EAPN assessment of how the new Lisbon process is integrating social inclusion priorities and promoting the active participation of social NGOs and people experiencing poverty. It forms part of EAPN’s contribution to the Spring European Council.
DetailsThese guidelines are pivotal in defining the mechanisms and scope of Member States’ contribution to delivering an effective OMC on social protection and social inclusion. They need to remain ambitious in defining a clear framework for promoting the European added value of this process.
Details{jathumbnail}At a time when the theme of insecurity is exploited for electoral ends, this edition of Network News, the EAPN newsletter, calls for a real political will to give prison back its function as a force for social rehabilitation.
DetailsEAPN has launched two new books aimed at contributing to the general debate on the future of Europe: a book entitled ‘The EU We Want’ and a comprehensive ‘Manual on the management of the EU Structural Funds’.
DetailsThis evaluation of EAPN was carried out during 2004 and 2005. The overall aim of this evaluation was an assessment of the extent to which EAPN is a strong and growing network equipped to deliver its mission and work towards its vision.
Details{jathumbnail}The EU We Want is EAPN’s third book and is aimed at making a contribution to the debate and policies needed to eradicate poverty and social exclusion in the EU.
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Election of tbe 7th president: Ludo Horemans (Belgium) and he will stay for six years (two mandates) as President (2006-2012) 5th European Meeting of People Experiencing Poverty “How do we cope with every day life?” The 5th Meeting took place in Brussels on 12-13 May 2006. The theme was “How do we cope with…
DetailsOn the eve of the Informal Meeting of the Employment and Social Affairs Ministers, EAPN has reacted to the Commission’s proposals for a new framework for the Open Method of Coordination (OMC) on Social Protection and Social Inclusion.
DetailsIn its response “Combating growing levels of Poverty and Inequality is essential for the future of the EU”, EAPN re-states that the continuing scandal of widespread poverty in a rich society, such as the EU, is intolerable.
DetailsEAPN Hungary has translated the second version of the Structural Funds manual, from 2006, concerned with how NGOs may best influence the management of the Structural Funds so that they may be effectively directed toward the reduction and elimination of poverty and social exclusion in Europe.