EAPN

Youth Partnership Symposium ‘(Un)Equal Europe? Responses from the youth sector’
2016-05-30 - 2016-06-02 | Unnamed Venue, Budapest, Hungary
The Symposium ‘(Un)Equal Europe? Responses from the youth sector’ will take place in Budapest to explore the range of social, geographic and economic inequalities that young people face in today’s Europe and develop solutions through a dialogue between practitioners, researchers and policy makers.
The event will also highlight some of the personal experiences of individuals who have encountered structural and contextual barriers to inclusion and discuss the impact of the most recent refugee migration fluxes on the youth sector.
The Objectives of the symposium are:

To discuss and disseminate the knowledge on inequalities, participation and social exclusion concerning young people in Europe;
To share good practice in youth work and youth policy relevant to the key questions of the Symposium;
To identify challenges and research gaps, draw conclusions and formulate recommendations, as well as to propose models of youth policy and youth work interventions;
To support knowledge-based youth policy and practice for fighting against inequalities through networking, dialogue, and peer learning;
To connect youth, policy-makers, practitioners and researchers.

Mr. Fintan Farrell, Acting Director of EAPN Europe, will speak about youth poverty in Europe at the event, at which about 80 to 100 experts representing the various fields of policy, research and practice will participate.
For more information on the EU-CoE youth partnership, please see their website.

The 2nd International Conference on Sustainable Development
2016-05-20 - 2016-05-22 | Unnamed Venue, Thessaloniki, Greece
Maria Jeliazkova, Vice-President of EAPN and member of EAPN Bulgaria, will represent the network at the 2nd International Conference on Sustainable Development in Thessaloniki, an event organized by the independent student group Students for Sustainability in collaboration with the International Hellenic University and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation.
The conference aims at promoting the personal social responsibility of students and citizens through awareness and engagement, as well as presenting sustainable development theories and best practices in a non-academic context.
The event will last three days and include workshops, the main conference and an exhibition of local agri-food products. Several international speakers will be called to contribute to discussions concerning six key topics that are at the core of sustainable development:

Topic A – The importance of Sustainable Development Strategies in the 21st Century
Topic B – Politics and Sustainable Development: tool or throwback?
Topic C – Agriculture and Sustainable Development
Topic D – 1st Pillar of Sustainable Development: Society – Can Poverty be tackled through Sustainable Development Policies?
Topic E – 2nd Pillar of Sustainable Development: Economy – Green Economy – Trick or Treat?
Topic F – 3rd Pillar of Sustainable Development: Environment – Environmental Protection: a matter of local, state or international mobilization?
Round Table Topic – Crisis, Conflicts, Refugees, and Global Sustainable Development.

Ms. Jeliazkova will give a speech concerning the Topic D, “Can Poverty be tackled through Sustainable Development Policies?”
Click here to know more about the event and here to access the e-book produced by Students for Sustainability in order to explain and raise awareness about issues concerning sustainable development.

EAPN speaks at "Public policies for accessible social services" conference in Romania
2016-04-07 - 2016-04-08 | Unnamed Venue, Bucharest, Romania
Amana Ferro, Senior Policy Officer at EAPN, will speak at the conference Public policies for accessible social services – Building bridges between social service providers in Bucharest on April 7-8.
The event is organised by Foundation for the Development of Civil Society. Other panelists will be from EASPD, AGE Platform, and the Social Platform.
See programme.
