19th European Meeting of People Experiencing Poverty: Recharging Social Europe!
24-25 November 2021, Online
Wednesday 24 November
Host of the meeting: Fintan Farrell, Independent Expert Social Inclusion
10.00 – 10.05 Welcome
> Carlos Susias, EAPN President
10.05 – 11.00 Opening Plenary
Testimonies from:
> Dorota Pawtowska, member of EAPN Poland
> Famara Cham, member of EAPN Spain
> Member of EAPN Luxembourg (tbc)
Response to the 3 testimonies:
> Katarina Ivankovié-Knezevit, Director for Social Affairs, DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, Europea Commission
11.00 – 11.30 Coffee break
11.30 – 12.30 First round of parallel World Café workshops that will focus on the following topics:
> Access to Housing
> Access to adequate Minimum Income
> Access to Health Care Services
> Digitalization
12.30 – 13.30 Lunch
13.30 – 14.30 Second round of parallel World Café workshops on the same topics:
> Access to Housing
> Access to adeguate Minimum Income
> Access to Health Care Services
> Digitalization
14.30 -15.00 Coffee break
15.00 – 16.00 Third round of thematic workshops – developing key messages based on the ideas
harvested in the World Café workshops
16.15 Closing in the plenary
Thursday 25 November
10.45 – 12.00 Plenary session bringing together people experiencing poverty and high-level EU officials to discuss the key messages from the meeting
9 participants presenting key messages on the four themes
Responses to the key messages from the meeting:
> Dubravka Suica, Vice-President of the European Commission – for Democracy and Demography
(video address)
> Colin Scicluna, Head of Cabinet of Vice-President of the European Commission – for Democracy and Demography
> Marisa Matias, Member of the European Parliament, the Left group GUE/NGL
> Kim van Sparrentak, Member of the European Parliament, Greens/EFA Group (tbc)
> Clément Beaune, State Secretary to the French Ministry of Europe and Foreian Affairs, responsible for European Affairs, and representative of the upcoming French Presidency of the European Union
(tbc)
