EAPN Ireland General Election Demands
EAPN Ireland wants the new government to reinvigorate Ireland’s contribution to social Europe and fight to keep Europe on track in combating poverty and social exclusion.
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Social Watch: Time for Action – Responding to Poverty, Social Exclusion and Inequality in Europe and Beyond
{jathumbnail}Civil society activists call for European minimum social standards – According to the second European Social Watch Report, launched on 1 February, the EU has failed to address poverty and social exclusion within Europe and abroad.
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EAPN’s Response to the Draft Joint Employment Report 2010
{jathumbnail}The draft Joint Employment Report (JER) and the Annex of the Annual Growth Survey miss out tackling growing inequalities
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Fighting poverty is not only about unemployment rates!
{jathumbnail}The draft Joint Employment Report (JER) and the Annex of the Annual Growth Survey miss out tackling growing inequalities
EAPN publishes today its response to the The draft Joint Employment Report (JER) and the Annex of the Annual Growth Survey dealing with the implementation of the Employment Guidelines, which were released by the European Commission on 13 January.
DetailsEAPN attends the World Social Forum in Dakar
Yota Arvaniti, Executive Member from Greece and Fintan Farrell Director, attended on behalf of EAPN the World Social Forum recently held in Dakar, Senegal.
DetailsEAPN France : a social Europe
Several members of EAPN France have designed a blog and produced a range of material (videos, leaflets, cards, …) on the Open Method of Coordination, in order to raise awareness on this key European instrument that concerns every European’s daily life. See http://dialoguelamoc.wordpress.com/accueil/.
FNARS (EAPN France member) : A sad anniversary for the Geneva Convention
The legislation project on “immigration, integration and nationality” will be back on the discussion table at the French Senate on 2 February, while debates have been increasingly dominated by the topic of ‘security’.
DetailsDerbyshire Unemployed Workers’ Centres (member of EAPN UK): Chesterfield witnesses protest by disabled benefits claimants
Claimants with disabilities staged a demonstration outside Chesterfield Jobcentre on Monday January 24th as part of a National Day of Protest Against Benefit Cuts.
DetailsEAPN Spain : “Here i live, here i vote” Campaign for a full citizenship
{jathumbnail}Campaña Aquí Vivo, Aquí Voto. Por una ciudadanía plena – The platform “All Equal. All citizens” is driven by social groups and organizations that claim advances in the recognition of full citizenship for nationals from countries outside the EU.
DetailsEAPN, a key actor in shaping the future of Cohesion Policy
EAPN published its response to the Fifth Report on Economic, Social and Territorial Cohesion of the European Commission on 28 January, calling for social inclusion and the fight against Poverty to be a binding priority…
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