We believe at EAPN that fighting poverty is a political choice and that high poverty rates are the clear manifestation of political inaction. Philip Alston, UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, draws the same conclusion upon finishing his fact-finding visit in Spain. Indeed, he noted in his preliminary conclusions that “poverty is…
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As we were approaching the 30th year of the European Anti-Poverty Network (EAPN), it was time to reflect. To do so, we undertook a Strategic Thinking Process that begun in 2018 and led to the adoption of our ‘Strategic Review’ in 2019. It was the opportunity to collectively imagine the future we want to see…
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17th October action: EAPN launched the campaign #BeyondTheData that aimed to show the realities hidden behind the numbers. As part of the celebration, EAPN hosted an EP Roundtable on the reality of poverty in Europe. 18th Meeting of People Experiencing Poverty: The theme of the 18th PEP Meeting was The Time is Now.
DetailsEx Co Webinar on 28 July 2020 from 10.00 to 12.00 EC1. Agenda for the Exco meeting on 28 July 2020 EC2. V7 Strategic Objectives Ex Co Webinar on Strategic objectives and the implementation of the Strategic Review, 3 July ExCo 9 June 2020 meeting Ex Co Webinar on Belgium, Lithuania, Sweden, Feantsa Resolution,…
DetailsOrigin of EAPN The creation of the anti poverty network is the result of a convergence of interests on the part of the NGOs themselves and on the part of the European Commission. On the part of NGOs, there was an increased awareness in the nineteen eighties of the European dimension of the fight against…
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On 17 December, the new European Commission adopted the ‘Autumn Package’, including the Annual Sustainable Growth Strategy (ASGS) 2020 and Joint Employment Report (JER). EAPN presents its full analysis of the Annual Sustainable Growth Strategy. 2019, EAPN wrote to President Juncker and President Von der Leyen presenting our key recommendations, drawn from our assessment of…
Details2001 2001 1st People experiencing poverty EU meeting: When the Lisbon Strategy was approved, EAPN made all the efforts possible to include in the Open Method of Coordination an annual European meeting of people experiencing poverty formally as part of the process. However it was not possible to reach the necessary political… Read more 2002…
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The European Anti-Poverty Network has read with interest the Commission’s Communication: A strong social Europe for just transitions and the related package of documents. Our network and our members will respond more fully in due course – at this stage we share our initial reactions. European Pillar of Social Rights EAPN has been calling for years…
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#EmpleandoDigital (#EmployingDigital) project, carried out by the Fundacion Secretariado Gitano and the Spanish Red Cross (two of EAPN Spain’s national NGOs) and cofunded by the Fundación Accenture and the Spanish European Social Fund (Spanish Ministry of Labour, Migrations and Social Security- ESF Managing Authority) has won the ‘European Social Fund’ award under the ‘European Funding…
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