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Press release: Were EU leaders serious when committing to poverty-reduction target?

EAPN Press releasesBy EAPN Europe Staff March 22, 2011

{jathumbnail}Brussels, 23 March 2011 – In advance of the Spring Council 24-25 March, EAPN wrote to the Prime Ministers and Heads of State and Governments, to express its alarm at the current discussions and decisions taking place on Economic Governance (Reform of the Stability and Growth Pact and the Pact for the Euro), happening without adequate public and democratic scrutiny and without a proper assessment of their social impact.

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MAG 1/2011 – Volunteering: a tool for inclusion?

Anti-Poverty Magazine !By Nellie Epinat March 21, 2011

{jathumbnail}In 2011, the spotlight shifts from Poverty and Social Exclusion to Volunteering, with the baton passed from the EU Year for combating poverty and social exclusion to the EU Year of volunteering. What is the link? How can we build on the strengths of volunteering yet guard against the risks of abuse in the context…

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MAG 1/2011 – Volunteering: a tool for inclusion?

Anti-Poverty Magazine !By EAPN Europe Staff March 21, 2011

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ETUI-EPSU Conference – Austerity, economic governance reforms and social policies in Europe

EAPN NewsBy EAPN Europe Staff March 16, 2011

EAPN’s Policy Coordinator Sian Jones, gave a presentation on the social impact of austerity measures at The European Trade Union Institute and the European Public Sector Unions joint conference on Austerity, economic governance reforms and social policies in Europe in Brussels.

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The story of Dimitrijus, volunteer in EAPN Lithuania

EAPN's VoicesBy EAPN Europe Staff March 14, 2011

Learnt Lithuanian

The parents of Dimitrijus (name changed) cared more of alcohol than of children and thus, at the early age of four, the boy settled in the children’s home. He remembers he could only speak Russian and being a problem child. “After some time, I started speaking Lithuanian. Also, I learnt to share.

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UNIOPSS (Member of EAPN France): Publication of the Recommendation of the CNLE

EAPN National Networks NewsBy EAPN Europe Staff March 8, 2011

The Recommendation of the CNLE on the follow-up on the 2010 European year combating poverty and social exclusion was issued and sent to the French Government at the end of February 2011, calling for the adoption of a global, multiannual and multidimensional national plan of action. Access it here on their website.

EAPN Germany responds to 5th Report on Economic and Social Cohesion and to the German National Reform Programme

EAPN National Networks NewsBy EAPN Europe Staff March 8, 2011

Recently, EAPN Germany took part in the Consultation on the Conclusions of the Fifth Report on Economic and Social Cohesion.

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EAPN Ireland: lots of information and tips for other members!

EAPN National Networks NewsBy EAPN Europe Staff March 8, 2011

Resource Seminar: Accessing EU Funding Opportunities
Wealth Distribution in Ireland
EAPN Ireland Submission to the Independent Review of ERO and REA Wage Setting Mechanisms

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The Unemployed Workers’ Centres and Scottish Poverty Alliance (members of EAPN UK): High visibility campaign highlights attacks on sick and disabled

EAPN National Networks NewsBy EAPN Europe Staff March 8, 2011

Anti-poverty campaigners in the UK have been active leading protests against the Government’s push to reduce benefit payments made to people who are unable to work through ill-health or disability.

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EAPN cosigns letter to President Sarkozy on Taxation of Financial Sector

EAPN NewsBy EAPN Europe Staff March 7, 2011

Along with over 100 NGOs and networks of NGOs, EAPN has signed a letter addressed to French President Nicolas Sarkozy, encouraging him to organise a high-level conference on the taxation of the financial sector.

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