"being undocumented, so for you I don’t exist" - "being paid regularly, but my debts still mounting up anyway" - "every agency wanting the same papers. And more photocopies every time" - "waking up in bad housing conditions which saps the will to do anything" - "constant pressure. It wears you down. Nobody prepared me for living in such harsh conditions" - "working full-time, but … not earning enough to make a decent living" - "my children inheriting my poverty" - "days without bread are the longest days" - "what really wears homeless people out is time. Always waiting, always being on the go…" - "being old and living alone. I am sick. I am afraid of loneliness … I cry a lot but try to look calm and collected when I go out." - "stealing our future by keeping us out of touch with the knowledge-based society" - "hard to talk about, but when I did start to talk to others I felt no different from them and I wasn’t embarrassed"

Calendar of EVENTS

Here you can discover what is happening across Europe during 2010, events, conferences, on what theme and who is organising them. You can search by country OR by date. Events in red are national and events in blue are European events.

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Conference "Time to ACT NOW AGAINST POVERTY! What do you do for this?": Bacău - Romania

Organised by: EAPN Romania and REPERE Association

Get the program here (in Romanian)

Welcoming - Bacau County Prefect, Mr. CLAUDIU BALAN, Presentation of EAPN and RENASIS, Dr. Nadia Isaila, Vice-president EAPN Romania and President on REPERE Association, "Presentation of comparative statistical data on social exclusion in the NE Region of Romania vs. EU" - Permanent Technical Secretariat of the Territorial Pact for Employment and Social Inclusion, NE Region - Drd. SEBASTIAN NĂSTUŢĂ, "Introducing the importance of the new European strategy ’EU in 2020 "in the context of the European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion, 2010, to Romania, Member of the European Union - Expert RENASIS Mag. CRISTINA LOGHIN

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Roundtable "Poverty and social exclusion: from goals to everyday reality": Bucharest - Romania

Organised by Caritas Romania.

From the program: Daniela Czimbalmos - Head of Communications and Public Relations Department for European Affairs, ZERO POVERTY! Act now "campaign conducted by Caritas Europe - Mrs. Miriam Pikaar - Project Manager for Inclusion and Zero Poverty, Caritas Europa

More information on their website: http://renasis.org

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Closing conference "Time to ACT NOW AGAINST POVERTY!": Bucharest - Romania

Organised by EAPN Romania.

With the participation of Ludo Horemans, President EAPN, Luigi Leonori, President SMES, Alexandar Nikolov, coordinator of Bulgarian delegation for the PEP Meeting in Brussels, and Ana Mirela Nicolescu, Romanian participation on the 9th PEP Meeting in Brussels near authorities and EAPN Romania President, Mrs. Andreea Radut.

More information on their website: http://renasis.org/

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2010 EY North East Focus Day on Financial Inclusion: South Shields - United Kingdom

Organised by 2010 Social Inclusion Regional Group in the North East.

Our event will showcase regional best practices in delivering financial inclusion. The showcase will include the Community Entrepreneurs tackling poverty in the Tyne Gateway, whilst looking at protecting people from doorstep crime, help for tenants and Credit Union innovations.

Contact: Kathleen Robson Kathleen.robson southtyneside.gov.uk, tel: (0191) 4247182

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European meeting Djynamo 2010 - Youth in Solidarity: Jambville - France

Around 250 young people of all Europe, many of them with experience of poverty and exclusion, will gather at the invitation of ATD Fourth World Europe in order to prepare a European Youth Message to European Commission. Message will be handed over to EU bodies on 17th October, International Day for Eradication of Poverty.

More about the meeting: www.djynamo.org - see also www.pokolenie2010.pl in Polish about this project

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European meeting Djynamo 2010 - Youth in Solidarity: Jambville - France

Around 250 young people of all Europe, many of them with experience of poverty and exclusion, will gather at the invitation of ATD Fourth World Europe in order to prepare a European Youth Message to European Commission. Message will be handed over to EU bodies on 17th October, International Day for Eradication of Poverty.

More about the meeting: www.djynamo.org - see also www.pokolenie2010.pl in Polish about this project

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European meeting Djynamo 2010 - Youth in Solidarity: Jambville - France

Around 250 young people of all Europe, many of them with experience of poverty and exclusion, will gather at the invitation of ATD Fourth World Europe in order to prepare a European Youth Message to European Commission. Message will be handed over to EU bodies on 17th October, International Day for Eradication of Poverty.

More about the meeting: www.djynamo.org - see also www.pokolenie2010.pl in Polish about this project

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European meeting Djynamo 2010 - Youth in Solidarity: Jambville - France

Around 250 young people of all Europe, many of them with experience of poverty and exclusion, will gather at the invitation of ATD Fourth World Europe in order to prepare a European Youth Message to European Commission. Message will be handed over to EU bodies on 17th October, International Day for Eradication of Poverty.

More about the meeting: www.djynamo.org - see also www.pokolenie2010.pl in Polish about this project

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European meeting Djynamo 2010 - Youth in Solidarity: Jambville - France

Around 250 young people of all Europe, many of them with experience of poverty and exclusion, will gather at the invitation of ATD Fourth World Europe in order to prepare a European Youth Message to European Commission. Message will be handed over to EU bodies on 17th October, International Day for Eradication of Poverty.

