SDG Watch Europe
EAPN is an active member of SDG Watch Europe. SDG Watch Europe is a new, EU-level, cross-sectoral CSO alliance of NGOs from development, environment, social, human rights and other sectors. Its goal is to…
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Capacity Building: EAPN Basic Training, 27-28 Oct 2016, Brugge
Specific objectives: To provide a space for participants to exchange experiences on their engagement with the national network and how they relate to European processes. To understand key concepts for…
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17 October – International Day for the Eradication of Poverty | Say No to Poverty
Say No to Poverty On October 17, 2016 the European Anti-Poverty Network (EAPN) wants to emphasize that poverty is a violation of human rights and that all people and our…
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“Better Europe” needs a transformative, social and economic agenda | Letter to President Juncker urgently calling for a clear new direction in the Annual Growth Survey for 2017
On October 11, The European Anti-Poverty Network wrote a letter to President Juncker, urgently calling for a clear new direction in the Annual Growth Survey (AGS) for 2017, due to be…
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What Progress on Social Europe? | EAPN Assessment of the National Reform Programmes 2016
11/10/2016 – EAPN publishes its Assessment of the National Reform Programmes (NRPs) 2016, answering the question What progress on Social Europe? It is based on EAPN members’ assessment of the NRPs, reflecting on…
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Budget 2017 must make good on Government promises to deliver a fair society
The Community Platform, an alliance of 29 national organisations, (including EAPN Ireland) is calling for a Budget 2017 to reflect the promise in the Programme for Government to deliver a…
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The 15th European Meeting of People Experiencing Poverty
Hundreds of helicopters circling above the European Commission: On the 16th of November, hundreds of helicopters circled above the European Commission, launched by people with direct experience of poverty, who…
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2015PEP “Social Convergence in the EU”
The 14th Meeting on “Social Convergence in the EU” took place in Brussels from 19 to 20 November 2015.
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Last Chance for Social Europe ? | EAPN Position Paper on the European Pillar of Social Rights
On 8 March 2016, the European Commission launched a public consultation until the end of 2016 on their proposals for a European Pillar of Social Rights. This paper sets out…
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Waspi (Women Against State Pension Inequality) women sing in New Square
Waspi women sing in New Square Waspi (Women Against State Pension Inequality) women were singing in Chesterfield New Square. Thanks to Wendy Bell, David Eccles and yours truly from Chesterfield…
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