Annual Report 2005-2006 - European Anti Poverty Network Ireland

Annual Report
2005-2006
Approved by
AGM 2006
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European Anti Poverty Network (EAPN)
Ireland,
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Phone: 01-8745737
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Funded by the National Lottery under the
National Anti Poverty Networks Programme
of the Department of Community, Rural and
Gaeltacht Affairs
Contents
Tables
1 Empowering Anti Poverty Groups to understand and
influence policy
4
2 Training for other organisations
6
1a Training
5
3 Invited speeches and presentations
6
1b Information and briefing
7
4 Members briefings
8
5 Monthly hits on www.eapn.ie
9
6 Articles and media coverage
10
2 Putting poverty at the top of the EU and Irish agenda
2a Future of the European social model
11
7 Oireachtas Committee Report on Lisbon Strategy
12
2b Anti Poverty Strategies
17
8 Quote: Battle for the soul of Europe Lisbon campaign
13
2c Setting Minimum Standards across Europe
21
9 Inputs to National Forum on Europe Plenaries
14
3 Building the network
10 Quote: The social clause (EU Constitution)
15
11 Policy papers and submissions
16
3a Membership
23
12 Quote: NGOs and NAPs Inclusion
17
3b Management
23
13 Setting Minimum Standards across Europe
18
3c Bulgaria-Ireland learning exchange
25
14 Poverty Traps (tables from EAPN Ireland, OPEN study)
Information Note: Introduction to EAPN Ireland
27
Financial Report
29
2
1 Training and consultation sessions
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15 Board and Staff
22
16 Ireland-Bulgaria learning exchange
24
17 How EAPN Ireland and EAPN (Europe) work
26
18 EAPN Ireland Members
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Introduction
Joe Gallagher
Chairperson
Photo
EAPN Ireland Officers at AGM 2005
(Joe is the one in the middle, between Robin Hanan, Secretary,
and Margaret Deaton, Treasurer)
EAPN Ireland Annual Report 2005-2006
This report describes some highlights of EAPN Ireland s work in
2005-2006.
It has been a successful year for the Network in many ways. The
continuing interest of members is shown by the large numbers taking
part in training courses and policy workshops. The importance of
European solidarity is shown by the effective action to preserve the
social dimension of the Lisbon Strategy and to undermine the social
dimension of the Services Directive , both described in the report.
I would like to take the opportunity to congratulate the members,
Board and staff of EAPN Ireland for a good year s work and to thank
our funders for making it possible.
In Ireland, and across the EU, the anti-poverty plans (NAPs
Inclusion) have been important in developing policy on poverty and
providing opportunities for information-sharing and learning. On the
other hand, there is a lot of frustration with the merry-go-round of antipoverty plans and processes, often producing little actual change. If
there is consultation fatigue , it is not because people are being asked
too often what is needed to change their lives but because they cannot
see the results of the last consultation or the one before.
Perhaps more importantly, public debate at Irish and EU level
have moved away from the goal of a more inclusive society towards a
meaner, leaner vision of competitiveness .
One of the great challenges for the network in coming years is to
put the continuing scandal of poverty back at the centre of public
debate and to release the resources and political energy to eradicate it.
In summer 2005 I had an opportunity to visit our future EU
partners in Bulgaria. On a short tour, I could see that many of the
problems are the same as here marginalisation, discrimination, lack of
opportunities but many are much deeper and more intractable.
The challenge for EAPN is to find ways to learn from each other,
exploring common issues and different circumstances, and to support
each other, building a continent-wide movement to end poverty.
There is no excuse for poverty in the EU, one of the richest
economies in World history.
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Place
Table 1
EAPN Ireland
training and
consultation
sessions
2005-early 2006
Date
With
Nos
Training and consultation before NAPS Social Inclusion Forum 2005
Galway
Dublin
Cork
13 January 2005
17 January 2005
20 January 2005
Community Platform
Community Platform
Community Platform
60
120
45
Introduction to NAPS (before Government consultation meetings)
Longford
Letterkenny
Longford Women s Link
Donegal CWC
13
8
Focus Groups before NAPS Social Inclusion Forum 2006
Knocanwrawley
Dublin Centre
Letterkenny
Tallaght
Coolock
Dublin Centre
3 February 2006
7 February 2006
8 February 2006
8 February 2006
13 February 2006
14 February 2006
Community Development Project
Migrant Rights Centre, Ireland
Mind the Gap and Donegal CWC
Tallaght Centre for Unemployed
OPEN and Doras Bui
Dublin Simon Community
Employment and National Reform Programme
Dublin
Galway
Waterford
Limerick
9 September 2005
19 September 2005
20 September 2005
22 September 2005
7
8
15
11
8
1
training and consultation
Galway People s Resource centre
Framework
PAUL Partnership
21
22
15
20
Structural Funds and NDP
Structural Funds and NDP
The Developmental Welfare State
Minimum Social Standards
35
6
18
30
National round tables and discussions
Dublin
Dublin
Dublin
Dublin
19 May 2005
October 2005
April 2006
22 March
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Training
During the period 2005 to 2006, 463 people took part in EAPN Ireland
training events and over 200 in training run by EAPN Ireland for other
organisations. In addition, over 1,100 people took part in sessions where
Work Area 1
Empowering anti
poverty groups to
understand and influence
policy
EAPN Ireland staff gave the keynote presentation(s), giving a total of nearly
2,000 people reached by the full training programme.
National Plans
The training and support programme prioritised workshops on
understanding and influencing the National Action Plan on Inclusion (NAP
Inclusion) and the National Reform Programmes on Jobs and Growth . In
both cases, training sessions were followed by small group discussions on
what issues members want to take up in the Plans and how to influence policy.
EAPN Ireland played an active role in organising and delivering three
regional workshops on the NAP Inclusion in January 2005, with the
Community Platform. These were designed to prepare for the NAPS Social
Inclusion Forum.
The NESF, which was organising the Forum, kindly
provided 40 extra places for participants in the Platform meetings to take part.
This was followed by two workshops in October 2005, prior to the Office
for Social Inclusion consultations, to de-mystify the language and prepare
members to participate.
Photo
Round table on the Developmental Welfare State
In October 2005, the Employment Policy Group ran a series of one
national and three regional workshops on the National Reform Programmes.
These included introductory explanations and discussion on employment
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Table 2: Training for other organisations
Place
Date
Event run by..
