EAPN Spain news (May 2013)
- Worshop on ICTs for NGOs
- Secretary General of the Spanish Socialist Party visits the headquarters of the 3rd-sector platform
PUBLIC HEARING – Civil Society proposals for smart, sustainable and inclusive recovery – REPORT and PRESENTATIONS
Strengthening the democratic legitimacy of the European Semester
Civil Society proposals for smart, sustainable and inclusive recovery
DetailsFunding opportunities at EU level
DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion in the European Commission Calls for proposals Calls for tender DG Justice in the European Commission The Commission makes direct financial contributions in the form of grants to projects or organisations which help implement EU programmes or policies. To apply for grant funding, you must reply to open calls…
DetailsEAPN to provide input to EESC hearing on “European Minimum Income and poverty indicators” on 28 May 2013
28/05 – from 9:30 to 13:00 the EESC will organise a hearing on ‘European minimum income and poverty indicators’. The idea is to reflect on a better measurement of poverty and on the challenges of adopting a European minimum income scheme. The hearing will bring together experts and people involved in advocacy work to contribute to the EESC opinion. EAPN will provide an expert input on both elements.
DetailsEAPN participates in Social Investment Package Conference
02-03/05 Leuven – The key role of social investment for the modernisation of national welfare systems and for overcoming Europe’s employment and social crisis was underlined by László Andor, European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion at the conference on the implementation of the Social Investment Package.
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Social Services, crisis and suicides in Italy
23/04/13 – by Nicoletta Teodosi, Cilap Eapn Italy The latest tragic news reports, three person suicides due to financial problems, confirm that social services are experienced as an indignity. Confirms the sense of marginality in which a person can find him/herself in a particular moment in their lives. Conversely Social Services are places where…
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Social Services, crisis and suicides in Italy
23/04/13 – by Nicoletta Teodosi, Cilap Eapn Italy
The latest tragic news reports, three person suicides due to financial problems, confirm that social services are experienced as an indignity. Confirms the sense of marginality in which a person can find him/herself in a particular moment in their lives. Conversely Social Services are places where one can be heard and more often than not, find answers. Modesty and shame are the prevalent feelings accompany the people used to live their own lives with dignity and never ask for anyone’s help.
DetailsSAVE THE DATE 28/06: PICUM Annual Workshop with EAPN and FEANTSA on Undocumented Migrants and Housing
The 2013 Annual PICUM Workshop on the housing situation of undocumented migrants, organised in partnership with FEANTSA and EAPN, will take place on 28 June 2013 in Brussels, Belgium.
DetailsEU 2020: Civil Society Organisations call for transparent and real participation in the European semester
{jathumbnail}At a Public Hearing today in the European Parliament, European Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have joined forces in an ad-hoc coalition to present country-specific recommendations for 2013 in the areas of employment, poverty, education, tax, environmental change and gender equality. Together, they call for a more balanced social, sustainable and equality-based Economic and Monetary Union, Europe 2020 Strategy and effective multi-stakeholder engagement in the whole European Semester process.
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EAPN’s MAG 1/2013 – The EAPN Fund – Providing hope for the future
EAPN dedicates its first 2013 Mag to the EAPN Fund, launched with the King Baudouin Foundation, as a legacy of the 2010 European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion. Key for raising funds has been the Row4Rights initiative, for which teams of rowers have gathered funds themselves and taken part in a tremendous sporting…
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