In this paper EAPN provides a brief assessment of how far the new Annual Progress Report and the Draft Joint Employment Report have acted on its concerns. By doing a joint reading of these two reports EAPN wants also to check the consistency between the Employment focused orientations and the general Lisbon political framework they are embedded in.
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6th European Meeting of People Experiencing Poverty: “Progress made, future steps” It took place on 4/5 May 2007 under the German EU Council Presidency in Brussels. The theme was “Progress made, future steps”. 18th GA – Budapest (Hungary): “Fighting Poverty in the EU -Which way forward for the 50 year old?” Enlargement of…
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The 6th European Meeting of People Experiencing Poverty took place on 4/5 May 2007 under the German EU Council Presidency in Brussels. The theme was “Progress made, future steps”.
DetailsThis document is the report of the roundtable discussion “Structural Funds a contribution to Social Inclusion – focusing on establishing the best systems for NGOs to contribute and participate” which took place in Malta, on 2nd November 2006.
DetailsOn the eve of the EU’s Employment Committee meeting due to prepare input to the EU Spring Council, the European Anti Poverty Network (EAPN) urges Member States to put poverty and social exclusion back at the heart of the Lisbon Strategy.
DetailsThis reports sets out the findings and key messages that have been drawn from an analysis made by the EAPN national and European member’s of the 2006 Implementation reports on the National Reform Programs.
DetailsOn 14 December 2006, at a meeting between social NGOs, Commission officials and the EU Social Protection Committee, the European Anti Poverty Network (EAPN) expressed its deep concern at the disappearance of a clear focus on the eradication of poverty as an objective of the revised Lisbon Strategy.
DetailsThis report presents EAPN’s impressions of the impact of the streamlined process on the fight against poverty. The central focus of this report is on the NAPs/incl integrated in the National Reports.
Details{jathumbnail}While welcoming the recognition of child poverty on the social policy agenda, this issue of Network News keeps a sharp watch: putting the plight of children first must not be used as an excuse for failing to tackle general anti–poverty approaches.
DetailsThis report of the EAPN Conference ‘The EU We Want’, which took place on 8-9 June 2006 on the occasion of the Austrian Presidency of the EU, devotes to the results of the discussions and the key emerging messages from the conference.
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