Topic
Nos
24 September
12-14 Dec, 30 Jan 2006
EAPN Castilla la Mancha
NUI Maynooth
NUI Maynooth
National Anti Poverty Networks
NAPs Inclusion
NGOs and EU policy-making
Community sector in Ireland
Share the Learning
45
22
18
50
7, 14, 21, 28 March
15 March
11 May
ENAR
OPEN
Social Policy Network
Africa Centre & Akidwa
Influencing EU policy
Building Coalitions of interest
Structural Funds and NDP
Rights and poverty
2005
Toledo
Maynooth
Dublin
Galway and Dublin
2006
Dublin
Coolock& Castleblaney
Dublin
Dublin
20
26
10
18
Total 209
Table 3: Invited speeches and presentations
Place
Date
Event or host
Topic
Nos
26 January
20 May
28 April
16 June
23 June
13 October
25 October
15 November
21 November
6 December
Social Inclusion Forum (NESF
CILAP (EAPN Italy)
ECAS
EU Presidency
CPA MSI project
EAPN Spain AGM
EAPN Europe AGM
NICVA Annual Conf
Mind the Gap
Prionsias de Rossa, MEP
NAP Inclusion at midterm
Minimum income in Ireland
EU & Social Rights
EU Inclusion Strategy
Policy proofing
EU Inclusion Strategy
Social standards
The social Europe
NAPS and New TSN
Services Directive
200
70
40
80
35
210
25
80
35
30
20 January
27 January
15 February
4 March
11 April 2006
Irish Association
PES European Parliament group
Social Inclusion Forum
ICTU annual seminar
Combat Poverty Agency project
EU Inclusion Strategy
20
Future of Europe
45
NAPS post 2007 targets
150
Social Policy in Europe
45
Mainstreaming Inclusion policy
40
Total: 1,105
2005
Dublin
Potenza
Brussels
Luxemburg
Brussels
Seville
Liverpool
Belfast
Letterkenny
Dublin
2006
Dublin
Dublin
Dublin
Dublin
Dublin
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issues in the past and for the future. The Group also ran a round-table on the
others for the Bureau of the Party of European Socialists (the second largest
Developmental Welfare State in April 2006.
group in the European Parliament), the Irish Association and the Irish
A seminar at the 2005 AGM on the National Development Plan and the
Structural Funds, 2007-2013, was followed by a training session in
preparation for meetings with the Department of Finance. A briefing on the
Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) annual seminar.
There is a list of the main training sessions, consultations and
presentations on pages 4 and 6.
same subject was also made to the Social Policy Network in early 2006.
In all cases, the training sessions were backed up by briefing packs and
PowerPoint presentations, which are available on the website www.eapn.ie.
1b Information and briefings
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Once-off training
Much of the time and energy of staff during the year went into building up
our new website www.eapn.ie.
EAPN Ireland provides training and presentations for members, other
community groups, EAPN colleagues across Europe, colleges and
Government on request.
In 2005 to 2006, once-off training by EAPN staff and members included a
session on influencing EU policy for the newly formed ENAR (European
Network Against Racism) Ireland and on poverty and rights for the Africa
Centre. Sessions were run for two different courses in NUI Maynooth and a
series of sessions presented for an OPEN course on Building Coalitions of
Interest .
Overseas sessions by EAPN Ireland staff included several on NAPs
Inclusion, for the Mind The Gap cross-border project, EAPN Spain, the
Luxemburg EU Presidency, EAPN Italy and EAPN (Europe) General
Assembly.
Some presentations on the European Social Model and its future include
The site, designed by Andrew Montague of Draiocht Communications,
started in March 2005 as a blank page, and within a year it had well over 200
main web-pages and several hundred PDF files.
The most important new feature is a policy section, which provides news,
background information and links for a large number of policy areas which
affect poverty. The pages are written with non-specialists in mind, and are
designed to guide a beginner through from simple explanations to more
detailed briefing, and provide links to all the main information sources.
It has also featured campaign pages bringing together basic briefings
and reference documents.
The website was publicised through special mailings, including e-mails to
any websites with links to our old site (identified through Google) and an
article in CPA s Action on Poverty Today .
During the first year, it received over 150,000 hits .
one for the Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action (NICVA) and
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Some Members briefings distributed with EAPN Ireland Flash
The revised Lisbon Strategy (several times);
National Employment Action Plan;
National Reform Programme;
European Structural Funds and National Development Plan, 2007-2013;
Make Poverty History Campaign;
The new Project on Setting Minimum Social Standards Across Europe;
UK Presidency EU Summit on Social Policy;
Engaging with the new NAP Inclusion consultations (several times);
Budget 2006;
Ireland s Rural Development Strategy
EU gender policy consultations
Services Directive (several times)
National Forum on Europe
AGM 2005 and AGM 2006
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Publications
EAPN Ireland Flash came out 30 times in 2005-2006.
It was
30,000
circulated fortnightly to just over11,000 recipients in Ireland (mostly by email, although it also went by post to about 40 groups which do not have e25,000
mail). Flash is produced by the EAPN (Europe) office in Brussels and EAPN
Ireland edits it for an Irish audience and adds news and information for our
20,000
readers. EAPN Ireland staff provided advice to the Fundacion Luis Vives on
how to adapt the Flash for a Spanish audience. The Flash included special
policy briefings or updates, usually two pages, more than once a month (see
15,000
list on page 8)
EAPN Ireland Review came out once, in November 2005, with a
special issue on the NAP Inclusion, with a circulation of about 2,500.
10,000
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also continued to circulate about 500 copies of EAPN (Europe) Network
5,000
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Media and journals
journals in 2005-2006. This related mainly to the joint report with OPEN on
poverty traps in late 2005 and the debates on the Services Directive in early
2006.
Table 5
Monthly hits on www.eapn.ie
March 2005-March 2006
(153,816 in first year)
The database of Brussels-based media, developed by EAPN Ireland and
Threshold, was used by our European office during the year, along with our
own Irish lists.
Table6 lists some articles and press coverage.
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Table 6
Some articles and media coverage
The Social Europe and the future of the EU
We need to hear Ahern's view of Barroso proposals
Re-printed
Linking Irish community groups to the EU Constitution debates
Netherlands & France have said No, but what was the Question?
The Lisbon Strategy a sustainable strategy for Europe?
March 2005
March 2005
April 2005
July 2005
October 2005
Irish Times Opinion page (Taoiseach replied next week)
Financial Times
Including the Excluded, (book), CEBSD
CWC News and Views
Studies magazine (to be re-printed in a forthcoming book)
January 2006
May 2006
Letters in Irish Times and Irish Independent
EAPN (Europe) Network News
Spring 2005
July 2005
October 2005
Action on Poverty Today review of mid-term report
Documentacion Sociale (Spain)
Italian Social Services Review
Summer 2005
Action on Poverty Today
December 2005
Articles in all national broadsheets (front page, Independent)
11 radio interviews
Most national radio and TV news bulletins
January 2006
January 2006
Letter in reply to attack by Richard Waghorne
NEAR FM panel discussion
October 2005
November 2005
January 2006
March 2006
Action on Poverty Today
OPEN Newsletter
Oslo daily newspaper
EAPN Portugal Bi-Annual newsletter
Services Directive
Social Services and the EU Services Directive
EAPN Ireland campaign
NAP Inclusion
Political will is the missing ingredient (in mid-term report)
The EU Inclusion Strategy (now set text in University of Seville)
Poverty proofing in Ireland
EAPN Ireland website
Poverty Traps
(OPEN and EAPN Ireland
Poverty in Ireland
Poverty has not gone away
Poverty in Ireland
Social Standards TEP Project
Descriptions of the project
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press work by both listed here)
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Future of the European Social Model
The period 2005-2006 saw some very fundamental debates on the future
of the European Union and its social model. EAPN Ireland members played
an active role in these debates, backing up the campaigns of the EAPN and
Work Area 2
Putting poverty at
the top of the EU and
Irish agenda
Social Platform across Europe.
