The European Union has designated 2010 the European Year against poverty & social exclusion.

On this page you'll find information about:

• The NGO Coalition
• The European Commission's website and activities
• List of NIBs and their national programmes and calls (where available)

For further information contact Mafalda or Björn.

The NGO Coalition comprises more than 40 (Brussels-based) NGOs from the social sphere. For more than a year the coalition is advising and lobbying the European Commission for the preparation and execution of the EY2010.

The coalition is lead by the European Anti-Poverty Network, Brussels Office.

For the EY2010 the coalition will have it's own website www.endpoverty.eu (Launch: 19 January 2010)

Soon to come: information about Shared Messages, EU Focus weeks, input for website,...

Overview

• European Commission's Website
• Vademecum
• Newsletter
• Media Conference - Brussels - 29 October 2009
  Conference on communicating poverty Brussels

European Commission's Website

The European Commisison launched its own website for the European Year.

VADEMECUM FOR STAKEHOLDERS - Taking part in the EY2010 information and communication campaign: Which channels and how to proceed?

Please find here a 'Vademecum for stakeholders' during 2010, prepared by the European Commission, underlining channels to get engaged with the European campaign. Whilst primarily aimed at European level organisations it may also be of interest to national-level organisations.

Newsletter on EY2010

If yu want to sign up for the EY2010 newsletter, just click here.

Media Conference - Brussels - 29 October 2009

The European Commission organised a European conference on "Poverty between reality and perceptions: the communication challenge" on 29 October 2009 in Brussels.

You can find out more about the event on the EC website.

Find here the list of the National Implementing Bodies, or NIBs.

The "Focus Weeks" Calendar gives an overview about the weeks when specific Member States will be under the spotlight.

Below you find the listing of documents published by the NIBs. Find here a summary by EAPN on the key features of the EY2010 National Programmes.

The list of Member States is not complete. And the scope of information and documentation differs. In the ideal case, you will find the National Programme, information about calls, contact details and the website.

AUSTRIA

The Austrian programme and call have been published, but it's only available in German. All documents can be found on the special webpage for the year: www.2010gegenarmut.at

After some NGO pressure the deadline for application: 31 August 2009.

The ministry has set the date for it’s official opening event for 22 February 2010.

Note: 2010 will be also used to mobilise at least in some Austrian regions for the development of regional NAPSincl.
If you know about similar regional Plans in your countries please get in touch with Michaela Moser (contact below). They try to make sure that anti poverty networks will be involved in this and it would be great if they could give some examples.

More Information: Dr. Michaela Moser, michaela.moser@armutskonferenz.at

BELGIUM

The Belgian website with all relevant documents for EY2010 can be found here in French and here in Dutch.

The deadline for applications under the Belgian programme: 30 September 2009.

BULGARIA

Find here the Bulgarian National Programme.

CYPRUS

Find here the Cypriot National Programme.

FINLAND

Find here the Finish National Programme.

FRANCE

Find here below the relevant documents for France.

• France - Fiche d'information - Juillet 2009
• France - APPEL A PROJETS - Juillet 2009
• France - Fiche de remontee de projets - Juillet 2009

Website and French national programme coming soon.

The deadline for applications under the French programme: 6 November 2009.

GERMANY

Find here the German National Programme (Draft).

GREECE

Find here the Greek National Programme.

HUNGARY

Find here the Hungarian National Programme. 

IRELAND

Find here the Irish National Programme.

ITALY

Find here the Italian National Programme (also in Italian).

LITHUANIA

Find here the Lithuanian National Programme.

LUXEMBOURG

The Luxembourg EY 2010 website with all the relevant documents can be found here.

The deadline for applications under the Luxembourg programme: 12 October 2009.

MALTA

Find here the Maltese National Programme.

POLAND

Find here the Polish National Programme (also in Polish).

PORTUGAL

Find here the Portugese National Programme.

ROMANIA

Find here the Romanian National Programme (also in Romanian).

SLOVAKIA

Find here the Slovak National Programme.

SPAIN

Find here the Spanish National Programme (also in Spanish).

SWEDEN

Find soon here the Swedish National Programme.

UNITED KINGDOM

Find here the UK National Programme.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has published calls for proposals relating to the 2010 European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion (EY2010). The Cabinet Office’s Social Exclusion Task Force is particularly keen to encourage organisations to make bids relevant to PSA 16 – the socially excluded adults public service agreement.  This PSA aims to help care leavers, people with moderate/severe learning disabilities, people with serious mental health conditions, and ex offenders to find a home and a job.

Further information on PSA 16 is available at http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/social_exclusion_task_force/psa.aspx

As well as proposals for regional events and technical assistance, funding will be available for four UK-wide programmes of activity to be delivered at a local or grassroots level. Proposals are invited for the delivery of programmes of activity aligned to one of four themes:

• Child poverty 
• Severe multiple deprivation and those who are most at risk of social exclusion 
• Working age adults (that is, overcoming barriers to participation in the labour market) 
• Older people and poverty or social exclusion.

The Calls for Proposals, associated application forms, frequently asked questions (FAQs) and the selection criteria against which proposals will be selected, are all available online at http://www.dwp.gov.uk/european-year-2010 . The deadline for submission of Proposals: 15 October 2009.

All questions relating to these Calls for Proposals should be directed to the dedicated European Year email account: 2010.EY2010@dwp.gsi.gov.uk