The key objectives of the group have been to promote the participation of people experiencing poverty and advance towards a more participative democracy and better governance. Main activities of the group have been to exchange and pull together the experiences of National Networks on participation of people experiencing poverty, and to ensure that the European Meetings of People Experiencing Poverty have an impact on national policy initiatives to reduce poverty.
In 2008 the group has contributed to a publication gathering case studies of participation of people experiencing poverty in projects, policy-making and organizations. National Networks were asked to share their understanding of participation, the way they integrate participation internally and examples of approaches, methods and projects to foster participation in the work of the National Network. All the responses to the questionnaires are online together with links to other useful resources.
In 2009-2010, EAPN has continued to work on a participatory strategy of its own, looking at how it can foster and implement participation of people experiencing poverty in National Networks and in EAPN Europe’s work.
- Contact person for the working group on participation and poverty: Tanya Basarab (tanya.basarab@eapn.eu)
- Contact person for the work related to the European Meetings of People Experiencing Poverty: Fintan Farrell (fintan.farrell@eapn.eu)
- Short explainer for people taking part in the European Meetings of People Experiencing Poverty
EAPN training for persons experiencing poverty active in National Networks and EAPN (Brussels 21-22 September 2011)
- Participant’s programme: english – french
- List of participants
- Sharing the power – EAPN participation strategy
- Evaluation synthesis
- Report from the training
Presentations:
- Introduction “Networking on Social Inclusion” (PPT presentation)
- Case Study of EAPN’s policy making: Minimum Income Campaign (PPT presentation)
- Evidence Participation Change Learning from the Scottish Network (PPT presentation)
- Sweden as a welfare State (PPT presentation)
Capacity Building Seminar: How can we best work together? (Brussels 7-8 May 2010)
- Participant’s programme: english – french
- Background note
- Participants list
- Participants evaluation report
- Notes from the seminar
- Report of the seminar
- Strategy for building together a more participative EAPN: english – french
- Watch the participation video on Vimeo
Presentations
- EAPN Participation Strategy – the process and content – Tanya Basarab, EAPN
- FEANTSA’s Experience of Building Participation in Homelessness Services – Silke Paasche, FEANTSA
- How participation has transformed CILAP/EAPN Italy – Letizia Cesarini Sforza, EAPN Italy
- Participation for Community Development – Ann Irwin, CWC, Ireland
Documents for the 2nd Follow-up meeting: increasing participation of people experiencing poverty in the European work of EAPN (Madrid 1-2 October 2009)
- Participant’s programme: english – spanish
- What has happened so far in National Networks on Participation , ppt presentation (english)
- Report of the follow-up meeting 2: english – spanish
- Proposal on developing participation in national networks, ppt presentation (english)
- Proposal on strengthening participation in national networks, ppt presentation (english)
Documents for the 1st Follow-up meeting: increasing participation of people experiencing poverty in the European work of EAPN (Brussels, 26-27 June 2009)
- Participant’s programme: english – french
- What has happened so far in European work of EAPN on Participation , ppt presentation (english)
- Report of the follow-up meeting 1: english – french
Documents on participation and governance from the Social Inclusion Working Group (30 May 2009)
- Toolkit proposal: embedding governance and participation in the OMC , english doc by Sian and Tanya
- Notes from discussion on involving people experiencing poverty in the Social Inclusion Working Group (english)
Documents from the Participation Workshop at the seminar on 2010 and Beyond – the Legacy We Want (29 May 2009)
- Participation and Governance of the OMC in Sweden , english ppt by Hakan Johansson
- Participation in Social OMC in Belgium , english ppt by Ludo Horemans
- Civil Society and participation in Social Policy Making in Hungary , english ppt by Izabella Marton
Documents for the Large Reflection Meeting on Participation in EAPN and NNs (3-4 April 2009)
- Concept Participation Reflection Meeting in EAPN (english)
- Programme and how to prepare: english – french
- Small Steps – Big Changes – Building Participation of People Experiencing Poverty: english – french
- Presentation of the aims and programme (english)
- Presentation of the publication on participation (english)
- 5 + and 5 – of developing participation in EAPN: english – french
- Presentation EAPN Spain (english)
- Presentation EAPN France (french)
- Report participation meeting: english – french
- Presentation of the publication on participation (english)
- List of participants in the Reflection Meeting (english): you can find it in the book Small Steps – Big Changes – Building Participation of People Experiencing Poverty: english – french