On 28 February and 1 March 2003, EUROCITIES and the European Anti-Poverty Network (EAPN) held a Conference in Athens, hosted by the City of Athens and under the patronage of Ms Diamantopoulou, Member of the European Commission, on the theme “The EU Strategy for social inclusion: making it work at the local level”.
The Conference brought together representatives from local authorities, NGOs, national and European institutions and other actors involved in the fight against poverty and called for a greater involvement of the actors at the local level in the Strategy.