Establishment of the EAPN Structural Funds Task Force: This working group meeting 3 times a year followed an area crucial for the fight against poverty will run between 1997 and 2012. It was responsible for several publications, namely important tool-kits for helping the members to engage in the discussions around the Structural Funds at the…
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European court blocks the 4th EU Anti-Poverty Programme: The final decision of not having a 4th European anti-poverty programme came only in 1996. Despite the efforts made to keep the social area and the fight against poverty to stand on the top of the agenda, namely by the EC and some members of the Parliament,…
DetailsSocial Platform’s creation: Social Platform was established in 1995 and brings together around forty European non-governmental organisations, federations and networks which are working to build an inclusive society and promote the social dimension of the European Union. The creation of the Platform was not without some conflicts within the NGO sector. The main fear was…
DetailsEstablishment of the Social Policy Task Force: This was a crucial working group of EAPN, responsible for the advocacy work of the organisation and for the dialog with the institutions. It will run between 1994 and 1997 (followed by the Social Inclusion Group and lately by the European Union Inclusion Strategies Group).It was responsible for…
DetailsEnd of the 3rd European Anti-Poverty Programme: By the end of “Poverty III” the understandable expectations were that the establishment of a European anti-poverty strategy (called informally as “Poverty IV”) was possible. The overall experience with the 3 previous programmes prepared the road for that decision. However that would not happen at all. A strong…
DetailsPublication of the first “Networks News”: Between April 1992 and January 2001, 80 issues were published; from April 1995, “Network News” started to be published in Spanish as well as French and English. The first Italian version appeared in January 1998, and the German version in April of that year. Circulation has risen to .…
DetailsEAPN Working Group on Minimum Income and Access to Services would exist between 1991 and 1993. Meeting 4 times with core group of six people, and once with eight representatives of the member states and one representative of EOs in June 93. The work of the group was used to lobby the European Parliament in…
DetailsHiring of the first EAPN Director: Marie-Françoise Wilkinson (France) and she will stay as Director for twelve years (1990-2002). Election of the first EAPN President: Quintin Oliver (UK – Northern Ireland) and he will stay for two years (one mandate) as President (1990-1992). December – First General Assembly (Constituent)- Brussels: When the EU…
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All 1975 Key events 3 EU Anti-Poverty Programmes (1975-1993) These programs were the result of an important achievement: the recognition that the fight against poverty and social exclusion should be a competence of the EU. As a sequence to the oil crisis in 1973 and its devastating consequences in several countries, the European Economic Community…
DetailsMore than two hundred persons involved in anti poverty actions (mainly as a result of the anti-poverty programs) throughout the member states were brought together in June 1989 in Brussels with financial support from the Commission, organised by ESCAP. The gathering came to the conclusion that there was a need for a liaison structure between…
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