#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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Working Yet Poor (WorkYP) is a 3 year project financed under the Horizon 2020 scheme that started on the 1st of February 2020 and will end in January 2023. The sole focus of this project is the study of the increasing social trend of working people at risk of below the poverty line. This project…
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The Czech Republic has the lowest rate of people at risk of poverty or social exclusion with 12,2% in 2018. Nonetheless poverty continues to be a challenge for many people. Poverty Watch main findings: Main challenges: Over-indebted people Increase of the cost of housing Quality of life at old age Contact details: EAPN CR/SKOK…
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In advance of the upcoming EPSCO meeting on the 9-10 December, and European Council Meeting on the 12-13 December, EAPN wrote letters to Social Ministers and to the “Trios” (Finnish Presidency and Croatian and German future Presidencies) as well as to Heads of State sharing our reflections on the need for a meaningful process to…
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EAPN presents its position paper on Delivering Agenda 2030 for people and the planet – EAPN Proposals for a Post Europe 2020 strategy the European Semester – a set of priorities for the European Commission and EU institutions to create a strategy promoting effective rights-based social and sustainable development. The elections of the new European…
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As part of the 18th European Meeting of People Experiencing Poverty (PEP meeting), a visibility action took place at Place Rogier on the 19th of November from 8.00am to 9.00am. The goal of this Visibility Action was to amplify the voices of people experiencing poverty at the PEP and to raise awareness of poverty and…
DetailsEAPN Slovenia recently joined our network (EAPN General Assembly, September 2019, Helsinki) “Slovenia is currently tackling many issues in regard to poverty and social exclusion, thus we want to establish stronger network and build strong alliances! We hope to achieve relevant changes in the society due to the fact that we gathered enthusiastic NGOs and…
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Co-signed by 20+ European Organizations, this op-ed calls on Commission President-elect von der Leyen to create a fairer, greener, inclusive and prosperous Europe with human rights, equality, and social and environmental justice as the key priorities. President-elect Ursula von der Leyen has proposed a number of unsuitable mandates and controversial candidates to lead the European…
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On 16 September 2019, European Anti-Poverty Network (EAPN) with the Finnish Anti-Poverty Network EAPN-Fin, the EU2019FI, BIBU– Tackling Biases and Bubbles in Participation -research project and SOSTE Finnish Federation for Social Affairs and Health held a seminar on the role of power, politics and participation in eradicating poverty in Europe in the framework of the…
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