2016PEP “Empowerment through Poverty”
The 15th Meeting on “Empowerment through Poverty” took place in Brussels from 15 to 16 November 2016.
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Key messages from EAPN’s 2017 conference: Learning from the past to beyond 2020 – What EU strategy to fight poverty, social exclusion & inequality?
EAPN presents its members’ Key Messages from the 2017 policy conference: Learning from the past to beyond 2020: What EU strategy to fight poverty, social exclusion & inequality? On 15 June, the conference exchanged on the crucial questions of What integrated strategy should the EU propose to effectively fight poverty? and how should this strategy be mainstreamed into…
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New study about indebtedness in Lithuania and its effect on the poor
The Lithuanian National Anti-Poverty Network in collaboration with Vilnius University has conducted a study on the problem of the forcible collection of debts by bailiffs from the perspective of indebted people and the specialists who work with them. The study is particularly relevant since it highlights the effect of enforced debt recoveries on the poor. As a matter of…
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SDGs and Europe: What’s new?
Reforming the EU budget for a more sustainable future Following the publication of the White Paper on the Future of Europe outlining 5 possible future scenarios for the European Union, SDG Watch Europe and more than 250 civil society organisations have proposed an alternative sixth scenario which puts people and planet at its heart and…
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#On Our Watch EU: assessing the work of the European Parliament since 2014
What are the achievements of the European Parliament in the fight against social exclusion, poverty and discrimination? Have the MEPs kept their promises and made some progress since their election in 2014? In 2013- 2014 the EAPN launched the campaign Electing Champions for a Social Europe to encourage political candidates in the European parliamentary elections…
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The European Minimum Income Network (EMIN 2) 2017-2018
In the follow-up of EMIN 1 (2013-2014), EAPN is coordinating the second phase of the European Minimum Income Network, EMIN 2, for the period 2017-2018. The overall aim of EMIN 2 project is the progressive realisation of the right to adequate, accessible and enabling Minimum Income Schemes for people of working age. The project gathers informal…
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New report on poverty in rural areas in Macedonia
The Federation of Farmers of the Republic of Macedonia in partnership with the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Food and in consultation with the Macedonian Anti-Poverty Platform has prepared a new report on the living conditions in rural areas in Macedonia, one of the poorest countries in Europe. Through a multidimensional analysis, the report takes into…
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Action Plan on Urban Poverty: EAPN members’ feedback is needed!
The European Commission has opened a consultation on the 13 draft actions for a Final Action Plan of the Urban Agenda priority partnership on Urban Poverty, coordinated by Belgium (PPS Social Integration) and France (CGET, General Commission for Territorial Equality). The Partnership has the objectives of reducing poverty and improving the inclusion of people in…
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Human Rights first!
Brussels, 5th July 2017 EU must at all costs avoid a moral defeat and put in practice its best reasons for existing: solidarity, defence of human rights and peace. Thousands of boat-people in search of a better future, or simply in search of survival, are landing daily on the southern borders of Europe. They land on…
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therighttobeanythingwewant | Portuguese-wide anti Roma-discrimination campaign developed with EAPN Portugal
EAPN Portugal, in partnership with the State Secretariat for Citizenship and Equality, is currently promoting an anti-discrimination Campaign on Roma Communities #direitoaseroquequiserem (therighttobeanythingwewant). This Campaign was launched on the 24th of June – “Roma Communities National Day” and its main aim is to seek to positively influence the social perception of Roma Communities among the…
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