Macedonian anti-poverty NGOs launch their campaign for the EU Year 2010
{jathumbnail}On 29 October, Macedonian Anti-Poverty Platform and Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Human Rights launched their campaign on the year 2010 in Skopje.
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The Poverty Alliance (EAPN Scotland): Money Matters! Low Incomes Drive Unequal Life Chances
Commenting on the release Frank Field MPs report from the Independent Review on Poverty and Life Chances, Peter Kelly, Director of the Poverty Alliance in Scotland, said….
DetailsFNARS (EAPN France member): homeless foreign people are not an ‘adjustment variable’
The daily newspaper Libération published documents on 29 November about administrative orders addressed to emergency shelters, which clear encourage to leave people on the street, so as to deal with the lack of room.
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EU SILC data on Income and Living Conditions in Ireland – Legacy from 2010 EY Against Poverty will be to drive more people deeper into poverty
Statistics released on 25 November by the Central Statistics Office show that the current crisis has driven more people into extreme poverty, with almost one in four households in arrears with their household bills at some time during 2009, and one in ten households falling into debt in the same period.
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Government needs to publish detailed report on poverty impact of Budget 2011
Tuesday , 7 December, The Government needs to publish a detailed report on the poverty impact of Budget 2011 which it is committed to carry out in its own National Action Plan for Social Inclusion.
DetailsEAPN supporting Council of Europe INGO Conference work on the Code of Good Practice
{jathumbnail}On 3 December, EAPN participated in a meeting on the Code of Good Practice developed by the Council of Europe’s INGO Conference.
DetailsEAPN inputs in DG Enlargement’s People to People Balkan Study Visit on European Solidarity against Poverty
{jathumbnail}About 20 activists from national and local anti-poverty organizations from Western Balkans and Turkey took part in a 5-day study visit to Brussels.
DetailsConsensus Conference on Homelessness- 9-10 December
{jathumbnail}Several members of EAPN and national networks will participate in the Belgian Presidency’s innovative Consensus Conference, organized with the support of FEANTSA on Homelessneses to be held in the Théâtre National, in Brussels on 9-10 December.
DetailsETUI Seminar on poverty, social exclusion and employment in Europe
{jathumbnail}The ETUI seminar was held on 26November in the International Trade Union House, (ITUH), as part of the European Trade Union Institute’s (ETUI) contribution to the European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion.
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