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The Poverty Alliance (member of EAPN UK): Scottish Living Wage Campaign Welcomes Parliamentary Inquiry into Living Wage in Scotland

EAPN National Networks NewsBy EAPN Europe Staff November 11, 2011

11/11 – The Scottish Living Wage Campaign today welcomed the announcement by the Scottish Parliament’s Local Government and Regeneration Committee that their first bit of business following scrutiny of the Scottish Government’s spending plans will be to look at the benefits of a living wage for individuals, families and communities; the introduction of a living…

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Adoption of the Annual Growth Survey

EAPN NewsBy EAPN Europe Staff November 10, 2011

10 November 2011, Brussels – In advance of the European Commission adopting the new Annual Growth Survey (AGS) on 23 November, launching the new Economic Semester and next phase of Europe 2020 Strategy, EAPN has written to President Barroso presenting their assessment of the first year of the Strategy and outlining 5 priority areas for action to meet the EU poverty reduction target.

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Adoption of the Annual Growth Survey: Make reducing poverty and inequality a key driver for Inclusive Recovery and Growth

EAPN Press releasesBy EAPN Europe Staff November 10, 2011

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Report of EP hearing on undocumented women and children accessing health care

EAPN NewsBy EAPN Europe Staff November 7, 2011

This report highlights the presentations and discourse which took place during the public hearing in the European Parliament on “Preventing Undocumented Pregnant Women and Children from Accessing Health Care: Fostering Health Inequalities in Europe”, 8 December 2010.

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News from EAPN Italy

EAPN National Networks NewsBy EAPN Europe Staff November 6, 2011

06/12 – CILAP EAPN Italia and the organisation Associazione Amici di Piazza Grande are organizing a meeting on “The emerging needs, reflections and proposals from the people experiencing poverty and social exclusion“, with a two-fold objective: discuss the results of the 10th European Meeting of Experiencing Poverty and launch the activities for 2012.

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IQ Roma Servis (member of EAPN CZ)

EAPN National Networks NewsBy EAPN Europe Staff November 5, 2011

The non-profit organization IQ Roma servis and its transnational cooperation project Together and Across wishes to share the 3rd issue of its project bulletin on social exclusion at European level, dedicated this time to the concept of the Ethnic Friendly Employer brand, which originated in the IQ Roma servis Civic Association.

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The Poverty Alliance (member of EAPN UK): What Future for Social Europe? Beyond the Current Crisis – Conference, 21st November 2011, Edinburgh

EAPN National Networks NewsBy EAPN Europe Staff November 5, 2011

New headlines are currently dominated by the financial crisis still causing havoc to economies across the EU, leading to austerity measures that are hitting the poorest hardest.

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FNARS (member of EAPN France): mobilization on 10 November: 24 hours for housing

EAPN National Networks NewsBy EAPN Europe Staff November 5, 2011

Many organisations call for mobilisation on Thursday 10 Nov in Paris, Lyon, Toulouse, but also everywhere else in France, against the Government’s despise towards the laws that should protect the most vulnerable. Read more on FNARS website (in French).

EAPN Iceland: General Assembly of the network, with support from EAPN Norway

EAPN NewsBy EAPN Europe Staff November 4, 2011

03-04/11 – EAPN Iceland held its General Assembly. On this occasion, Tanya Basarab, EAPN’s Development Officer, visited the Network on 3-4 November together with Johanna Engen, Dag Westerheim and Svein Karlsen from the Welfare Alliance/EAPN Norway.

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EAPN participates in the March of the Indignants 15/10

EAPN NewsBy EAPN Europe Staff November 4, 2011

15/10 – Rebecca Lee, worker at EAPN, joined the March of the Indignants on 15/10 and reported that it was far bigger than the 500 people spoken of beforehand and felt bigger even than the 2000 people mentioned on the day.

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