EAPN’s annual conference was on 13 June, under the title Beyond Europe 2020 to Agenda 2030 – Working together for a post 2020 strategy that really benefits people and planet. We debated how to get a transformative social and sustainable post 2020 EU strategy which can deliver real results for poverty and social rights –…
On 17 July, the Irish Government, represented by Minister Denis Naughten, presented its first progress report on their implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals in Ireland. This took place at the High Level Political Forum in the UN in New York. The 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals are interlinked and No 1 is to…
EAPN’s annual conference will be on 5 July, 9:00-13:00, under the title Social Protection for All! How can the Social Pillar and SDGs build stronger welfare states? The conference will be an opportunity to exchange together on the following questions: What is Social Protection for all? How can we ensure that all people, children,…
25 September 2017 marks the two-year anniversary of the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Two years after signing up to the SDGs, the EU still has no clear plan on how to achieve them and the clock is ticking. Through the We the People #ACT4SDGS campaign, the SDG Watch Europe alliance in which…
Young European Federalist (JEF Europe) in the framework of the LADDER project (Local Authorities as Drivers for Development Education and Raising Awareness) invites you to take part in the conference “Youth for Sustainable Europe” taking place in Brussels from 25 to 27 of September 2017. About the Special Initiative It aims to bring together European…
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…
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…
EAPN’s annual conference was on 15 June, under the title Learning from the past to Beyond 2020 – What EU strategy to fight poverty, exclusion and inequality? The conference afforded an opportunity to exchange together on the following questions: What integrated strategy should the EU propose to effectively fight poverty? What can we learn from the past? What…
INVITATION: Online press briefing, Tuesday June 27, at 10.00, with speakers from a new campaign about rethinking the future EU budget to advance ‘Scenario 6: Sustainable Europe for its Citizens’. More information below. — Brussels, June 20, 2017 – More than 250 non-governmental organisations from across Europe have today released an alternative vision for a…
The EESC organised a 2-day conference on 22-23 May on the Agenda 2030 for sustainable development: A new frontier for rights and progress for the EU. Embarking on a “collective journey…to free the human race from the tyranny of poverty…(delivering a) new universal Agenda …(which will) realise the human rights of all” are very ambitious…