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Social NGOs petition hand over more than 11.300 signatures calling on Member States to respect their commitments to poverty reduction!
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Social NGOs petition hand over more than 11.300 signatures calling on Member States to respect their commitments to poverty reduction!
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13-14 Nov 2012 – EAPN, represented by EAPN Vice-President: Kart Mere (EAPN EE) presented a paper as expert network in the Peer Review “Area-based policies in urban areas: how to promote good living conditions for children and youth” held in Oslo on 13-14 November 2012.
DetailsAthens, 09-10 November 2012 – In solidarity with its Greek network, EAPN held its Executive Committee in Athens, preceded by an open debate on the overall situation as well as on poverty and social exclusion. Sergio Aires, President of EAPN, and Fintan Farrell, Director of EAPN, both spoke on behalf on EAPN. “The imposition of such measures and their negative impact seem to be deliberate. Deliberate for what? For the promotion of precarity in these countries towards a new world order meeting the needs of increasingly large Corporations and resulting in slavery and misery for the majority of citizens for the benefit of an even wealthier minority”, said Sergio Aires.
Details07 Nov 2012 – 42 NGO networks including EAPN co-signed an open letter sent yesterday to the Council, the European Parliament and the European Commission on the Partnership principle, highlighting their concerns about the on-going trend towards a dilution of this partnership principle, the decrease of socio-economic and civil society stakeholder’s participation and the deletion of the Code of conduct.
DetailsThe General Workers’ Union and the Anti-Poverty Forum have joined forces to promote a petition launched by the European Public Service Union, which the GWU forms part of, calling on…
DetailsThe General Workers’ Union and the Anti-Poverty Forum have joined forces to promote a petition launched by the European Public Service Union, which the GWU forms part of, calling on the EU to put water as a human right on its agenda.
DetailsCommenting on Iain Duncan Smith’s speech during his visit to Scotland Peter Kelly, Director of the Poverty Alliance, said: “As we expected, the future of our welfare system will be…
DetailsCommenting on Iain Duncan Smith’s speech during his visit to Scotland Peter Kelly, Director of the Poverty Alliance, said: “As we expected, the future of our welfare system will be a central element of the debate about Scotland’s constitutional future.
DetailsFor the 3rd year in a row, FNARS has carried out a survey on the French minimum income scheme RSA with social workers in its network. The survey’s report highlights…
DetailsFor the 3rd year in a row, FNARS has carried out a survey on the French minimum income scheme RSA with social workers in its network. The survey’s report highlights the difficulties of the RSA to reach the social inclusion objectives set.
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