Executive Committee Members

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Executive Committee National Networks’ representatives AUSTRIA – Eugen BIERLING-WAGNER: eugen.bierling-wagner@armutskonferenz.at BELGIUM – Gaelle PETERS: g.peters@rwlp.be BULGARIA – Maria JELIAZKOVA: perspekt@tradel.net CROATIA – Nino ZGANEC: nzganec@pravo.hr CYPRUS – Ninetta KAZANTSIS: ninetak@cytanet.com.cy CZECH REPUBLIC – Karel SCHWARZ: Schwarz_Karel@seznam.cz DENMARK – Per THOMSEN: per-thomsen@stofanet.dk ESTONIA – Kärt MERE: mere@online.ee FINLAND – Tiina SAARELA: tiina.saarela@evl.fi FRANCE – Richard DELPLANQUE:…

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Bureau

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 EAPN Bureau Sérgio AIRES EAPN President and Executive member from Portugal sergio.aires@eapn.pt       Maria JELIAZKOVA EAPN Vice-President and Executive member from Bulgaria perspekt@tradel.net     Vilborg ODDSDOTTIR EAPN Vice-President and Executive member from Iceland vilborg@help.is     Saviour GRIMA EAPN Vice-President and Executive member from Malta fsg372@gmail.com     Jasmina KRUNIC  EAPN Vice-President…

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Sergio Aires

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 EAPN Bureau Sérgio AIRES EAPN President and Executive member from Portugal Email: sergio.aires@eapn.pt Maria JELIAZKOVA EAPN Vice-President and Executive member from Bulgaria Email: perspekt@tradel.net Vilborg ODDSDOTTIR EAPN Vice-President and Executive member from Iceland Email: vilborg@help.is Saviour GRIMA EAPN Vice-President and Executive member from Malta Email: fsg372@gmail.com Jasmina KRUNIC  EAPN Vice-President and Executive member from Serbia Email: jasmina.krunic@gmail.com Carlos…

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AGE Platform Europe | Older persons’ rights should not be jeopardised by EU objectives on national fiscal consolidation and structural reforms!

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22/09/2015 – The European Semester 2015 – the EU yearly cycle of economic policy coordination – has once more overlooked fundamental rights. AGE Platform Europe is deeply concerned that in the 2015 Country Specific Recommendations the social objectives of the Europe 2020 strategy have further receded to the background. Many reforms in social protection – in particular in pensions, health and long-term care – are now challenging older persons’ rights to participate in society, live independently and in dignity.

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Social Platform | What would Europe for the common good look like?

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28/09/2015 – On 30 September, the College of Commissioners will discuss what a new European social agenda should look like in practice. On 1st October, Pierre Baussand, Director of Social Platform, Barbara Helfferich, EAPN DIrector and other civil-society representatives will meet Marianne Thyssen, Commission for Employment, Social Affairs to discuss how to make Europe worthy of a social ‘triple A’ status.

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2015 EAPN case study DRIVERS

EAPN Toolkit on how to develop focus groups

EAPN News

In 2015, as part of the ‘DRIVERS for Health Equity’ project, EAPN published a report and synthesis of case-study evidence on income and social protection, which is a joint EAPN and Centre for health Equity Studies (CHESS) work. Authored by Fiona McHardy with Olle Lundberg, this research undertook a case study approach exploring in a comparative country context, the impact of social protection system, both operations and provisions, on health inequality, in Hungary, Poland, UK, Sweden and Portugal. The publication also includes a very useful EAPN toolkit on how to develop focus groups (Annex 2 – Page 31). Open the Report and Toolkit here.

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Report on income and social protection for the EU Drivers Project: Synthesis of case-study evidence compiled by European Anti-Poverty Network

EAPN position papers and reports

02/02/2015 – As part of the ‘DRIVERS for Health Equity’ project, EAPN published a report and synthesis of case-study evidence on income and social protection, which is a joint EAPN and Centre for health Equity Studies (CHESS) work. Authored by Fiona McHardy with Olle Lundberg, this research undertook a case study approach exploring in a…

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2015 EAPN case study DRIVERS

Report on income and social protection for the EU Drivers Project: Synthesis of case-study evidence compiled by European Anti-Poverty Network

EAPN position papers and reports

02/02/2015 – As part of the ‘DRIVERS for Health Equity’ project, EAPN published a report and synthesis of case-study evidence on income and social protection, which is a joint EAPN and Centre for health Equity Studies (CHESS) work. Authored by Fiona McHardy with Olle Lundberg, this research undertook a case study approach exploring in a comparative country context, the impact of social protection system, both operations and provisions, on health inequality, in Hungary, Poland, UK, Sweden and Portugal. The publication also includes a Toolkit on how to develop focus groups (Annex 2).

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Economic Governance must deliver on social objectives with real participation from civil society

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EAPN sends its contribution to President Juncker on Annual Growth Survey 22/09/2015 – EAPN sent yesterday its contribution to the Annual Growth Survey to European Commission President Juncker. As the letter highlights, EAPN has been engaged  in the European  Semester process from the start in 2011, showcasing the experience and knowledge from its members on…

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