Människan
- ICSW, Svenska Nationalkommitten
- KRIS – Kriminellas revansch i samhället
- RFHL – Riksförbundet för hjälp åt narkotika- och läkemedelsberoende
- RSMH, Riksförbundet för social och mental hälsa
- Stiftelsen Cesam
- Verdandi
- Våga Värna Varandra
Regional and local organisations:
- FMN, Föräldraföreningen mot narkotika, Örebro
- Frälsningsarmén, Gnistan
- Hyresgästföreningen i Örebro
- KRIS, Kriminellas revansch i samhället, Örebro
- Kurdiska föreningen i Örebro
- LP-verksamheten
- NBV Örebro Län
- Ria-Dorkas, Örebro
- RSMH, Riksförbundet för Social och Mental Hälsa
- Röda Korset
- SIMON, Sveriges invandrare mot narkotika
- Skådespelet BEF
- Somaliska föreningen
- Svenska Kyrkan, Diakonicentrum
- Sällskapet Länkarna
- Verdandi i Örebro
- Örebro Frivilla Samhällsarbetare
- Örebro Rättighetscenter
- Stadsmissionen i Malmö
- Kirseberga församling i Malmö
- RFHL i Malmö
- Röda Korset i Malmö
- RFHL i Malmö
Associate membership:
- Föreningen Urkraft
- Skyddsvärnet i Göteborg