The rejection of the EU Constitutional Treaty in referenda in France and
the Netherlands reflected a feeling of uncertainty about the direction of the
European project.
Opinion polls in both countries, carried out by
Eurobarometer just after the vote, showed that most No voters were more
worried about the neo-liberal direction of EU social and economic policies,
and the neglect of social policies than by anything in the Treaty itself.
This is not surprising, given the tone of key debates at EU level. The year
opened with a concerted push by Commission President Barroso and powerful
allies in member state governments to re-focus the Lisbon Agenda on
competitiveness and to down-grade social policy. It ended with a debate on
the Services Directive, which saw the European Parliament turning the
Commission s neo-liberal proposals on their head.
Keeping the focus on social policy in the Lisbon Strategy
Photo: Public meeting on the Services Directive
European Parliament Office, Dublin, November 2005.
Anne Vann Lanker MEP (rapporteur on the Directive for the European
Parliament Employment and Social Affairs Committee),
Peter McClune (President Irish Congress of Trade Union),
The Lisbon Strategy (also called the Lisbon Agenda) is the main 10-year
socio-economic plan for the EU, adopted in 2000. It plans for an integrated
process of economic and social development, with three equal and interdependent pillars of sustainable growth, more and better jobs and social
Prionsias de Rossa, MEP;
Robin Hanan, EAPN Ireland.
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Table 7
Report on the Lisbon strategy
Ninth Report of the Joint (Oireachtas) Committee on
cohesion, and it launched the EU Social Inclusion Strategy. Environmental
policy was subsequently added.
In 2004-5, there was a push by the European Commission President
Manuel Barroso and some allies in EU Governments to re-define the Strategy
European Affairs.
as a push for competitiveness , effectively dropping the social pillar.
Report on the Lisbon Strategy, (Part 2)
Strengthening the Social Dimension.
This led to strong reactions from trade unions and NGOs across Europe,
including in Ireland. EAPN Ireland backed the SOS Europe campaign of the
Platform of European Social NGOs (Social Platform) to save the social
Published March 2005.
Europe and organised support for it in Ireland.
The European Council of Lisbon in 2000 agreed a strategy to
In December 2004, we led a delegation to the Oireachtas Joint Committee
make Europe the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based
on European Affairs, with the Irish National Organisation of the Unemployed
economy in the world, capable of sustainable economic growth with
and the National Women s Council of Ireland. We were invited back in
more and better jobs and greater social cohesion. For the European
January 2005, and as a result the Committee published a report recommending
Union to achieve its aim the social dimension of the Lisbon Agenda
that each Government Department should give the appropriate weight to the
cannot be neglected and must remain an important element in the
social dimension of the Lisbon Agenda during its negotiations and in
overall strategy.
particular in the context of the Mid term review. (see Table 7)
In light of this, the Joint Committee recommends that each
We prepared briefing for the community sector in Ireland on the
Government Department should give the appropriate weight to the
importance of the Lisbon Review, and over 60 Irish organisations signed the
social dimension of the Lisbon Agenda during its negotiations and in
SOS Europe petition if the Platform of European Social NGOs (along with
particular in the context of the Mid term review.
hundreds of colleagues from across Europe), which was presented to the
The Joint Committee thanks the representatives of the European
Anti Poverty Network and the Community Platform who made
presentations to the committee and for the submission received
full report on www.oireachtas.ie
Commission President and published in Brussels newspapers before the
Spring Summit .
The issue was raised several times by the EAPN Ireland representative
in the National Forum on Europe. Following two meetings with European
Commission Vice-President Margot Wallstrom, during her visit to Dublin in
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February 2005, a useful correspondence started with her policy advisor on the
issue.
An opinion article in the Irish Times, and a response by the Taoiseach,
brought the debate into public prominence.
We believe that the Irish
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Quote Battle for the Soul of Social
Europe
contribution played an important part in the favorable outcome of the Summit.
Briefing for members was also organised around the special summit on
the future of the European Social Model, in Windsor Castle in September
2005.
European voluntary organisations have taken out fullpage advertisements to defend it;
Europe
The Services Directive
The European Parliament debate on the Services Directive in February
The it is the social
the idea that European economic development
should be balanced by a strong social policy for full
employment, protection of workers, generous systems of
2006 caught the public imagination in Ireland more than most European
social protection and a firm commitment to ambitious
issues. This was mainly because of awareness of the implications of the
policies for social inclusion ..
Alarm bells rang.
country of origin principle following the dispute at Irish Ferries
EAPN Ireland supported the trade union campaign on the country of
formed a campaign Save Our Social Europe
Some of these comments must have hit home because,
origin principle, but we gave priority to the Social Platform demand to exempt
all social services from the Directive.
We established a campaign and information web-page
(www.eapn.ie/policy/177) for members and politicians. All Irish MEPS were
European social organisations
when European governments met in Brussels this Spring,
they reaffirmed the principle of the balanced development of
the economic. Social and environmental pillars
briefed individually, and members were also encouraged to talk to their local
MEPs.
In the last week before the Parliament vote, we concentrated on ensuring
Brian Harvey Battle for the soul of social Europe Action on
Poverty Today, (CPA) Summer 2005
support for the amendment which would exempt all social services. Nearly all
Irish MEPs supported this amendment, mostly against their European groups,
and it was passed by a very small majority.
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EAPN Ireland inputs to the National Forum on Europe
Topic and keynote speakers
Subject of EAPN Ireland intervention
2005
7 February
Getting to know the New Constitution: Bringing the Economic and Social inclusion and the Constitution; Lisbon
Social Context to the fore
John Monks, ETUC; Tom Noonan, IBEC
10 March
Getting to know the New Constitution: Communicating Europe. The Lisbon debate and the French referendum
Commissioner Margot Wallström
7 April
Getting to know the New EU Constitution: How can National Democratizing the Institutions.
Introducing the delegation from Bulgarian Anti
Parliaments have their say?
