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ESAN encourages its members to contribute to the decision-making process, to the implementation and evaluation of the EU policies in the field of social action, thanks to their expertise and experience as grass-root organisations and thus following its statutory objectives. Consequently, ESAN encourages and kindly invite its members to express and share their opinions and points of view on issues they are concerned with and they think are of common interest with the other ESAN members. However, in doing so, they are requested to respect ESAN's philosophy and constitution and to aim for social progress.
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How to ensure financial inclusion
An opinion by Mike Doran Mike Doran, Director of Community and Supported Housing at Dane Housing Group (North West of England), gave us his opinion on how we can contribute to financial inclusion. More information available at: MikeDoran@danehousinggroup.co.uk Here We Go Again
Brief thoughts on the National Action Plan for inclusion process.
"Here we go again" - these are the words of a very famous song of Ray Charles that in the refrain insists on the idea of "one more time". As a professional on the field of Poverty and Social Exclusion for a long time (ever since my professional career) looking at the "new" wave of the NAPincl (2006-2008), the words of this song just came on my mind as an adequate background. Let´s think about some of the reasons.
Homeless In Europe
"It is an illusion to believe there would be a miraculous solution to eradicate homelessness" said Nicole Maestracci, President of Fédération Nationale des Associations d'Accueil et de Réinsertion Sociale (National Federation of Housing Associations) in France, and Michel Mercadié, Secrétaire général of FNARS and FEANTSA (European Federation of associations working with homeless people), also a member of the European Social Action Network Board, in an article published in the national French newspaper Le Monde, 29 December 2006. In this article, entitled "Sans-abri en Europe" (Homeless in Europe), they first take note of the increase of the number of rough sleepers in most of the big cities in Europe, then list some of the answers that different national authorities give (in Germany, the UK, Denmark, Ireland) to interpellate the French authorities on the necessity to adopt and implement a strategy to address this issue and call for a consensus meeting that would bring together both French and European experts. Full text (French version only available for the moment, 570 Ko.) Do European exchange programmes contribute to a high standard European social Policy?
Nancy Hardy, from Présence et Action Culturelle, an organisation in Belgium, delivered a speech at the last ESAN AGM on 1 & 2 July 2006 in Brussels, where she gave her opinion on whether to know if the European exchange programmes contribute to a high standard European social Policy. Read the speech(14 Ko- only available in original French version so far.) |
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