EAPN Policy Officer, Sabrina Iannazzone, participated in Episode 20 – Season 3 of the Grassroots View, a podcast launched by the European Economic and Social Committee. This episode of the Grassroots View speaks about the impact of the energy crisis on everyday lives. “Up to 1 in 4 households in the EU cannot afford to…
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EAPN Policy and Advocacy Coordinator, Kahina Rabahi, spoke about Social Tracking at the Public Hearing on Social and Biodiversity Tracking in the EU Budget and EU Policies held on tuesday, June 21, by the European Parliament Committee on Budgets. For the second panel, Prof. Agnieszka Chlon-Dominczak – Vice-Rector for Science and Director of the Institute…
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Nicolas Schmit, EU Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights, met this Monday (June 13) with several young people from across Europe, to hear their views and discuss “Social Protection, Minimum Income, and beyond”. BAPN activist Emmanuel Buta Kossi joined the youth debate on the future of these social policies and shared his perspective on the…
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June 28 @ 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm (CEST) With this policy conference, we aimed to contribute to a strong and ambitious Recommendation on Minimum Income Schemes to the Council, with a rights-based approach, that genuinely delivers for people experiencing poverty. Minimum income should be high enough to enable people to live with dignity and feel like…
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This EU Poverty Watch report aims to capture the main findings, messages and recommendations from 21 Poverty Watches produced by our members. These reports start from the reality of people experiencing poverty and the perspectives of the NGOs that work with them. They aim to monitor key trends and policy, raise awareness about the reality for people experiencing poverty and…
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EAPN France, organised a Special European Seminar on fuel and food insecurity on Wednesday 1 June from 10am to 5pm as part of the French Presidency of the Council of the EU. The goal of this special day was to exchange with and for people experiencing poverty in the different EU member states, as well…
DetailsWe are entering year two of the pandemic, not knowing what we can and cannot do in 2021. Nevertheless, we don’t let that stop us from planning. A number of interesting projects are underway this year, of course always considering the possibilities that the pandemic allows us. For the time being, the European Youth Forum…
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The European anti-Poverty Network, as a partner of the Working Yet Poor project (WorkYP), is currently working on a report that will identify policy priorities and feasible actions that Member States should adopt to tackle in-work poverty. The policy recommendations will primarily draw upon the comparative analysis carried out by the University of Frankfurt, as…
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Fifty million households around Europe are currently suffering from energy poverty. This means they cannot sufficiently light, heat or cool their homes. Energy poverty is rooted in structural causes – which span across the current economic, energy, climate, taxation, social, employment, welfare, health, and housing policies. The main drivers of energy poverty are low income,…
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The project Working, Yet Poor (WorkYP) will organise its mid-term international conference “In-Work Poverty in Europe: analysis and perspectives” on March 22, from 10h00 17h00 in Bologna and online. The conference will present the project and disseminate the mid-term outcomes. EAPN will be presenting a draft of proposals and recommendations for member states to tackle in-work poverty. Join…
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