1. 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

2. 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

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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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 Prize Spring 2015)

8. 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)

9. 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