DELIVERING SOCIAL INCLUSION THROUGH STRUCTURAL FUNDS EAPN Structural Funds Good-Practice Handbook

EAPN BooksBy EAPN Europe Staff February 2, 2015

02/02/2015 – Delivering Social Inclusion Through Structural Funds is EAPN’s latest handbook for NGOs on how to use Structurals Funds for social inclusion. Compiled by EAPN Members, it outlines EAPN’s guiding principles to assess a good practice of SF-funded projects on social inclusion and showcases examples of NGO-driven projects funded by Structural Funds under the previous funding round.

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EAPN EUISG Meeting in Rome | Peer Review on CSRs 2014, and Seminar on Early School Leaving

EAPN NewsBy EAPN Europe Staff February 2, 2015

05-07/02 – EAPN EU Inclusion Strategies Group meets in Rome this week, involving experts from EAPN’s 31 national networks and European Organisations. The main focus of the meeting will be an assessment of the European Semester and Europe 2020, from the perspective of EAPN members trying to engage at national and EU level. The Working Group will be preceded by an important Seminar organized by CILAP/EAPN Italy Let’s not leave them behind – Early school leaving, poverty and social exclusion.

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EAPN Participates in Expert Conference Employment and Social Developments in Europe Review 2014

EAPN NewsBy EAPN Europe Staff February 2, 2015

29/01/2015 – EAPN actively participated in the Annual Seminar launching the Commission’s 2015 Employment and Social Development report, where EAPN highlighted concerns about the lower focus on poverty and assumptions about trickle-down effect from Growth and Jobs as the main strategy.

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A BEATING HEART FOR A BETTER EUROPE | Watch EU Semester Alliance video

EAPN NewsBy EAPN Europe Staff February 2, 2015

02 February 2015 – Today, the EU Alliance for a democratic, social and sustainable European Semester or (EU Semester Alliance) releases A Beating Heart for a Better Europe. This video highlights the main activities, benefits and learning of the EU Semester Alliance, particularly incorporating the views of the national level and external stakeholders.

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EAPN meets President Juncker’s Cabinet

EAPN NewsBy EAPN Europe Staff January 29, 2015

21/01/2015 – Sérgio Aires, president of EAPN, together with other Bureau members met with Commission President Juncker’s cabinet as well as the Stefaan Hermans, Head of Cabinet of Commissioner Thyssen, who is also responsible for social policy. These meetings served to introduce EAPN’s work to the new Commission as well to establish good working contacts. EAPN was well received by both cabinets who themselves had been working in the social field in previous years. In particular, Luc Tholoniat of Juncker’s cabinet had been closely involved in developing the Open Method of Co-ordination in early 2000.

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Launch of the European Year for Development EYD2015 Civil Society Alliance

EAPN NewsBy EAPN Europe Staff January 16, 2015

15/01/2015 – More than 70 participants, including EAPN, took part in the Civil Society Alliance launch event of the 2015 European Year from Development #EYD2015 in Brussels. The event also launched the Action/2015 campaign calling on local and world leaders to take urgent action to fight, with concrete measures, for a just and sustainable world. The European Group of Action/2015 participated in the EYD2015 Alliance launch too and with CONCORD organized a photo op in front of the European Parliament.

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Economic Crisis and Austerity in Southern Europe: Threat or Opportunity for building a sustainable welfare state?

EAPN NewsBy EAPN Europe Staff January 15, 2015

On Tuesday the 13 January 2015, EAPN participated in the first of OSE’s after-work seminars, organized with AK EUROPA and the ÖGB Europabüro, which presented damning new evidence of the negative impact of austerity on welfare states, particularly on social protection and health service, increasing poverty and inequality. The response from Dino Pinelli, Senior Economist from DG ECFIN, recognized the negative impact but underlined Member State responsibility for choice of measures and the need to continue with the treatment. EAPN’s questions focused on 4 issues:

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ETUI Monthly Forum on ECI Right2Water

EAPN NewsBy EAPN Europe Staff January 8, 2015

07/01/2015 – The European Trade Union Institute is organising a debate on the European Citizens’ Initiave ‘Right2Water’ on 22 January 2015 in Brussels. We will have an eminent social scholar who has analysed what we have done and putting it in a broader perspective, as well as the rapporteur from the European Parliament Lynn Boylan who is preparing the position of the EP on the ECI.

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Save the date: DRIVERS will present its findings and recommendations at the European Parliament in Brussels on 3 February 2015

EAPN NewsBy EAPN Europe Staff December 18, 2014

DRIVERS, in which EAPN is involved, will present its findings and recommendations at the European Parliament in Brussels on 3 February 2015, hosted by MEPs Julie Ward (S&D, UK) & Eider Gardiazabal Rubial (S&D, ES).

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The European Anti-Poverty Network (EAPN) seeks a Development and Policy Officer (Based in Brussels)

EAPN NewsBy EAPN Europe Staff December 17, 2014

17/12/2014 – EAPN is recruiting a Development and Policy Officer. Candidates for this post are expected to have a minimum of 5 years relevant work experience.

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