2022 2022 is the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic with serious global health, social and economic consequences. These consequences combined with the energy crisis, the climate of insecurity, the current conflicts, and the evolving climate change form an explosive mix, triggering poverty and a new food crisis. So while global grain production has been…
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The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, delivered her speech on the State of the Union (SOTEU) on September 15. Below is a brief overview of EAPN’s reaction, a full version of which can be found below the summary. The EU must address the impact of the COVID-19 crisis and the subsequent…
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Over the last few months, the partners of the WorkYP project have been busy drafting National Reports on in-work poverty (Deliverable 3.2 of the Project), with the aim of providing an overview of labour and social regulations that may have an impact on in-work poverty in the different Member States that participate in the Project…
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During the pandemic, families experiencing and at risk of poverty and social exclusion have disproportionately been affected. In the UK, a £20 uplift to Universal Credit was introduced at the beginning of the pandemic, which totals an increase of £1040 a year. The Derbyshire Unemployed Workers’ Centre (DUWC), as a member of EAPN UK, took…
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The European Commission recently released its ‘Fit for 55’ package, to deliver on the EU’s 2030 climate targets. The ’55’ originates from the goal to reduce net emissions by at least 55% by 2030 compared to 1990. It claims that these proposals will deliver the transformational change needed across the European economy, society and industry.…
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Living water, that’s my name, that’s me – An autobiography of Mayim’s life in a world full of limitations ‘Mayim. Living water, that’s my name, that’s me – An autobiography about the life of Mayim in a world full of limitations’ is a special book by Marcel Kolder from Almere, written from the point of…
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Join our team! Do you want to lead policy and advocacy efforts to create a Europe free of poverty and social exclusion?! Then this role may be for you! EAPN is recruiting a Policy and Advocacy Coordinator to lead the delivery of our Strategic Priorities around policy and advocacy (with a focus on social protection).…
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The BOSS – Building a Network to Boost Social Secure Europe project aims to tackle poverty and social exclusion through an established quality framework, in which the civil society organisations are already familiar with the needs of their target groups and have an understanding of gender equality issues. EAPN Latvia is leading on this project,…
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Joint Statement on the Directive on Adequate Minimum Wages in the EU In response to the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council (EPSCO) meeting on 14 June, Social Platform and the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) urge EU ministers to demonstrate their full political support for the proposed directive. The following elements are…
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People Experiencing Poverty (PeP) are and have been at the forefront of the socio-economic effects of the pandemic and their stories deserve to be heard! We, therefore, introduce our ‘Voices From The Ground’ videos: a series of videos from all across Europe, giving first-hand accounts of poverty from people experiencing poverty. In addition to detailing…
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