The Poverty Alliance
- Poverty campaigners, faith groups and trade unions welcome the increase in the Scottish living wage
- People First Demonstration – 1st October, Glasgow
BAPN news…
- Memorandum “for more solidarity in society” to Mr Di Rupo, the political ‘formateur’
- 1st BAPN Europe 2020 working group
Food Sovereignty, a European answer to the crisis
{jathumbnail}22/08 – Krems, Austria – After 5 days of intense, inspired and constructive exchange, the Nyeleni Europe 2011, European Forum for Food Sovereignty closed on 22 August.
Details5 EAPN national members and EAPN Europe address President Barroso for more detailed Recommendations on National Reform Programmes
On 19th July, anti-poverty organisations in 5 EU Member States (Portugal, Ireland, Romania, Greece and Latvia) and EAPN Europe wrote to Mr Barroso to request that the European Commission publish more detailed Recommendations on National Reform Programmes for each of their countries, reviewing the key objectives set by Europe 2020.
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Europe 2020 Strategy: EAPN Briefing note
{jathumbnail}This briefing aims at giving members of EAPN and anti-poverty activists aclear overview of the functioning of the EU2020 Strategy and an analysis of EAPN’s positions and actions. Il also highlights opportunities for EAPN at the EU and national levels.
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Volunteering and the Fight against Poverty: EAPN’s position is out
This position paper outlines EAPN’s key concerns on volunteering as well as recommendations to all stakeholders, to the non-profit sector, to the European Commission, to Member States and to the business sector.
Volunteering and the Fight against Poverty: EAPN’s position is out
{jathumbnail}This position paper outlines EAPN’s key concerns on volunteering as well as recommendations to all stakeholders, to the non-profit sector, to the European Commission, to Member States and to the business sector.
Details‘Row For Rights’ reaches Budapest
{jathumbnail}29th August – 120 rowers arrived last Saturday 27th in Budapest, 400 km downstream from Vienna, where they had started 7 days before.
DetailsA good beginning for Row4Rights
{jathumbnail}Row4Rights started on Sunday 21 August, and for seven days, rowers and volunteers will live this experience that will take them from Austria through Slovakia to the Hungarian capital, Budapest.
DetailsEAPN in solidarity with the people in Norway
{jathumbnail}All the members of EAPN express their sympathies and solidarity with the people in Norway as they live through these dark days. Our particular thoughts go out to the members of the Norwegian Network.
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