Eckart Guth, Deputy Secretary General of the European Commission
Poverty Network
Jan Zahradil, MEP, Czech Republic
April
Submissions day
Submission on the Constitution
9 June
Economic Governance
Professor Billy Keegan
Unemployment and employment (Eric Conroy,
INOU for EAPN)
30 June
The Big Picture
José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission.
The reflection period and social policy
20th October
Key issues facing the European Union during the period of reflection
Dermot Ahern T.D., Minister for Foreign Affairs
Rebuilding confidence in the social Europe
8 February
The media and European identity
With E-mediate project
Media coverage of poverty and commercial
agendas
23 February
Global Competitive Challenges and the Role of the Single Market
Commissioner Charlie McCreevy
Social Services and the Services Directive
2006
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When the Directive was discussed in the Dail, the social service issue
became a central part of the debate.
community development. For the most part, community development
organisations do not have the capability to pursue this route
Government representatives contacted us after a correspondence in the
An EAPN Ireland presentation to the Forum in April 2005 was drawn up
national newspapers and we hope this will translate into support in the
on the basis of considerable discussion within our membership and provoked
Council of Ministers decisions.
a lively debate at the Forum s submissions day This paper was subsequently
discussed at the EAPN s European Executive Committee and formed the basis
of an EAPN (Europe) position paper on the Constitution.
National Forum on Europe
EAPN Ireland is one of the most active members of the Observer Pillar
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of the National Forum on Europe, which provides an opportunity to debate
issues with decision-makers and to bring broad EU discussions back to our
In the early part of 2005, this concentrated on the EU
The so-called Social Clause (Article III-117) was perhaps the most
Constitutional Treaty but, after the French and Netherlands votes against the
important achievement of the IGC (Inter-Governmental Conference)
Constitution, it shifted focus to the reflection period on the future of Europe
in respect of social policy. It requires the EU, in defining and
called by the European Council.
implementing all of its policies to take into account requirements
members.
Within the Forum, EAPN Ireland representatives intervened in several
linked to the promotion of a high level of employment, the guarantee
debates(see Table 9) some of which were important in influencing
of adequate social protection, the fight against social exclusion and
Government positions in EU discussions.
a high level of education, training and protection of human health.
We made inputs to nearly all the plenary sessions, including the
discussion addressed by Commission President and President Barroso.
An article on the EAPN Ireland mobilization of community groups to
influence the text of the draft EU Constitution was chosen as the Irish good
practice example in a book called Including the Excluded
proposal of the Irish government following the intervention of the
European Anti-Poverty Network at the (Irish) National Forum on
Europe.
From Practice
to Policy in European Community Development (Policy Press, June 2005) .
The editors added, , this example of lobbying at European level is unusual in
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The reference in the article to social exclusion was inserted on the
From: What the Constitutional Treaty Means: the Economic and
Social Dimension , Institute of European Affairs, by Tony Brown
(advisor to the Convention on the Future of Europe which drew up
the Treaty)
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Policy papers and submissions
About
To
December 2004
and January 2005
Saving the social dimension of the Lisbon Strategy
Oireachtas Committee on European Affairs
January 2005
Priorities for the NAPs Inclusion (Report from three regional meetings)
NAPS Social inclusion Forum
March 2005
Strengthening poverty proofing
Office for Social Inclusion
March 2005
The EU Constitutional Treaty and poverty
National Forum on Europe
October 2005
Making employment policy work for social inclusion (National Reform Programme,
2005-2008)
Oireachtas Joint Committee on Enterprise and Small Business
November 2005
National Development Plan and National Strategic Reference Framework
Department of Finance
December 2005
Out of the Traps: poverty traps and the tax and welfare system
Media and Government
January 2006
Priorities for NAPs Inclusion from six focus groups of people experiencing poverty
NAPS Social inclusion Forum
March 2006
Poverty in the Rural Development Strategy
Departments of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs and
Agriculture and Food
March 2006
National Development Plan, 2007-2013
Department of Finance
May 2006
Operational Programme for development in the Border, Midlands and West (BMW)
BMW Regional Assembly
May 2006
Operational Programme for development in the South and East (S & E)
S & E Regional Assembly
May 2006
Priorities for the NAP Inclusion 2006-2008
Oireachtas Committee on Social and Family Affairs
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a tool-kit for EAPN National Networks to engage with the NAPs
2b. Policy processes
Inclusion as well as delivering training sessions and presentations in
National Action Plan for Inclusion (NAP Inclusion)
The EU Social Inclusion Strategy, which includes the National Action
Plans for Inclusion (NAPs Inclusion), has been the main focus of the work of
EAPN, across Europe and in Ireland. EAPN worked for the establishment of
the strategy and has tried to monitor and influence it since then.
In 2005, the Office for Social Inclusion produced a report on the
Liverpool (EAPN General Assembly), Seville and Toledo in Spain,
Luxemburg (Presidency conference) and Potenza in Italy.
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implementation of the Irish NAP Inclusion, and in 2005-2006 they started
consultations towards a new plan for 2006-2008.
This new plan will be a crucial one, since it will be the opportunity to
extend and replace the existing Irish anti-poverty targets (for 1997 to 2007).
During the year, EAPN Ireland prioritised:
EAPN has been successful in gathering and centralizing
information on the objectives of the social inclusion OMC (Open
Method of Co-ordination) and on the participation of NGOs in the
NAP process. It has also contributed to the development of the
Information for anti-poverty groups on the strategy and policy
political objectives of the OMC Inclusion through regular formal
developments. Several briefings were issued during the year and
and informal contact with the Social Protection Committee and
training sessions organised
written positions.
Consultation of members and the sector generally. This included
Each Round of the Action Plans for Inclusion has been
three regional meetings, with the Community Platform, in January
analyzed by the national networks of the EAPN. To date, it has been
2005 and six focus groups for people experiencing poverty in January
the most active and influential non-governmental actor in the
2006.
OMC Inclusion process...
Policy discussion and inputs.
This included a short paper on
poverty-proofing , speeches at the Social Inclusion Fora in January
Chapter 10: Participation in the Open Method of Coordination,
2005 and 2006 and a presentation for the (cross-border) Mind the Gap
from: The Open Method of Co-Ordination in Action, Jonathon
project
Zeitlin and Philippe Pochet, SATSA and Peter Lang press, 2005
Networking at EU level. Robin Hanan continued to chair the EAPN
(Europe) Review Group on Social Inclusion. This included preparing
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Transnational Project: Setting Minimum Social Standards Across Europe
Agreed working definition
Partners
For the purposes of this project, a social standard means a set of common
rules and\or laws whereby public authorities ensure human dignity and
fundamental social rights, through guaranteeing an adequate level of
resources and services for all.
This project will focus particularly on minimum social standards as they
contribute to the eradication of poverty and ensure equal participation in
society.
