OSE & ETUI | Social policy in the European Union: state of play 2015

Other publicationsBy EAPN Europe Staff October 16, 2015

The sixteenth edition of Social policy in the European Union: state of play has a triple ambition. First, it provides easily accessible information to a wide audience about recent developments in both EU and domestic social policymaking. Second, the volume provides a more analytical reading, embedding the key developments of the year 2014 in the most recent academic discourses. Third, the forward-looking perspective of the book aims to provide stakeholders and policymakers with specific tools that allow them to discern new opportunities to influence policymaking.

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EAPN Spain presents 5th Report on the State of Poverty in Spain

EAPN National Networks News, EAPN National Networks NewsBy EAPN Europe Staff October 16, 2015

14/10/2015 – EAPN SPain presented its 5th Report “State of Poverty, Follow up on the indicator on poverty and social exclusion 2009-2014 (Informe ‘El Estado de la Pobreza. Seguimiento del indicador de pobreza y exclusión social en España 2009 – 2014’) at Ecooo Headquarters in Madrid highlighting that poverty and social exclusion have reached record levels. The event is part of the Week against Poverty and Social Exclusion, aroudn the 17th October International Day for the Eradication of Poverty.

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EAPN and EPSU send joint letter on Energy Poverty to Energy Union Commissioner Šefčovič’s cabinet

EAPN NewsBy Nellie Epinat October 15, 2015

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EAPN and EPSU send joint letter on Energy Poverty to Energy Union Commissioner Šefčovič’s cabinet

EAPN NewsBy EAPN Europe Staff October 15, 2015

14/10/2015 – EAPN and EPSU sent a joint letter to the cabinet of the Energy Union Commissioner and Vice President, Maroš Šefčovič as a follow up to a dialogue meeting held on the 11 September. The meeting and letter highlighted EAPN and EPSU’s joint concerns about growing Energy Poverty, with an estimated 54 million (10.8%) of EU citizens affected by energy poverty in 2012 (See Insight-E study). Yet despite this failure, only 12% of the most vulnerable consumers are put on the lowest energy tariffs.

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Terre des Hommes International Federation | Migration : solutions built on values and evidence

Other NewsBy EAPN Europe Staff October 14, 2015

14 October 2015 – As Chair of the Civil Society Days of the 2015 Global Forum on Migration and Development, Mr. Ignacio Packer, Secretary General of Terre des Hommes International Federation is addressing today about 150 delegations of governments, international organisations and some 265 civil society delegates during the Opening Ceremony of the GFMD.

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EESC | Principles for effective and reliable welfare provision systems

Other publicationsBy EAPN Europe Staff October 13, 2015

17/09/2015 – On the initiative on Pr. Schlüter, the EESC adopted Principles for effective and reliable welfare provision systems arguing that social policy principles could provide a substantive basis for the Commission’s recommendations. It proposes the following principles for welfare provision systems

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From Social Protection to social commons

Other publicationsBy EAPN Europe Staff October 13, 2015

Francine Maestrum, from Global Social Justice, authors this outstanding e-book on ‘social commons’, an attempt to revitalize the debate on social protection, while situating it firmly in the context of the commons we want to protect, promote and preserve.

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EAPN urges the EU to put people first or Europe will wither without strong social dimension | #2015EAPN Annual Conference

EAPN Press releasesBy Nellie Epinat October 12, 2015

EAPN’s Annual Policy Conference, opened by President Martin Schulz and closed by Commissioner Marianne Thyssen, built on Assessment of the 2015 National Reform Programmes giving evidence that poverty and participation must be put at the heart of the European Semester Brussels, 12 October 2015 – Last Friday 09 October, the European Anti-Poverty Network (EAPN) held…

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EAPN urges the EU to put people first or Europe will wither without strong social dimension | #2015EAPN Annual Conference

EAPN Press releasesBy EAPN Europe Staff October 12, 2015

Brussels, 12 October 2015 – Last Friday 09 October, the European Anti-Poverty Network (EAPN) held its Annual Conference in partnership with the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), building and debating on EAPN’s Assessment of the 2015 National Reform Programmes (NRPs) and European Semester. The report gives exhaustive evidence that reducing poverty and promoting effective participation must be put at the heart of the European Semester, if the EU is to respect its Europe 2020 commitments regarding poverty and participation and restore the social dimension of the EU.

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EAPN Assessment of the National Reform Programmes 2015 – Can the Semester Deliver on Poverty and Participation?

EAPN position papers and reportsBy Nellie Epinat October 9, 2015

09/10/2015 – Today EAPN released its EAPN Assessment of the National Reform Programmes 2015 –Can the Semester Deliver on Poverty and Participation? at its Annual Policy Conference held in partnership with and at the premises of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC). The report, strongly welcomed by the attendance including high-level representatives, provides a…

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