The key objectives of the group have been to promote the participation of people experiencing poverty and advance towards a more participative democracy and better governance. Main activities of the group have been to exchange and pull together the experiences of National Networks on participation of people experiencing poverty, and to ensure that the European Meetings of People Experiencing Poverty have an impact on national policy initiatives to reduce poverty.

In 2008 the group has contributed to a publication gathering case studies of participation of people experiencing poverty in projects, policy-making and organizations. National Networks were asked to share their understanding of participation, the way they integrate participation internally and examples of approaches, methods and projects to foster participation in the work of the National Network. All the responses to the questionnaires are online together with links to other useful resources.

In 2009-2010, EAPN has continued to work on a participatory strategy of its own, looking at how it can foster and implement participation of people experiencing poverty in National Networks and in EAPN Europe’s work.

  • Contact person for the working group on participation and poverty: Tanya Basarab (tanya.basarab@eapn.eu)
  • Contact person for the work related to the European Meetings of People Experiencing Poverty: Fintan Farrell (fintan.farrell@eapn.eu)
  • Short explainer for people taking part in the European Meetings of People Experiencing Poverty

 

EAPN training for persons experiencing poverty active in National Networks and EAPN (Brussels 21-22 September 2011)

Presentations:

 

Capacity Building Seminar: How can we best work together? (Brussels 7-8 May 2010)

Presentations

 

Useful documents from FEANTSA

 

Documents for the 2nd Follow-up meeting: increasing participation of people experiencing poverty in the European work of EAPN (Madrid 1-2 October 2009)

 

Documents for the 1st Follow-up meeting: increasing participation of people experiencing poverty in the European work of EAPN (Brussels, 26-27 June 2009)

 

Documents on participation and governance from the Social Inclusion Working Group (30 May 2009)

 

Documents from the Participation Workshop at the seminar on 2010 and Beyond – the Legacy We Want (29 May 2009)

 

Documents for the Large Reflection Meeting on Participation in EAPN and NNs (3-4 April 2009)

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