EAPN has been invited by the European Commission to meet with the Independent Experts on Social Inclusion on 26 February, following a very positive feedback on its report on the Crisis, written by EAPN’s Social Inclusion Working Group.
Details“I reached Spain fleeing Algeria, the country that in the nineties went trough a war-like situation due to the proliferation of terrorism. Security was almost none. I’ve been here since 1992, the time when Spain became a host country for immigrants.
DetailsTwo persons experiencing poverty involved in ATD Quart-Monde, Yvette de Vuyst and Alain Schacht expressed they had had “great hopes when contributing to the Belgian General Report on Poverty. However, the situation has been getting worse every year and being together is the strength that makes us go forward. Separating children from their parents only…
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Within the European project “Europa s.p.a.” a new meeting on participation and people experiencing poverty was held in Bologna, on 28 January. The event gathered people in poverty, community organizers, social operators and local authorities to discuss how the expertise of people experiencing poverty may sustain the OMC/inclusion and the fight against poverty and social…
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EAPN Austria (die Armutzkonferenz) was invited to contribute to the international conference “Growth in Transition”, that took place at the Auditorium of Science in Vienna on 28-29 January.
On 29 January 2010, the Belgian Anti-Poverty Network (BAPN) organised its first event of the year 2010. This event was part of a reaction to the old Lisbon Strategy (2000-2010).
Responding on the decision to abolish nearly 30 Community Development projects across the country, Anna Visser Director of the European Anti-Poverty Network Ireland said that the move “will seriously and permanently undermine local efforts to tackle poverty and raises serious questions about the Government’s commitment to facilitating active participation in European Affairs at local and…
DetailsIn order to mark the European Year combating Poverty and Social Exclusion, EAPN Portugal and the artistic school Escola Artística Soares de Reis (EASS) have designed a common project, which is the creation of a piece of jewellery which symbolises the message that the pupils of the Escola Artística Soares de Reis (EASS) wish to pass on to everybody:the proportion of wealth distribution in the world is unequal.
DetailsSeveral people experiencing poverty were invited to participate in working meetings, which took place in Bucharest and Madrid. The objective, in a certain way, was to achieve a diagnostic of the realities in each country, regarding poverty and social exclusion, to listen, in the first person, about the difficulties, but also about the good practices. …
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