FEANTSA

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FEANTSAs European Campaign on Ending Homelessness

• General Assembly, Cardiff,
• 15 November 2008

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Brief background

• GA in Zaragoza, Nov 2007 decided that FEANTSA
  should organise a European Campaign on ending
  homelessness
• AC in Berlin, Jan 2008 a concrete proposal for
  the campaign was requested
• AC in Brussels, June 2008 a campaign outline
  was presented and feedback from AC members was
  collected. Decided that launch in 2010 would tie
  in well with the European Year for Combating
  Poverty and Social Exclusion EU funding
  opportunities

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What is the campaign all about?

• The aim of the campaign is to reinforce
• the message that homelessness can be
• brought to an end, and not just
• managed.
• The campaign will give ideas as to how to
• end homelessness and show who is making
• good progress and where.

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What does ending homelessness mean for this
campaign?

• Nobody sleeping on the streets for lack of
  emergency services adapted to his/her needs and
  aspirations
• Nobody living in emergency accommodation for
  longer than is an emergency
• Nobody who is in an institution be it hospital,
  prison or care to be discharged without
  sufficient support and adequate housing options
• Nobody forced to live in highly insecure and/or
  inadequate housing because of lack of appropriate
  social and/or financial support and adequate
  housing alternatives.

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What are our objectives at national and European
level?

• A clear movement away from managing homelessness
  to ending it
• Clear European targets for ending homelessness
• Useful strategic framework at EU level to move
  towards ending homelessness
• Development of strategies to end homelessness in
  several EU cities/countries
• Better understanding of homelessness issues
  amongst policy makers and general public

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Who is our target audience?

• Local authorities
• National governments
• European institutions
• General Public
• You decide you know best who ought to be
  targetted in your country!

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How will we spread the word?

• The messages of the campaign will be spread
  through a number of activities across Europe
  which will be organised by FEANTSA members.
  These activities will be linked together by a
  touring exhibition of 30 bronze sculptures
  representing homeless people. (Ninna Hoegh will
  give more detail on this touring exhibition after
  this presentation.)
• A launch event will take place in the European
  Parliament in Brussels, then the touring
  exhibition will divide into three and tour around
  Europe, accompanied by info and lobbying
  materials.
• Unique opportunity to link our messages to
  something very visual and tangible.
• The events organised around the exhibition could
  be high-level political debates, seminars, press
  conferences etc.

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Touring exhibition of sculptures representing
homeless people

• Is your organisation/your country interested in
  hosting this touring exhibition?
• What activities could you enviseage organising in
  conjunction with the exhibition?
• Well return to these quetions after Ninnas
  presentation

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How will the campaign be coordinated?

• Coordination will be managed by the FEANTSA
  office, with a number of FEANTSA member
  volunteers.
• Dedicated communication teams in FEANTSA member
  countries to be identified (Finland, Italy any
  others?) or created.
• Communications guidelines will be created by
  FEANTSA office and distributed to FEANTSA
  members.

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Materials for the Campaign

• Touring exhibition leaflet outlining our key
  messages
• Practical information kit for hosting the touring
  exhibition
• Guide to effective homeless strategies 10 Steps
• Manual outlining actual or suggested projects or
  initiatives across Europe that aim to end
  homelessness
• Press kit, press releases, photos
• Fact sheets
• Posters

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Timeline

• Now to Nov 2009 roll out of campaign logo,
  campaign materials, structuring of web pages,
  decision on tour dates and venues
• December 2009 Campaign launch at the European
  Parliament in Brussels
• Jan-December 2010 Exhibition tour and FEANTSA
  member activities across Europe
• December 2010 Closure of campaign and
  presentation of manifesto, in Brussels

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Key EU Dates

• 2009 European Parliament elections
• 2009 Presidencies in Czech Republic and Sweden
• May 2009 PEP in Czech Republic
• October 2009 Round Table in Sweden
• 2010 Presidencies in Spain and Belgium
• May 2010 PEP in Spain
• What key events are coming up in your country -
  ie 10 year anniversary of your organisation
  (Rauxa, Spain)

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What about the budget?

• The cost of the making of the sculptures and
  their transport across Europe is being taken care
  of
• A country/member interested in hosting the
  exhibition would need to cover the costs of
• Venue hire
• Food beverage
• Printing of materials in local languages
• Any event it would like to organise in
  conjunction with the exhibition

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EU Funding

• 2010 is the EU Year for Combating Poverty and
  Social Exclusion
• 9 million Euro available for Member State
  activities
• Budget envelopes of 120.000 Euro to 750.000 Euro
  per Member State
• Money available for activities which increase
  awareness of people experiencing poverty,
  particularly that of groups or persons in
  vulnerable situations, and help to combat
  stereotypes and stigmatisation.
• Activities which are eligible for funding are
  meetings, seminars and events like the touring
  exhibition, information campaigns, surveys and
  studies etc.

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How can we access EU funding for the EU Year 2010?

• National Implementation Bodies (NIBs) will be
  appointed by mid-January. They will be charged
  with selecting the national, regional and local
  actions to be proposed for EU funding.
• Get in contact with the NIBs now to get your
  ideas on your national programme!
• National programmes must be submitted to the
  Commission by the end of March 2009.
• Theres not much time left, but this is an
  excellent opportunity for support and funding!

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Next Steps

• Please inform me or the FEANTSA office if your
  organisation would like to
• Be part of the campaign coordination
• Lead a communications team for your country
• Host the Touring Exhibition
• Organise a campaign activity