Belgium: EAPN Flanders;
Bulgaria: Foundation Perspektiva;
Finland: Ministry of Social Affairs and Health;
Hungary: National Institute of Family and Social Policy;
Ireland: Threshold, Combat Poverty Agency and EAPN Ireland
Norway: Norwegian Welfare Alliance;
Spain: CEPS (Barcelona)
Europe-wide: Observatoire social européen and EAPN (Europe)
Second partner meeting, Oslo
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Employment
In 2005 EAPN Ireland continued to convene a working group on
employment policy, which includes a range of mainly national organisations
European Commission Annual Progress Report on the National Reform
Programmes the working group made a presentation to the Joint
Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise and Small Business in March 2006.
Irish National Organisation of the Unemployed (INOU), Dublin Employment
Pact, Pavee Point and National Women s Council of Ireland (NWCI). The
Philip O Connor (Dublin Employment Pact) was the EAPN Ireland
Migrant Rights Centre Ireland (MRCI) joined in late 2005. This group works
representative on the EAPN (Europe) Task Force on Employment.
to promote a social inclusion perspective in the European Employment
group coordinates analyses of the revised EU Employment Strategy and the
Strategy and the Irish National Employment Action Plan (NEAP).
annual National Action Plans (NAPs Employment/ NEAP) and lobbying to
Some of the key actions of this group during the period have been:
Information: Production of a Briefing for anti-poverty community groups
This
increase their focus on social inclusion. This included the drafting of a new
EAPN Toolkit on engaging with the Employment Strategy .
on the issues and recommendations in the 2005 National Employment
Action Plan. This was updated in August to take account of changes at EU
Structural Funds and National Development Plan (NDP)
level and the new National Reform Programme and again in April 2006.
EAPN Ireland, having engaged with the Structural Funds over a number
In April 2006 a Round Table was held on the NESC report on the
of years, has placed itself in a key position to have an input into the next
Developmental Welfare State.
Consultation and Policy Work: In September, this group prepared a
round of Structural Funds, and the NDP 2007-2013 in Ireland, and ensure the
involvement of its members in the process.
national seminar in which national organisations (INOU, NWCI,
Discussions on the next round of Structural Funds and the successor to the
PLANET, Pavee Point, MRCI, Irish Refugee Council and the Forum of
NDP (2007-2013) became a major priority from about March 2005. The key
People with Disabilities) proposed a number of recommendations for the
actions since then included:
employment chapter of the National Reform Programme for 2005-2008.
Information: EAPN Ireland produced a briefing on the issues coming up
Following this, three regional training and consultation workshops for
in the new round which was distributed widely and was updated in March
member groups were organised in Galway, Limerick and Waterford.
2006 (www.eapn.ie/policy/49).
Policy submissions: These events were the basis of the EAPN Ireland and
Training: A national training and information session was organised on
Community Platform joint submission to the National Reform Programme
the new round of Structural Funds, 2007-2013, after our AGM in Collins
2005-2008 (www.eapn.ie/policy/48). Based on this submission and the
Barracks, Dublin, attended by 25 people.
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350
WTW: One Parent Family, 1 child
Table 14
Poverty Traps
Two tables from the OPEN and
EAPN Ireland study Out of the
Traps
300
250
200
Showing the impact of welfare and tax systems on income
for a one-parent family with one child and a two-parent
family with one child before (lower line) and after (upper
line) Budget 2006
150
100
50
Full OFP
25 hr s NMW 35 hr s NMW 40 hr s NMW
25 hr s AIE
35 hr s AIE
40 hr s AIE
Net aft er housing & childcar e '06
238.24
315.95
186.99
192.42
315.95
219.53
272.99
Net aft er housing & childcar e '05
196.51
270.78
147.62
114.81
270.78
192.20
245.67
2004 60%pover t y line CPI upr at ed
252.86
252.86
252.86
252.86
252.86
252.86
252.86
Above: One parent family with one child
500
WTW: UA, couple, 1 child
450
400
Jargon Guide
350
AIE
CPI
NMW
OFP
UA
WTW
300
250
200
Average Industrial Earnings
Consumer Price Index (i.e. inflation)
National Minimum Wage
One Parent Family Payment
Unemployment Assistance
Welfare to Work
150
Full UA
20
24 hr s
35 hr s
40 hr s
NMW
NMW
NMW
24 hr s AIE 35 hr s AIE 40 hr s AIE
Left:
Couple
moving
from
Unemployment assistance with one
378.34
378.34
378.34
378.34
child
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Net income aft er housing cost s 2006
345.74
433.75
263.38
269.60
433.75
319.33
377.80
Net income aft er housing cost s 2005
292.71
368.52
219.48
225.70
366.98
297.01
350.48
2004 60%pover t y line, CPI upr at ed
378.34
378.34
378.34
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Policy and Lobbying: Following a workshop for community organisations in
Out of the Traps: Poverty traps and policy
July 2005 a meeting was held with the Department of Finance (accompanied
In December 2005, EAPN Ireland and OPEN published a report on
by Social and Family Affairs and Enterprise Trade and Employment) on the
Poverty Traps in Ireland by Camille Loftus. This led to considerable debate
priorities for the next round and ways in which community organisations can
in the Dail and the media and was followed up by an update in January 2006
participate. Nine national organisations took part, including the Secretariats of
to take account of the effects of Budget 2006.
the Community and Voluntary Pillar and the Community Platform. As a
follow up to this meeting, and the official announcement in August of the
NDP 2007-2013, EAPN Ireland sent a letter to the Department of Finance
2c Minimum Social standards across Europe
which has been endorsed by its members and the Community Platform and
In Summer 2005, EAPN Ireland received European Commission funding
sought further clarification on issues of social inclusion and the consultation
for a two-year transnational partnership project on the potential and
process regarding the next NDP and Structural Funds Programme. (A follow-
limitations of setting minimum social standards across the EU.
up meeting with the Department was held in early February 2006). The
This funding has been generously matched by the Irish Office for Social
Employment Working Groups has been in contact with the Head of the ESF
Inclusion, Combat Poverty Agency and Threshold and the Finnish Ministry
Unit in the Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment regarding the
for Social Affairs.
next operational programme. - Submissions were made to the BMW and the
The partnership includes NGOs, Ministries and research institutions from
Southern and Eastern Regional Assemblies on the next regional operational
7 countries/regions. It plans to consider the desirability and feasibility of
programmes.
setting minimum social standards at EU level, particularly in the areas of
European level: EAPN Ireland has played an important role in the
income and services, through:
development of EAPN Europe s new Structural Funds Manual. This
To date there have been 2 transnational meetings (in Dublin and Oslo).
involved a member of staff taking part in a Workshop in Prague in May.
