1. EAPN Work Programme for 2015
Barbara Helfferich
Director EAPN
4 October 2014
EUROPEAN ANTI-POVERTY NETWORK
RÉSEAU EUROPÉEN DES ASSOCIATIONS
DE LUTTE CONTRE LA PAUVRETÉ ET L’EXCLUSION SOCIALE

2. Presentation Overview
Framing the Work Programme
Key Actions Foreseen in 2015
Activities in particular relating to the work of the EUISG

3. Framing the Work Programme 2015
Priorities set in the Call
Commission Rules Around Financing

4. Framing of the Call Priorities in the Call
Support the development, implementation monitoring and evaluation regarding Europe Support the main EU driven processes including the OMC and the European Semester
Support Stakeholder Involvement in their Implementation
Encourage Co-operation between and among Stakeholders
Strengthen Capacity of EU level networks and their national Members including their knowledge of relevant EU matters
Provide Data and strong evidence base on policy developments and trends as well as collection of relevant information about the citizens’ concerns and good practices in the social policy field in the MS, so as to better contribute to policy making

5. Rules around Financing
Framing the Call
Rules around Financing
Total amount of money available for this call under EASI – 10 million
16 networks eligible to apply
No one Network more than 1 million
Best proposals gets most of the money
20 per cent co-funding
All activities must be budgeted in terms of money and time

6. Key Activities/Actions:
Major Meetings
Financing of Statutory Meeting as well as the Strategic Congress
Three Meetings of the EUISG – one linked with an EXCO and the GA/Strategic Congress
Two Task Forces (6-8 people) meeting three times
1 Capacity Building Workshop linked to an EUISG meeting on Structural Funds
Two capacity building workshops for Members on general anti-poverty/EU policies
Two MASS Meetings
1 Meeting of the PEP national co-ordinators.

7. Major Actions/Activities
Contracts with NNs
Funding for PEP work to continue for 31 Networks
Funding Translations continues, but reduced
On Europe 2020 – 90,000 to go to 15 projects, led by national networks, but also encouraging horizontal cooperation between networks – visibility actions/capacity building activities around Europe 2020
Networks which do not participate in those pilots can still draw on contracts for basic work on EU The total budget for that 22,400.

8. Specific Activities Relating to the EUISG
Monitoring European 2020
Report on proposals for CSRs
Report on the Semester/Reviewing CSRs and NRPs
Key Messages to AGS
Position Paper to Council Formations and European Spring Council
Briefing Paper on the Outcome of the Mid-term Review
Policy Conference on the Outcome of the Mid-term Review
Follow up to the SIP

9. Specific Activities Relating to the EUISG cont’d
Awareness raising on living wage
Follow up on the delivery of the employment target
Mapping of the trends regarding affordable access to key public services drawing on Semester and national policy processes

10. Thank you for your attention
For more information, please contact :
Barbara Helfferich
Director, EAPN
EUROPEAN ANTI-POVERTY NETWORK
RÉSEAU EUROPÉEN DE LUTTE
CONTRE LA PAUVRETÉ ET L’EXCLUSION SOCIALE
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