In this issue of the DUWC’s Winter Solidarity Bulletin 2016, starts by the true story of a man who has had a nil income for weeks has been called in to the Job Centre for an appointment to discuss money management. The newsletter also includes the video of A flashmob against Sports Direct’s employment policies struck…
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14/01/2016 – EAPN responded to DG Energy’s Vulnerable consumer’s group questionnaire on Energy Poverty building on the contributions from EAPN members who are part of the EAPN Energy Poverty cluster. The questionnaire focuses on three key energy poverty related issues: The concept of energy poverty, Indicators to measure energy povertyand Measures to tackle energy poverty.…
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On 8th January 2016, the EU Semester Alliance held a 2nd stakeholder dialogue meeting with key representatives from the EU institutions: Roy Dickinson, Adviser to the Director on Policy, strategy and co-ordination, DG Economic and Financial Affairs (DG ECFIN, European Commission). The exchange with ECFIN focussed on 3 key issues: What could be done by…
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Whether you are a member, ally or new to this struggle for access to justice, the NGO Coalition for the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (OP-ICESCR) invites you to engage in the global campaign: Justice Now! Ratify to Protect all Human Rights.
EAPN member FEANTSA, the Belgian Federal Public Planning Service for Social Integration, and Housing First Belgium will hold a 3-day conference Winning the Fight Against Homelessness at the Palais d’Egmont on 9-11 June 2016 in Brussels, Belgium.
08/01/2016 – Shetland’s Scalloway has become the first hotel in Scotland to become an accredited Living Wage employer. The hotel which is based 6 miles from Lerwick employs eighteen staff, all which received a pay increase as a result of becoming accredited.
FEAD Platform for Exchange of experience & Dissemination of outcomes EAPN will contribute to the development of the FEAD (Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived) Platform for exchange of experience and dissemination of outcomes. The Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD) supports EU countries’ actions to provide material assistance to…
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Transnational cooperation in the ESF helps develop better and more effective employment and social policies and improve the delivery of reforms, essentially by enabling people to learn from experiences and good practice in other countries. In this project, led by AEIDL (European Association for Information on Local Development), EAPN offers technical assistance to the Euoreapn…
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The RE-InVEST project aims to contribute to a more solidary and inclusive EU, through an inclusive, powerful and effective social investment strategy at EU level. It brings together civil-society organisations, trade unions, policy makers and academics in the ‘Alliances to fight poverty’ network. The project itself adopts a participative approach that gives voice to vulnerable…
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European Meetings of People Experiencing Poverty The European meetings of people experiencing poverty are annual gatherings of delegations of people with direct experiencing poverty coming from EU and EFTA countries who meet to exchange on policies that are impacting on their daily lives, with each other and guests coming from National and EU Institutions, Social…
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