Seven meetings at national or regional level to discuss the themes. The
EAPN Ireland has also actively lobbied at national and EU level to
research programme has progressed with a number of working papers and
influence the EU regulation and the Community Strategic Guidelines
reports, including three European-level studies and a series of thematic papers
which outline the EU s priorities for the next round of Structural Funds.
at national/regional level.
The Project recruited Janice Ransom as Project & Research Co-ordinator.
(See Table 13 and the project website at www.eapn.ie/policy/140).
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EAPN Ireland Board Members, 2005-2006
(*) Catherine Joyce
*Anne Jennings
(*) Karen Kieran
*Candy Murphy
Declan Jones
*Dier Tong
*Donal Toolan
Frances Byrne
(*) Ide Lenehan
Joe Gallagher
Kay Lynch
*Louise Richardson
Margaret Deaton
Patrick Burke
Paul Quinn
*Peter Herrmann
Philip O Connor
*
Joined the Board during the year
Irish Traveller Movement
ITM
One Family
OF
Focus Ireland
Africa Centre
Forum of People with Disabilities
OPEN Network of Lone Parent Groups
Drogheda Community Forum
Community Training Centre (Horticulture)
Northside Community Law Centre
Older Women's Network
Tallaght Centre for the Unemployed
Threshold
Independent researcher
European Science Organisation and Consultancy
Dublin Employment Pact
(*) Left the Board during the year
Staff
Alex McMahon, Administrator
Janice Ransom, Project and Research Coordinator, European Project on Setting Minimum Social Standards Across Europe
Paul Ginnell, Policy and Support Worker
Robin Hanan, Coordinator
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3a. Membership
Paid-up membership is now just over 150 organisations. Circulation lists
for Flash and other information are over 1,000, including decision-makers,
journalists and multipliers like the info-points Europe .
Work Area 3
AGM 2005 was held in Collins Barracks, with a presentation on the new
website and a seminar on the next round of Structural Funds and the National
Development Plan (2007-2013).
Building the network in
Ireland and Europe
3b Management
The Board met nine times during this period and had a special planning
think-in in June 5005, facilitated by Eileen Kavanagh of Dunrath Training and
Development.
Induction and briefing sessions were run for new members and a
comprehensive Board Members pack published.
Following the departure of Policy and Support Worker Brian Carty to the
European Parliament in December 2004, he was replaced by Paul Ginnell in
April 2005.
Alex McMahon (Administrator) and Robin Hanan (Coordinator) have
Photo:
Paul Quinn (Ireland) with and colleagues from the
Bulgarian Anti Poverty Network, at a meeting in Sofia
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continued in their posts and Janice Ransom was recruited in 2005 as Project
and Research Co-ordinator for the new transnational project.
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Table16
Ireland Bulgaria learning exchange, 2005
Bulgarian Anti Poverty Network visit to Ireland, April
Day
1
EAPN Ireland visit to Bulgaria, July
Visits and meetings
Visits and meetings
Sonairte ecological centre, County Meath
Newgrange Megalithic Passage Graves (tourism project)
Mosney direct provision asylum centre
Maria Ilcheva, Social Enterprise Fund (SEF) Bulgaria
Bulgarian national convention on social innovation
Representatives of the Roma Parliament, Sofia
2
3
4
5
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Bulgarian Ambassador
(Briefing on structural funds and inclusion - EAPN Ireland)
Head of NDP Gender Equality Unit
ADM (structural funds and social inclusion.)
Day hosted by Tallaght Centre for the Unemployed
Tallaght project visits
Mayor of South Dublin
Tallaght Partnership
EAPN Ireland Board (working lunch)
A Bulgarian member of Parliament
Experts in the Department of Sociology, Sofia University, on:
civil society,
poverty reduction
structural funds in Ireland and Bulgaria
Mr William Popov, from a leading disability NGO
Delegates from Bulgaria to Ireland
Morning hosted by Cara Park Community Services
Introduction to courses, laundry, childcare centre
Visit to Northside Civic Centre.
Afternoon organised by Alex McMahon in Ballymun
meetings with community groups
re-generation company.
Maria Jeliakovska, BAPN
Duohomir Minev, BAPN
Mariya Ilcheva, Community Fund and Social Enterprise Program.
Rumiana Stilova, Bulgarian Biodiversity Foundation.
Delegates from Ireland to Bulgaria
National Forum on Europe plenary session
Meeting with Forum Chairperson Senator Maurice Hayes
Enlargement Unit, Department of Foreign Affairs
Combat Poverty Agency senior officials
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Joe Gallagher (Community Training Workshop)
Kay Lynch (Dublin Northside Community Law Centre)
Margaret Cranley (Cara Park Traveller Centre)
Paul Quinn (research & community development worker, Wexford).
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3c. EAPN (Europe)
3d. Networking in Ireland
EAPN Ireland links to the work of the European network through an
In Ireland, the Network is committed to working in partnership with other
active participation in its Executive Committee, Task Forces, General
organisations with similar aims, particularly the Community Platform (which
Assembly and seminars.
brings together 26 national organisations committed to the fight against
Patrick Burke represents the Irish Network on the European Executive
poverty and inequality) and with other National Anti Poverty Networks.
Committee (ExCo) and has been active in its new Mainstreaming Group on
During 2005-6, the EAPN Ireland helped organise the National Networks
equality policy.
training Sharing the Learning . We also supported the Equality Coalition.
EAPN Ireland supported the Irish delegates to the fourth European
EAPN Ireland supports the 17th October Committee, led by ATD 4th
Meeting of People Experiencing Poverty (Sancha Magat and Olga Dubyna,
World, which plans and promotes the annual Irish commemorations of the
Migrants Rights Centre of Ireland; Joan Courtney and Breda Dunne, One
World Day for the Eradication of Poverty at the Famine Memorial in Dublin.
Parent Exchange & Network) in 2005. Robin Hanan chaired one of the
EAPN Ireland was part of the MakePovertyHistory Coalition, which
workshops and took part in the planning group. The meeting was hosted in
planned the large demonstration in Dublin before the G8 summit and
Brussels by the Luxemburg Government, with the organizational support of
promotes the Millennium Development Goals.
EAPN. The theme was images of poverty and the media .
Declan Jones (Focus Ireland) and Paul Quinn (Board member) took part
in the EAPN (Europe) training in the Netherlands in May 2005.
A five-person delegation from EAPN Ireland took part in the first EAPN
(Europe) orientation event in February in Luxemburg. This was designed to
allow active members in Task Forces to discuss and share ideas and strategies
across the network.
In November, six delegates from Ireland played an active role in the 2005
General Assembly of the European network.