More about the meeting: www.djynamo.org - see also www.pokolenie2010.pl in Polish about this project

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Date Title Description Location Country
18/08 Street event for NGOs Organised by EAPN Finland. For more information contact heidi.puumalainen (...) Kouvola Finland
2/09-3/09 Event on children and youth poverty Organised by: Gouvernement fédéral (Service Publique Fédéral de Programmation Intégration Sociale, (...) Brussels Belgium
10/09 Round table on employment Organised by EAPN Belgium. For more information contact katelijn.vanhorebeek (...) Brussels Belgium
16/09 Alliances or coalitions for reducing poverty? Organised by the Flemish Alliance against Poverty (ACW) For more information: (...) Brussels Belgium
22/09 2010 European Year North East Focus Day on Combating Discrimination Organised by: 2010 Social Inclusion Regional Group in the North East Contact: Janet Walke (...) Darlington United Kingdom
23/09-24/09 Conference on minimum income and social standards Organised by EAPN with the support of the Belgian Ministry Contact information: info (...) Brussels Belgium
23/09-25/09 Diaconia against Poverty and Exclusion: Future Challenges and Contexts in Europe Organised by: Diakonisches Werk der Evangelischen Kirche in Deutschland e. V. Application (...) Heidelberg Germany
29/09 ’Common Christian understanding of poverty’ Organised by Eurodiconia, CEC-KEK, Comece and Caritas. For more information visit (...) Brussels Belgium
30/09 Cities Against Poverty : child poverty Organised by Eurocities. The conference will approach child poverty is a local, national and (...) Newcastle United Kingdom
1/10 Cities Against Poverty : child poverty Organised by Eurocities. The conference will approach child poverty is a local, national and (...) Newcastle United Kingdom
2/10 ’Spark in the Park’ Organised by LVSTC. For more information visit www.lvstc.org.uk/events. London United Kingdom
5/10 Seminar on the rights of children More information in http://www.esan.eu/english_version Contact in Brussels: Christelle CLAES : (...) Strasburg France
5/10 Cultural event celebrating 100 years of the Portuguese Republic Organised by EAPN Portugal. For more information visit http://www.reapn.org/. Portugal
6/10 National Forum of People Experiencing Poverty Organised by EAPN Portugal. For more information visit http://www.reapn.org/ Lisbon Portugal
14/10-15/10 Conference ‘Social inclusion of families and EU Policies: Where do we stand?’ Organised by COFACE. Two main issues – the importance of an EU focus on the family, and the (...) Brussels Belgium
14/10 2010 European Year North East Focus Day on Access to Jobs Organised by: 2010 Social Inclusion Regional Group in the North East Contact: Kevin Higgins (...) Ashington United Kingdom
14/10-15/10 COFACE Conference on Social Inclusion of Families Organized by COFACE Conference Theme: Social Inclusion of Families: Towards mainstreaming the (...) Brussels Belgium
18/10 Poverty Convention linked to the All in One project Organised by CEFET. For more information contact clare cefet.org.uk Southwell United Kingdom
19/10 EAPN England conference on 2010 Organised by EAPN England. For more information visit www.lvstc.org.uk/events. London United Kingdom
22/10-23/10 Mental Health Europe Conference Organized by Mental Health Europe Conference Theme: Challenging Poverty - Creating Hope. (...) Brussels Belgium
26/10-31/10 International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival Organised by Document 8. Document 8 will screen documentary films old and new, from home and (...) Glasgow, Scotland United Kingdom
1/11 2010 European Year North East Focus Day on Decent Housing Organisation Name: 2010 Social Inclusion Regional Group in the North East Contact: Andrew (...) Durham City United Kingdom
3/11-5/11 Eurochild’s 7th annual conference "Brighter futures. Building effective partnerships to end child poverty" Organised by Eurochild (...) Örebro Sweden
13/11 2010 European Year North East Focus Day on Children, Young People and Families Organisation Name: 2010 Social Inclusion Regional Group in the North East Contact: Suzzanne (...) Newscastle United Kingdom
15/11 Conference "Precarité energetique" Organised by: EAPN, ADEME, ATD Quart Monde, CLCV, CLER, Collectif RAPPEL, FAPIL, Fondation Abbé (...) Lille France
19/11 Human Ring around the EU Institutions Organised by the European Year NGO Coalition For more information, contact info (...) Brussels Belgium
3/12 ESF disability advocy event on the interaction between disability and poverty Organised by ESF Disability Advocacy Group. For more information visit www.lvsts.org.uk/events. London United Kingdom
6/12-7/12 GA - "Volunteering as a means of empowerment and social inclusion − CEV’s contribution to the European Year 2010 and a bridge to the European Year of Volunteering 2011" Organised by: European Volunteer Centre, CEV. In the framework of the Belgian Presidency of (...) Brussels Belgium
9/12 Consensus conference on Housing Organised by FEANTSA. For more information visit http://www.feantsa.org/. Brussels Belgium
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