EAPN Portugal celebrates its thirty years of life, a life full of challenges and obstacles to overcome. We celebrate the Pearl Wedding, because the pearl is an object that takes time to gain solidity, so it is used as a metaphor of firmness and perseverance. This analogy makes perfect sense to explain and translate also…
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EAPN Greece is active within the “Foundations for Futures Europe” project. This 6-member partnership (Ireland: Maynooth University, Sweden: URKRAFT, Ireland: EAPN Ireland, Hungary: Pécs University, Serbia: Novi Sad University, Greece: EAPN Greece aims to develop a network of Higher Education and Civil Society (NGOs) Partners to engage citizens in debates and discussion groups around the future…
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Together with EPSU (the European Public Service Unions) we contributed to the Briefing: the Right to Affordable Clean Energy for all Europeans! Energy poverty is already affecting over 50 million Europeans, and this number is growing frighteningly fast. Equal access to clean and affordable energy must be guaranteed within the EU transition towards climate neutrality…
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As one of the co-founding members of the Right to Energy Coalition, EAPN was honoured to launch the Right to Energy Forum 2022, together with the European Public Service Unions (EPSU) and Friends of the Earth Europe. We presented the new EAPN-EPSU briefing on the right to affordable, clean energy for all Europeans, during the…
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The European Commission released a new proposal to boost renovation and decarbonisation of residential, non-residential, and public buildings. Ahead of the publication, EAPN together with 44 organisations urged the EU to deliver on its commitments to tackle energy poverty in the Renovation Wave strategy. Amongst our joint calls to action, we highlighted the need for…
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The EU institutions have taken a globally-significant step with the proposal for an Artificial Intelligence Act (AIA). Insofar as Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems are increasingly used in all areas of public life, it is vital that the AIA addresses the structural, societal, political and economic impacts of the use of AI, is future-proof, and prioritises…
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With the rise of energy prices in Europe, EAPN calls on Member States and European Institutions to protect people living on a low income or in energy poverty, and provide a timely and coordinated response to address the long-term impact of the energy crisis on the most vulnerable. “Faced with the current energy crisis in…
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Following the launch of the ambitious EU Strategy on the Rights of the Child, child rights advocates express their deep disappointment and alarm at Member States’ recent failure to to commit to the rights of all children in and outside the EU.
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Left corner drawing: Problem: digitizing increases the distance. Right corner drawing: Problem: social assistance as a maze that many people cannot get out of. Middle: Consideration: Actively stimulate or give time and space. At the beginning of October, the Second Round Table discussion on changes in the Participation Act (social assistance) will be organized between…
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2021 Within the global context, the situation in Greece remains fluid with the recent formal statistics claiming that 28.9% of the population was at risk of poverty or social exclusion related to the incomes declared in 2020, affecting mostly 18-64 year olds (31.9%). Poverty Watch Main Findings Most Affected Groups Elderly people People suffering from…
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