Key speakers confirmed include: Commissioner Thyssen, Outi Slotboom, DG ECFIN, Sergio Prieto, MEP, Tom Dominique, Chair of the SPC, & Raquel Lucas, Cabinet of Commissioner Dombrovskis.
Members of the EESC, ETUC, and other civil society actors including people with direct experience of poverty will be participating.
Registration
To register, please do so through this LINK by 25 September.
If you have already registered by an email to Rebecca Lee, there is no
Venue & Programme
European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)
Room VMA3 | Rue Van Maerlant 2, 1040 Brussels
>From 9.00am to 1.00pm.
Please see updated programme of the conference here.
EAPN 2015 Annual Policy Conference Can the Semester deliver on Poverty and Participation? is hosted by the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC).
EAPN will present its assessment of the 2015 National Reform Programmes (NRPs) and European Semester, and debate together with 150 stakeholders including 80 EAPN national members, decision-makers and other stakeholders these key questions:
What needs to be done to ensure that the European Semester deliver on its Europe 2020 commitments to reduce poverty and promote participation?
How can we help the EU move forward on a social, sustainable and democratic strategy that could give hope and restore faith in the EU?
Participants
The seminar is free and open to any EU or national stakeholder. No costs can be covered except for the EAPN members who will participate from the national level, including people with direct experience of poverty.
Coffee and refreshments will be available.
Contact
For more information on the programme, please contact Sian Jones, EAPN Policy Coordinator sian.jones@eapn.eu
If you have any question on registration, please contact Rebecca Lee, EAPN Information and Events Officer Rebecca.lee@eapn.eu | Tel: + 32 2 226 58 50
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Conference Website Page
EAPN assessment of the National Reform Programmes 2015 Can the Semester deliver on poverty and participation? and all other related documents and information will be available here:http://bit.ly/1ED6Y5Q
