{jathumbnail}This report, produced by the EAPN Social Inclusion working group, is based on concrete examples, demonstrates that the present crisis is having a cruel impact on the life of the most vulnerable, and that it is generating more deprivation and increasing hopelessness. Some recovery policies are highlighted as good examples.
DetailsEAPN welcomes this initiative of public consultation, and hopes that this consultation will lead not only to improved financial regulations but also the exchange of good practice and learning internally within the European Commission on more tailor-made handling of financial regulations and files across all DGs…
EAPN welcomes this initiative of public consultation, and hopes that this consultation will lead not only to improved financial regulations but also the exchange of good practice and learning internally within the European Commission on more tailor-made handling of financial regulations and files across all DGs…
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“Our Voices Are Real, Our Stories Are Real – We Need To Be Listened To”. Speaking in advance of the Social Inclusion Forum on 4 November, Anna Visser, Director of the European Anti-Poverty Network Ireland, welcomed the Government’s efforts to actively seek out the views of people experiencing poverty and social exclusion in the context…
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“Our Voices Are Real, Our Stories Are Real – We Need To Be Listened To”. Speaking in advance of the Social Inclusion Forum on 4 November, Anna Visser, Director of the European Anti-Poverty Network Ireland, welcomed the Government’s efforts to actively seek out the views of people experiencing poverty and social exclusion in the context of economic and social policy making.
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On 22 October, EAPN and its national members started to write to EP members to support a Parliamentary Declaration (0056/2009) which calls on Member States and the Commission to defend social rights in the crisis. Read EAPN’s letter, EAPN Spain’s and now EAPN Ireland’s.
On 22 October, EAPN and its national members started to write to EP members to support a Parliamentary Declaration (0056/2009) which calls on Member States and the Commission to defend social rights in the crisis. Read EAPN’s letter, EAPN Spain’s and now EAPN Ireland’s.
On 12 and 13 November, several national networks (FNARS, UNIOPSS, Secours Catholique, Fondation de l’Armée du Salut, Croix rouge Française, UNCCAS, Advocacy) and local networks (FNARS Basse-Normandie, URIOPSS Basse Normandie, Commission régionale « dire et réagir ensemble » made of users and professionals, ATD Fourth-World, CAF du Calvados, IRTS de Basse-Normandie) organized a national meeting…
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On 12 and 13 November, several national networks (FNARS, UNIOPSS, Secours Catholique, Fondation de l’Armée du Salut, Croix rouge Française, UNCCAS, Advocacy) and local networks (FNARS Basse-Normandie, URIOPSS Basse Normandie, Commission régionale « dire et réagir ensemble » made of users and professionals, ATD Fourth-World, CAF du Calvados, IRTS de Basse-Normandie) organized a national meeting on the participation of citizens, in Caen.
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EAPN Slovakia held its General Assembly on 10-11 November. The main discussion dealt with the 2010 Year Against Poverty and Social Exclusion. An exchange took place with Ministry officials responsible for the Year. Fintan Farrell, Director of EAPN, took part in the GA as well as in two public lectures on “fighting poverty and inequality…
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