HELLENIC ANTI-POVERTY NETWORK

National Network
Greece
Address

9 Kiafas Str., 106 78, Athens
ATHENS
Greece

Telephone
0030 210 33 14 730
Fax
0030 210 33 14 730
E-Mail
eapngr@otenet.gr
Mobile Phone
0030 6977 367 412
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
1990
Fields of Activity
  1. Democracy and community development
General Information
The Hellenic Antipoverty Network includes 27 social NGOs which elect a Board of 7 people. There are no employees at this moment. Our last year's resources were about 55.000,00 euros deriving from members' subscriptions, donations, funding from EAPN-Europe and project funding. Our main partners involved in our projects are our members, the people experiencing poverty and social exclusion and EAPN-Europe.
Mission and Objectives

Our mission is the eradication of poverty and social exclusion.
In order to achieve this, we try:
- To promote and enhance the effectiveness of actions to eradicate poverty and prevent social exclusion;
- To raise awareness around poverty and social exclusion
- To empower the people living in poverty and social exclusion
- To lobby for and with people and groups facing poverty and social exclusion.

Main Projects / Activities

- We lobby for the integration of the fight against poverty and social exclusion into all national and european policies, ranging from Structural Funds and employment policies through to economic and monetary policies.
- We keep under close review policies and programmes likely to impact on groups facing poverty and social exclusion.
- We develop links with the research sector in order to enhance knowledge of poverty and social exclusion.
- We orginize working groups, meetings and seminars in netional and european level in order to train our members, exchange experience and grow collaborations.

Contact (1) Full Name
Yota Arvaniti
Head of the organisation
Persefoni Giannoulatou