EAPN’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’.

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EAPN learning forum

GET ORGANISED: Strengthening our base and the impact of our action A space for member-led learning, exchange and development co-organised with Dignity International EAPN’s Learning Forum: 21-25 May, Laulasmaa, Estonia Under the 2012-2014 Strategic Plan, EAPN decided to organise an EAPN Learning Forum in 2013. The Learning Forum was an open member-led meeting addressing core…

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Campaigns

This section refers to all the relevant information related to our campaigns.  PAST CAMPAIGNS Electing Champions for a Social Europe! (2013-2014) The overall goal of this campaign was to impact on the European elections by getting the support and commitment of candidates numerous enough to make a change, pressuring for a shift back to a…

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Projects

Welfare Innovations at the Local Level in favour of Cohesion (WILCO) WILCO is a EU-funded project aiming to examine, through cross-national comparative research, how local welfare systems favour social cohesion. Special attention will be paid on the missing link between innovations at the local level and their successful transfer and implementation to other settings. The effort…

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Task Forces

What’s a task force? Task Forces are time-bound and outcome orientated to progress on particular aspects of our policy, development and communications work, and can take different formats: A small working Group (5/6 people), normally including one representative with expertise on the work of the Task Force, from the EU Inclusion Strategies Group and/or from…

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EUIS Group

The EU Inclusion Strategies Group provides mutual support to Networks for the development of National Strategies and plans to fight poverty and will engage with EU Institutional arrangements and Strategies (Europe 2020, Social OMC, Employment Strategy, Platform Against Poverty, Structural Funds) to see to which extent they can be used to support the implementation of…

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Welcome!

Dear members, Welcome on EAPN’s members’ room. On the right hand-side of this page, the blue column lists all sections of EAPN’s members’ room. here is a short overview of what they contain. Only relevant information is indicated, ie at internal level, so as not to duplicate the information that was disseminated externally. That explains…

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