1989 (June) – Provisional working group to set up EAPN

EAPN 1990-2000By Sandy KallenbrumJanuary 29, 1989

More 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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Key events 3 EU Anti-Poverty Programmes (1975-1993)

EAPN 1990-2000By Sandy KallenbrumJanuary 20, 1975

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 (EEC) decided to put in place programs. From 1975-1994…

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