2025 European Poverty Watch Launch
2026-04-14 09:30 - 12:00 (Europe/Brussels) | european economic and social comitee, Rue Belliard 99/101, Brussels, Belgium
On 14 April, the European Anti-Poverty Network (EAPN) will launch its latest EU Poverty Watch report, “Promoting and Strengthening National and Local Anti-Poverty Strategies” (NAPS & LAPS), at an event co-organised with the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) Civil Society Organisations’ Group in Brussels.
The report provides a comprehensive analysis of current National Anti-Poverty Strategies (NAPS), highlighting common challenges as well as good practices across Europe.
Built on a bottom-up approach, the report draws on findings from nineteen EAPN national networks. These findings clearly demonstrate the crucial role of coordinated action across all levels of governance, local, national, and EU, in achieving the eradication of poverty in Europe, a goal EAPN has been pushing forward. This objective has also gained renewed political momentum following commitments by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in September 2025.
Key highlights:
▪️ Insights from 19 EAPN’s national networks bottom-up research
▪️ Exploring how to promote and strengthen National and Local Anti-Poverty Strategies
▪️ Roundtable and Q&A with people experiencing poverty and EU representatives
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24th PEP Meeting "The Politics of Anti-Poverty: Participation, Power and Inclusion"
2026-06-04 09:00 - 2026-06-05 17:00
The 24th European Meeting of People Experiencing Poverty will take place on 4–5 June 2026 in Larnaca, Cyprus, under the auspices of the Cyprus Presidency of the Council of the European Union.
This year’s meeting, themed “The Politics of Anti-Poverty: Participation, Power and Inclusion” will make people with lived experience of poverty take centre stage of policymaking.
At a time when the EU Anti-Poverty Strategy is taking shape, this meeting will be an important moment to test what meaningful participation looks like in practice, who gets to shape it and what implementation looks like when lived realities lead the way.
It will bring together people experiencing poverty, civil society and other stakeholders to build a common understanding of the challenges ahead and strengthen the collective response to poverty and social exclusion.
Over two days, participants will explore what it means to move from strategy to reality in the fight against poverty, with a focus on the EU Anti-Poverty Strategy, participation, power, inclusion and implementation.
The meeting will also provide space to discuss shared priorities, advocacy pathways and the role of lived experience in shaping more effective and equitable anti-poverty responses across Europe.
At the heart of EAPN’s mission is the belief that the fight against poverty is also a fight to empower people living in poverty and social exclusion. Meaningful participation is not just a principle; it is a key driver for eradicating poverty.
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Thematic Meeting on Inclusive Language in Social Rights Communication
2026-06-18 12:30 - 14:00
Our next Thematic Meeting on Inclusive Language in Social Rights Communication will explore how the words we use to talk about poverty and social exclusion shape perceptions, reinforce or challenge stigma and influence power relations.
Language is never neutral. The way we frame poverty in policy, communication and everyday discourse has a direct impact on how people are understood and treated.
Building on the COMM’ON Guidelines, which stress that communication should be not only accessible but also participatory, this session will reflect on how language can either reproduce or challenge exclusion.
🗓️ Date: Thursday 18th June
🕒 Time: 12:30 p.m. (CET)
📍 Format: Online
We’re happy to announce Dr. Keetie Roelen from the Poverty Unpacked Media Project and Karen Grech, a representative from Malta’s Anti-Poverty Forum, as our speakers. It will be an interactive session, in which everyone will have the opportunity to actively participate.
📩 To register, send an email to laura.ballester@eapn.eu
