The Fund for European Aid to
the Most Deprived (FEAD) supports EU countries' actions to provide material
assistance to the most deprived. EPA was invited to find ways to cooperate and our representative, Herminio Correa is working on finding ways to offer additional support by national parents associations in the form of empowerment to complement material contributions offered by FEAD. Read this short report and feel free to contact us if you want to join support action.
FEAD support includes food, clothing
and other essential items for personal use, e.g. shoes, soap and shampoo. Material
assistance needs to go hand in hand with social inclusion measures, such
as guidance and support to help people out of poverty.
National authorities may also
support non-material assistance to the most deprived people, to help
them integrate better into society.
In real terms, over €3.8
billion are earmarked for the FEAD for the 2014-2020 periods. In addition, EU countries are
to contribute at least 15% in national co-financing to their national
programme.
FEAD support will help people
take their first steps out of poverty and social exclusion. and will also help
the most deprived people by addressing their most basic needs, which is a
precondition for them to be able to get a job or follow a training course such
as those supported by the ESF.
To date, five sessions have been held, four of which were
for the presentation of good practices on the ground. EPA has accompanied all
these sessions and will in due course present to all its members a proposal for
a intervention and collaboration project with the
NGOs of the European countries.
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