Annual Convention on the European Platform against Poverty and Social Exclusion
Launched in 2010, the European Platform against Poverty and Social Exclusion (Platform) is part of the Europe 2020 strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth. Although combating poverty and social exclusion is mainly the responsibility of national governments, the Platform looks to play a coordinating role among national social inclusion policies by identifying best practices and promoting mutual learning, setting up EU-wide rules, and making funds available to support fight against poverty and promotion of social cohesion.
First Annual Convention, 17-18 October 2011, Krakow, Poland
The first Annual Convention held by the Polish Presidency in cooperation with the EC on 17-18 October 2011 analysed the progress accomplished by national governments in meeting the Platform’s goal of reducing the number of people living in poverty by at least 20 million by 2020.
AGE Platform Europe submited the following messages at the eve of First Annual Convention: please read more
During the Convention, AGE together with other stakeholders (Association Internationale de la Mutualité, Committee of the Regions, European Local Inclusion and Social Action Network and ENSA, Eurocommerce, Eurofound, European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research, and European Women’s Lobby) organised a workshop ‘Fighting poverty and social exclusion of older people’ in order to to discuss how best guarantee that national social inclusion policies take full account of the specificity of poverty and social exclusion in old age.
At this worksop, we presented a series of examples of good practice from local level on fighting poverty and social exclusion of older people.
Please also see the final conclusions from the above workshops which were drafted jointly by the European Commission and AGE Platform Europe.
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