On the 13th and 14th of October 2022, EAPN (with the Social Platform) attended an EPSCO informal meeting – known as the Ministerial Meeting of Social Affairs and Employment Ministers. The meeting, which took place in Prague, focused on current issues such as energy poverty and welcoming Ukrainian refugees on the agenda. In the first…
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Are you studying to become an interpreter? Are you fluent in English and other European language? Are you based in Brussels? This Call is for you!! EAPN is looking for volunteers to act as interpreters at the 20th European Meeting of People experiencing Poverty (PeP). The event will take place in Brussels at Royal Library…
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On the 25th & 26th of October, EAPN Spain organizes the “III European Congress Against Poverty and Social Exclusion”, in Madrid (with online live streaming options). The III Congress aims to analyse the challenges for a Social Europe, considering the impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the socio-economic consequences brought by the COVID-19 pandemic…
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The EU Alliance for Investing in Children (Alliance) welcomes the European Care Strategy as a key framework to address the needs of children, their families, and carers. In particular, the strategy aims to ensure available, quality, affordable and accessible care services with better working conditions, gender equality and work-life balance for carers, and to improve the…
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On September 28th, the European Commission released its long-awaited proposal for a Council Recommendation on adequate minimum income ensuring active inclusion (the Proposal). The Proposal is part of the initiatives announced in the European Pillar of Social Rights Action Plan and seeks to contribute to the EU-level headline target to reduce the number of people…
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Objectives of the 2021 European meeting This years’ Meeting of People experiencing poverty centred on four important discussion topics: Housing Adequate Minimum Income Good quality health care services Digitalisation and the access to services will be considered as a cross-cutting issue. How has access to digital technology (access to internet, access to devices, knowledge of…
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From October 4 to October 6 2022, the 30th edition of the European Disability Days (EDD) will take place in Ostrava. This year’s jubilee year is included in the events within the framework of the Czech Republic’s presidency of the Council of the European Union and its main partner is the European Anti-Poverty Network Czech Republic.…
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13 October @ 9:00 am – 11:30 am (CEST) On 13 October, EAPN launched our Poverty Watch 2022 Key Findings “In Unequal Times of Crises” in the European Parliament. The event was facilitated by Shada Islam and co-hosted by MEP Marisa Matias (GUE/NGL), and MEP Mounir Satouri, (Greens/EFA). The Poverty Watch is a bottom-up analysis of around…
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On 14 September, the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen delivered her speech on the State of the European Union in 2022. This political exercise aims to give the Parliament and civil society an overall understanding of the general vision for the year to come. Whilst Ukraine and the need for solidarity…
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EAPN has released a new report presenting “Policy Proposals & Recommendations for Member States to tackle-in work poverty” within the framework of the Working Yet Poor project, funded by Horizon 2020. The purpose of the report is to make general recommendations to Member States on combatting in-work poverty. The Recommendations are based on evidence provided…
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