EAPN: Fighting for a Social Europe Free of Poverty Finance and Fundraising Exco Nov 2013 EUROPEAN ANTI-POVERTY NETWORK RÉSEAU EUROPÉEN DES ASSOCIATIONS DE LUTTE CONTRE LA PAUVRETÉ ET L’EXCLUSION SOCIALE

Objectives To secure a funding base for EAPN To diversify our funding base Financial support for dev of EAPN (particularly Nat Networks) Support participation of PeP

Areas to be addressed Public Funding Sponsorship Events Major Donors Individual Donors Projects

Next Steps Public Funding Defend principle of Core Funding – EASI programme Explore other possibilities, examples LLL programe, DG Research Sponsorship Events Make a decision re R4R 2014 Explore possibilities of other events , DG Research programmes

Next Steps Major Donors Dev a principles paper Build on previous contacts with Foundations to explore options Individual Donors Launch a pre C’mas individual donor appeal

Next Steps Project Approach (EMIN – Drivers) Ensure we deliver on EMIN and Drivers (administrative and content) Expand EMIN to the additional 26 (Germany, Austria, Sweden , Finland and Lithuania) Need a full reflection with Exco on this approach A separate EAPN Social Enterprise? Clear conditions required for delivering on projects

Next Steps EAPN Fund Follow up Grants that have been made from the Fund Follow up re NN Solidarity Fund and EO Solidarity Fund Fund Visibility Use materials now available (Newsletter, Prize Pub) Have evaluation with Exco of EAPN Prize first round and prepare for second round of Prize (call autumn 2014 - Prize Spring 2015)

Next Steps Need to package areas from the work that EAPN wants to do to be able to present as viable projects for Funding support Learning Forum re package as a ‘School for Activists in the fight against Poverty’ Training Materials (Contributing to transparency in EU decision making processes) Structural Funs Technical Assistance Project (Making EU Funds work for Poverty Eradication)

Questions for the Exco Have we the right objectives for the strategy? Have we identified the right areas for the strategy? Agreement on the Next Steps