January/March 2008: The EAPN campaign for Adequate Minimum Income schemes
{jathumbnail}This new issue looks at the campaign EAPN launched last December for Adequate Minimum Income schemes.
DetailsCivil dialogue also requires transparency and openness
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…
DetailsTowards better participation of excluded groups
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…
DetailsServices and Social Services: a general overview
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…
DetailsKey action areas
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…
DetailsEAPN’s key concerns
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…
DetailsEAPN action against the Services Directive: In defense of quality universal services
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…
DetailsStructural Funds: a general overview
The Structural Funds and the Cohesion Fund are intended to narrow the gaps in economic and social development among the regions and Member States of the European Union. Representing more…
DetailsBuilding upon the EQUAL programme
One of the success stories of the last round of the structural funds was the EQUAL Programme, which operated on the basis of social inclusion, innovation, transnationality, empowerment and the…
DetailsProviding the right framework for NGOs to access the funds
To ensure that the funds deliver on tackling poverty, it is crucial to enable access of those organisations engaged with the most excluded, and to provide tailored mechanisms. Key tools…
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