3e
Bulgaria-Ireland learning exchange
The Network has worked in partnership with the emerging
Bulgarian Anti-Poverty Network (BAPN) for several years. In April
2005, a four-person delegation form the BAPN visited Ireland for a
learning tour, with an emphasis on structural funds and in July, a fourperson Irish delegation made a return visit to Bulgaria. (see Table16)
The group brought a lot of information and returned with many
more queries and requests for contacts from the Bulgarian groups
which they visited.
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Basic structures of EAPN Ireland and EAPN (Europe)
EAPN (Europe)
EAPN Ireland
Members
AGM
General Assembly
Board
Executive Committee
Officers
Joe Gallagher, Chairperson;
Margaret Deaton, Treasurer;
Robin Hanan, Company Secretary
(Patrick Burke from Ireland)
Bureau (Officers)
Staff
Staff
Robin Hanan, Coordinator
Paul Ginnell, Policy Support Worker
Alex McMahon, Administrator
Janice Ransom, Project Worker
Board Working Groups
(1) Administration, Finance & Personnel
Task Forces
NAPs/incl (Robin Hanan)
Structural Funds (no Irish member)
Employment (Philip O Connor)
(2) Other Groups as required
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Information Note
Introduction to EAPN Ireland
EAPN Ireland was set up in 1990 as the Irish national network of
the European Anti Poverty Network ( EAPN Europe ). Members in
Ireland played an important part in establishing the European network,
which now has a strong organisation in each of the old 15 , and in
most of the new EU member states.
EAPN Ireland works to empower members, and anti-poverty groups
generally, to understand and influence EU policy and its
implementation in Ireland and to build contacts and learn from
colleagues across Europe.
Membership
Membership is open to:
voluntary organisations, community groups or other bodies
whose principal and explicit objectives are to combat poverty,
inequality and/or social exclusion and who subscribe to the
objectives (of EAPN Ireland)
(EAPN Ireland Memorandum and Articles of Association)
Individuals, and organisations whose focus is not primarily antipoverty work, may join as associate or non-voting members.
At the end of 2004, EAPN Ireland had over 150 paid-up members
and a broader mailing list, for most publications, of just over 2,500.
Aim
to empower and represent the interests of people living in
poverty or suffering discrimination, primarily through
influencing European Union policy and its implementation in
Ireland
(EAPN Ireland Memorandum and Articles of Association)
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Objectives
To put the fight against poverty and social exclusion on the
political agenda at national and European level.
To promote and enhance the effectiveness of actions against
poverty and social exclusion.
To lobby for and with people and groups facing poverty and
social exclusion.
To provide information on development at national and
European level which impact on people living in poverty and
social exclusion
To campaign and lobby with and on behalf of people living and
experience poverty and social exclusion
To develop policies around issues relating to poverty and social
exclusion at national and European level
To facilitate member groups and organisations to network at
national and European levels.
(EAPN Ireland Memorandum and Articles of Association)
Management
EAPN Ireland is controlled by its members through Annual General
Meetings (AGMs), which decide policy and elect a Managing Board.
The Board is responsible to the members for the day-to-day
management of the organisation and employs staff.
The Board and staff use the EAPN (Europe) guidelines for genderproofing and our own broader equality check-list in developing policy
and plans.
EAPN Ireland sends delegates to EAPN Europe General
Assemblies and has a place on the European Executive Committee
(ExCo), currently filled by Patrick Burke, Director of Threshold.
Most of the work of EAPN (Europe) is carried out through Task
Forces . Each national network has a member linked to each task force,
but most of these are corresponding members and only a minority are
full members.
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3 R Productions
ABHAILE
Action Inishowen
Ait na nDaoine
AONTAS
Arklow MABS
ATD Fourth World
Athy CDP
Avondhu Development Group
B.L.D..C., Laghey
Ballymun Community & Family
Training Agency
Ballymun Community Action
Programme
Ballymun Men's Centre
Ballyphehane/Togher CDP
Bantry & District Resource &
Social Dev Group
Before 5 Family Centre
Blakestown & Mountview
Youth Initiative
Blanchardstown Area
Partnership
Blayney Blades LTD
Bray Partnership
Capuchin Day Centre
Carbery Housing Association
Carmichael Centre for voluntary
groups
Castlecomer District
Community Development
Centre for Corporate
Community
Centre for Faith & Justice
Children s Rights Alliance
Clare Citizens Information
Clondalkin Travellers Dev.
Group
Co Leitrim Partnership
Co Monaghan Partnership
Comhlámh
Community & Local
Development Consultancy
Community Connections
Community Response
Community Workers Cooperative
Concern Worldwide
Concrete News
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COPE
Cork City Council (Community
Development)
Cork City Partnership
Cork County Council
Cork Simon Community
Cork Social & Health Education
Department
Cork Traveller Women s
Network
Council for Social Welfare
CREATE
Cumas Teo
Darndale & Belcamp Resource
Centre CDP
Department of Applied Social
Studies
Dept. of Applied Social Studies,
UCC
Dóchas
Dolcain Project
Doras Bui - a parent alone
resource centre
DRAIOCHT
Drogheda Community Forum
Dublin Citywide Drugs Crisis
Campaign
Dublin Employment Pact
Emigrant Advice Networks
Equality Works
European, Social Organisational
and Science Consultancy
Exchange House - Tribli Ltd
Exchange House MABS
Farranree CDP
Fingal County Council
Focus Ireland
Forum
Forum of People with
disabilities
Framework
Framework SE
Franciscan Social Justice
Initiative
Free Legal Advice Centres
Galway City Partnership
Galway refugee support group
Galway Simon Community
Glenamaddy Community Dev
Co
Glenboe Community Action Ltd
(CDP)
Gorey Youth Needs Group Ltd
Hospital Family Resource
Centre
HSE Western Region
HSE Wexford
I.R.D. Duhallow
Inner City Organisation Network
Inner City Renewal Group
Integrating Ireland
Irish Association of Social
Workers
Irish Congress of Trade Unions
Irish Council for Social Housing
Irish National Organisation of
the Unemployed
Irish Refugee Council
Irish Rural Link
Irish Traveller Movement
Kerry Diocesan Youth Service
Kilkenny Community Action
Network
Kilnalech & District Community
Co-op
Kilty Cashel Development Co.
