EAPN Spain
- 15 March, New Proposals for New Times
- Spanish Red Cross publishes Annual Report on Social Vulnerability 2010
CILAP (EAPN Italy): Conferences on minimum income
10 – 12 February, Rome – Promoted by CILAP EAPN Italia and other main actors, a two-day meeting on “Income, Common Good and Democracy” (www.cilap.eu) with a focus on adequate minimum income in a country where such scheme does not exist, was held in Teatro Valle Occupato.
DetailsEAPN UK: Launch of Snakes and ladders – Climbing out of Poverty – Date for your Diary!
Thanks to the inspirational work of ATD 4th World and Migrants Voice, The Unemployed Workers’ Centres in the UK have developed the idea of the Snakes and Ladders game to show how difficult it can be to climb out of poverty.
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Trade unions and anti-poverty campaigners demand alternative economic policy for EU
{jathumbnail}Brussels, 29 February 2012 – On the eve of the European Council on 1-2 March 2012, the European Federation of Public Services Unions (EPSU) and the European Anti-Poverty Network (EAPN) call on European governments and EU institutions to focus on addressing inequality and promoting inclusive growth rather than slashing public services, social security systems and commit to the delivery of Europe 2020 targets.
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EAPN calls on President Barroso to demonstrate that solidarity with people and not markets is the basis for the financial aid packages
{jathumbnail}Brussels, 22 February 2012 – In the wake of the new “bail out’’ package for Greece by the “Troika’’, EAPN has sent a letter to President Barroso, copied to the Heads of the IMF and ECB, setting out 5 key actions, consistent with the agreed Europe 2020 strategy, that should be taken in all countries in receipt of such economic support.
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EAPN’s new position paper on the crisis Re-engaging Hope and Expectations – Getting out the Crisis Together – Alternative approaches for an inclusive recovery
With this paper, EAPN provides an in-depth analysis of the causes and impacts of the crisis, and solid proposals on how to get out of this crisis, ‘together’.
EAPN’s new position paper on the crisis Re-engaging Hope and Expectations – Getting out the Crisis Together – Alternative approaches for an inclusive recovery
{jathumbnail}With this paper, EAPN provides an in-depth analysis of the causes and impacts of the crisis, and solid proposals on how to get out of this crisis, ‘together’.
DetailsEAPN Response to the AGS and the Draft Employment Report
{jathumbnail}Last week, EAPN sent its response to the Annual Growth Survey and Draft Employment Report to the Employment Committee and Social Protection Committee (EMCO and SPC), prior to their discussions on their opinion on the AGS, urging for a more coherent approach to implementing the poverty target, in the light of the dominant focus on austerity measures and fiscal consolidation and concrete proposals to deliver on the new social priority 4 in the AGS.
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FNARS (membre d’EAPN France)
- L’hébergement des exilés en France : droit et réalités
- Hébergement d’urgence : le rapport parlementaire qui confirme la crise
EAPN Austria contributes to publication Growth in Transition
{jathumbnail}Stimulating growth through adjusting macroeconomic conditions remains the principal policy response to pressing problems of unemployment, poverty and environmental degradation. However, the current growth trajectory has neither led to a reduction of our overall resource use – as we use resources and energy more efficiently we consume more – nor created the conditions for full…
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