Proposal title Eradicate Poverty and Enhance Social Rights in Europe – Year 4

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The mission of EAPN is to promote a socially inclusive and sustainable Europe, free from poverty and inequalities. The 2025 work plan will focus on defending the rights of people experiencing poverty, counting on their voices and the political analysis of 32 national networks and 12 European organisations. This plan will be carried out in multiple interconnected ways: a) highlighting the root causes of poverty and inequality from statistical sources and the testimonies of people affected, so that the EU and Member States act in their eradication – with also a new reporting and participatory methodology; b) supervising the implementation of the Action Plan of the European Pillar of Social Rights and, exploring and advocating for an European anti-Poverty Strategy, aiming at coordinating policies and vision for the full eradication of poverty c) monitoring and engaging with the European Semester, with a specific focus on tax and fiscal justice and its articulation with the rule of law; d) supporting people experiencing poverty in mobilising and fighting for their rights in the EU, considering especially those with added vulnerability factors (gender discrimination, long-term unemployment, digital divide, homelessness, financial exclusion, disability, ageism, racism, and other); e) making proposals and supporting coalitions with regards to key EU policies. The 2025 work programme directly and concretely supports the implementation, awareness-raising and dissemination of adopted or upcoming EU policy initiatives, especially following up the European Election and the new college of Commission, and in other cross-cutting agenda such as on anti-discrimination, migration and digital welfare. Moreover, in 2025, EAPN will revisit its impact strategically on policy, communication, campaigning, research and community mobilisation, together with members’ engagement, alignment and performance.