1. EAPN: Fighting for a Social Europe Free of Poverty!
Director’s Report
EAPN Executive Committee
Brussels February 2012
EUROPEAN ANTI-POVERTY NETWORK
RÉSEAU EUROPÉEN DES ASSOCIATIONS
DE LUTTE CONTRE LA PAUVRETÉ ET L’EXCLUSION SOCIALE

2. Structure of the Report
Development Area: Tanya
Finance issues: Philippe
Policy Area: Sian
Communication Area: Nellie
Other Issues: Fintan
Issues needing Specific Discussion

3. Development Area EAPN Fund Prize plus fundraising work
(row4rights, cycling challenge, individual donors, major donors) update and clarification on next steps from members
EUPSCI follow up and member engagement – this was already presented in the policy group
Projects: Minimum Income Network and Drivers of Health Inequalities
EAPN Mag on the advocacy role of NGOs and in fighting poverty

4. Development Area
For discussion: how can members lead more on the work of the Network and role of secretariat
What capacity building spaces do we have in 2012?
In what ways can direct participation of activists and people experiencing poverty in the work of EAPN – bureau proposal for Exco

5. Finance Area Contracts 2011 finalization Co-financing
Reimbursement claims c
Funding available to National Networks 2012
Funding

6. Policy Area
EU Inclusion Strategies group
Action on Europe 2020
Lobbying Structural Funds and EUPSCI
Alliance-building Progress
Decisions
Crisis Paper and follow up
EPSU Citizen’s Initiative: Water

7. Communication Area
General information
Key items for discussion
Formal decisions to take

8. General information Update on last EXCO meeting (nov 2011)
Communications strategy’s goals and objectives – work done
Broad questions that fall outside the communications’ task force prerogatives
Timeline:
April EXCO: presentation of the work done; hopefully endorsement of the communications strategy
June GA: short update on actions and timeline
30.03 – taskforce meeting to finalise the strategy; agree on a draft work plan
Sept: finalisation of communications work programme
Oct: taskforce meeting on implementation of work programme

9. Communications: growing needs
General information (following)
Communications: growing needs
1st EU Inclusion strategy policy group called for more action, more media attention, more campaigning work, more alliances
Communications strategy + work plan must reflect our needs
Decide together on the WHAT we do and HOW, with the RESOURCES we have (=>priorities!)

10. EXCO Subgroup on Communications
General information (following)
EXCO Subgroup on Communications
Responsible for implementation, follow-up and evaluation of the Communications strategy and work plan
Adapt strategy and work plan if needed
Coordinate actions if no specific task force on a particular topic, at internal and/or external level

11. New structures: some immediate changes
General information (following)
New structures: some immediate changes
Work plan will reflect some immediate changes asked for by members for better internal communications examples? Early for me to give them now but I guess it could be useful…
Website:
Migration of the website
Reflect changes of EAPN’s structures on the website
members’ room - parts of the external website, notably members’ pages
All changes on website done in March 2012 (after Feb EXCO and before 1st April, end of current website’s CMS)

12. Let’s keep ourselves informed
General information (following)
Let’s keep ourselves informed
All information related to communications issues on EAPN’s members’ room
Note: We’re investigating on possibilities of a forum on the members’ room
Bilateral exchange, questions, comments…:
Quick information to external audiences:
EAPN Flash
EAPN Facebook page

13. 2. Key items for discussion
Update on last EXCO meeting (Nov 2011)
Communications strategy goals and objectives
Broad questions that fall outside the communications’ task force prerogatives
List of capacity-building topics and ‘tutorial’ type of documents that should be available directly on members’ room
EXCO Subgroup on Communications

14. 3. Formal decisions to take
Communications strategy goals and objectives
EXCO Subgroup on Communications

15. Other Issues

16. Issues needing Specific Discussion