Ltd
Knockanrawley Resource Centre
CDP
Larchville/Lisduggan CDP
Larkin Unemployed Centre
Lifford/Clonleigh Resource
Centre
Limerick Traveller Development
Group CDP
LIR Anti Racism Training LTD
Little Bray Family Resource
Centre
Local Employment Office
Louisburgh Community Project
Ltd
Lourdes Youth & Community
Services
Louth County Council
Community Development
Lucan 2000
Lucan Disability Action Group
M.S. Society of Ireland South
East Region
Mahon CDP
Markievicz Community Centre
Matt Talbot Community Trust
Mayfield Community
Development Project
(CDP)
Mayfield Employment Action
Project
Media Consultant
Meitheal
Meitheal Mhaigheo
Men's Development Network
Men's Group
Mercy Secondary School HomeSchool Co-ordinator
Mevagh Resource Centre
Midwest Community
Development Support
Agency
Migrants Rights Centre of
Ireland
Money & Relationship
Councelling
Montague Communications
NASC The Irish Immigrant
Support Centre
National Adult Literacy Agency
National Council on Ageing and
Older People
National Economic & Social
Forum
National Traveller MABS
Northside Community Law
Centre
Northside Partnership
Northside Travellers Support
Group
Offaly Money Advice &
Budgeting Service
Older Women s Network
One Family
OPEN
Our Lady of Lourdes CDP
Parents Alone Resource Centre
PARTAS
Partnership for Local Action
Partnership Tralee
PAUL Partnership
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Pavee Point
People's College
Presentation Centre
Presentation Justice Network
Priorswood CDP
Ralaheen Ltd,
Rape Crisis Network (Ireland)
Refugee Social Integration
Project
Respond Housing Association
Rialto Network
Roscommon MABS
Rosses CDP
Ruhama Women's Project
Shannon Community Workshop
Simon Communities of Ireland
Simon Community, Cork
Social Researcher
Society of St Vincent De Paul
Solas
South Inner City Community
Dev Association
South Kerry Development
Partnership
South Tipperary County Council
South West Kerry Women's
Association
South West Wexford Com Dev
Group
Southill Com Dev Project CDP
Southside Comm. Dev Assoc
Southside Partnership
Special Youth Project
St Andrews Resource Centre
(CDP)
St Michael's Family Resource
Centre
St Munchin's Family Resource
Centre
STAR Project
Summerhill Active Retirement
Sunflower Recycling
Tallaght Centre for the
Unemployed
Tallaght Homeless Advice Unit
Tallaght Lone Parent Centre
Tallaght Partnership
Tallaght Rehab Project
Tallaght Travellers CDP
Tallaght Welfare Society
Templeshannon CDP
The Carers Association
Third System Approach
Threshold
Tipperary Rape Crisis &
Councelling Centre Ltd
Tir An Droichead
Togher Family Centre Ltd
Tosach
Tralee CDP
Triskele
Tullamore Traveller Movement
UCD General CE Project
Vincentian Partnership for
Social Justice
Vincentian Refugee Centre
Waterford City Council
West Clare Community Dev
Resource Centre
West Limerick Resource Centre
West Tallaght Resource Centre
West Training & Development
Western Local Social Inclusion
Strategy
Westmeath Community
Development
Westside Community
Development Resource
Centre
Wexford Area Partnership
Wicklow Community & Family
services
Wicklow Trade Union Centre
for the Unemployed
Wicklow Working Together Ltd
Women Educating for
Transformation
Women s Studies Centre
Work Research Consultancy
Individuals
Janice Ransom
Grainne O'Toole
Paul Quinn
Sean Crowe
Evelyn Lucas
EXPENDITURE
Financial Report
Income and Expenditure Tables from EAPN
Ireland Accounts 2005
INCOME
Core Funding
2005
National Anti Poverty Networks Program
150,220
Membership and Donations
2,278
European Commission Grant
CPA Grant for Awareness of UN Day Against Poverty
Miscellaneous
302
152,800
Projects
National Networks Joint Project
22,186
Structural Funds Midterm Review Project
CPA Special Presidency Grant
EAPN (Europe) NAP Inclusion Grant
Social standards project
46,672
68,858
TOTAL
221,658
2004
143,255
1,093
14,103
3,500
983
162,934
4,935
6,914
3,000
5,015
19,864
182,798
_________
Overheads
Staff Costs
Less Staff Costs transferred to Projects
Employer's PRSI contributions
Less Employer s PRSI transferred to Projects
Board Expenses
Building Expenses
Office Expenses
Audit and Accountancy fees
Bank charges
Sundry Expenses
Depreciation on Computer Equipment
Policy and Lobbying
Seminars/Roundtables
Structural Funds Project
Sharing the Learning Project
Information
Web design project (CPA)
EAPN Ireland Review
Networking in Ireland
Meetings with MEPs
UN Anti Poverty Day Activity
Poverty Traps Report
Count us in
Social standards project
NAPs Inclusion consultations
European networking
Travel and expenses to EU meetings
Less reimbursements(
Payment to Threshold for Executive Committee Time
Contribution to EAPN (Europe)
Membership
_________
AGM
TOTAL
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2005
113,814
(9,584)
12,235
(1,030)
2,483
5,527
9,897
2,503
337
4,745
1,536
142,463
2004
110,079
11,511
4,090
6,192
7,976
1,899
330
943
2,631
145,651
2,321
16,500
18,821
9,583
2,660
693
12,936
4,977
3,400
1,248
2,904
9,519
20,514
424
42,986
2,631
1,025
4,619
3,500
11,775
13,061
9,521
5,342
1,989
10,871
18,262
(15,652)
5,000
1,951
9,561
1,385
1,385
216,526
372
372
180,295
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EAPN Ireland is a network of groups and individuals working against
poverty, set up in 1999.
It is the Irish national network of the European Anti Poverty Network
(EAPN), which links groups fighting for the eradication of poverty across the
European Union.
Our Objectives:
1. To put the fight against poverty and social exclusion on the political
agenda at national and European level.
2. To promote and enhance the effectiveness of actions against poverty and
social exclusion.
3. To lobby for and with people and groups facing poverty and social
exclusion.
4. To provide information on development at national and European level
which impact on people living in poverty and social exclusion
5. To campaign and lobby with and on behalf of people living and
experience poverty and social exclusion
6. To develop policies around issues relating to poverty and social exclusion
at national and European level
7. To facilitate member groups and organisations to network at national and
European levels.
What we do
Empowering members to understand and influence European Union
policy and its implementation in Ireland through information and training.
Working to put the eradication of poverty at the top of the EU and Irish
agenda through policy development and advocacy
Promoting networking between anti-poverty groups across the EU
EAPN Ireland Annual Report 2005-2006
European Anti Poverty Network Ireland
Membership form
I wish to apply for:
Contact details
Full membership (20 Euro)
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Associate membership (15 Euro) ____
Name:
(Full membership, is open to non-governmental organisations whose main work is
to combat poverty and social exclusion. Associate, non-voting membership is open
to all other groups and to individuals).
Organisation: ________________________
I prefer to receive EAPN Flash by
Address:
e-mail ____ post
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(For speed and economy, if possible, please choose e-mail)
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________________________
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e-mail
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Fax
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Phone
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EAPN Ireland, 5 Gardiner Row, Dublin 1, Tel: 01-8745737, fax: 01-8783738, e-mail: info@eapn.ie
EAPN Ireland Annual Report 2005-2006
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