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

2. Original Idea
Social Open Method of Coordination – National Action Plans on Inclusion
Objective 4 Direct participation of people experiencing poverty
Share Experiences from the national level of implementing objective 4 so as to strengthen this participation

3. Who is the European Meeting of people experiencing poverty for:
Delegates
People experiencing poverty who are starting to connect to anti-poverty organisations
Some previous delegates to help with continuity
Guests
Rep of National and EU level Institutions (Political and Functionaires)
Rep of NGOs, Social Partners, Academics and other relevant actors

4. What are the meetings for
To empower the delegates in their journey from PeP to Activists with direct experience of poverty
Reality Check: For Guests to check the reality of their approaches to fight poverty against the experience on the ground and to adjust as necessary
To strengthen the participation of people experiencing poverty in Anti Poverty NGOs and relevant policy making processes
To strengthen the participation of people experiencing poverty in relevant EU processes

5. Format of the Meetings:
Formal Format reflecting other types of consultations as part of the Social Open Method of Coordination
Last Year a format that reflected the reality that PeP feel themselves shut out of EU Consultation processes and that asserted their right to participate in their own development and to be more visible.

6. Questions for the Exco
Have we a common understanding of who the PeP meetings are for?
Have we a common understanding of what the EU Meetings are for?
What should the format of the 2014 be?

7. Next Step
Getting agreement with the Commission on the support available for the 2014 meeting
A Meeting of responsibles from National Networks and European Organisations to go forward with the planning for the 2014 meeting
We need to create space to look at how we are building from the peP in to our objective re participation in EAPN