EAPN Poland: Social enterprises invited to multi-sector conference
13/09/2012 – Social Support Association “Me-You-Us” (
FNARS (member of EAPN France): New jobs with a future: the Government « forgets » social inclusion professionals!
13/09/2012 – The networks of Inclusion through Economic Activity (inclusion workshops and on-field activities, inclusion enterprises, including temporary work enterprises) welcome the ambition and scope of the law project on ‘jobs with a future’.
DetailsEAPN Ireland: Dublin Employment Pact: Agency supporting employment, training, urban development and education projects in Dublin region closes down
13/09/2012 – The Board of Dublin Employment Pact (DEP) has announced that the agency – which has supported highly innovative employment, training, urban development and education projects in the capital city since 1998 – is to close today (Friday, 31 August 2012).
DetailsEAPN Spain: A step backward in the right to health care for all
08/08 – EAPN Spain expressed its serious concerns following the enforcement of a new piece of legislation (Royal Decree) , retrieving the right to universal health care for undocumented people, a basic, fundamental and inalienable right. read more on EAPN Spain website and see also PICUM’s reaction.
BAPN (EAPN Belgium) : “Prosperity is a right for all – Stop poverty and inequalities!”
13/09/2012 – BAPN, regional anti-poverty networks, trade unions, mutual societies and other civil-society actors gather within a national Platform for a national demonstration on 30th September in Brussels, to urge the federal Government to respond to crucial claims with regard to employment, income, pensions and social services & rights. Access website in French and Dutch.
EAPN participates in conference on political representation – Working Paper Interdisciplinary Views on Political Representation in the EU
Sian Jones, Policy Coordinator for EAPN, participated in a conference on political representation in Exeter on 24-26 May 2012, held by the European Institute of the University of Exeter. All participants gave input on 4 main questions, compiled in the following working paper: Interdisciplinary Views on Political Representation in the EU. (Sian Jones input from…
DetailsEAPN and EPSU write to MEP Kathleen VAN BREMPT on energy poverty
29/08 – EAPN and the European Public Services Union wrote a letter to MEP Kathleen VAN BREMPT calling on her and the European Parliament, who have played a major role in putting the issue of energy poverty and its impact on low-income households on the European agenda, to do so again with regard to the…
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EAPN challenges National Governments to come clean about whether they back EU money for poverty reduction
Brussels, 13 September – Social NGOs and the European Parliament are strongly backing the Commission’s proposal for increased funding for fighting poverty and promoting social inclusion.
DetailsEAPN’s core demands well reflected in in its input from 2012 in new SPC report on Tackling child poverty and promoting child well-being
The new SPC report on Tackling child poverty and promoting child well-being was adopted on 27 June. The annex of the report includes the summary of stakeholder consultation, including EAPN’s. This will form the basis of the Communication and the Recommendation on Child Poverty due out by the end of the year. EAPN’s core demands in its input from 2012, are well reflected, particularly in an increased focus on adequate income support – including access to quality jobs and social protection/social security “considering the different costs related to different age ranges and complementing income support through in-kind benefits e.g. childcare, health, housing, etc. including ‘maintaining an appropriate balance between universal policies and targeted approaches’.
DetailsEAPN Policy Briefing – September 2012
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