The European Anti Povery Network – EAPN (the European network for the fight against poverty and social exclusion) is an independent coalition born out of NGOs and other groups involved in the fight against poverty and social exclusion in the member states of the European Union.  The coalition was created in December 1990 by organizations in the European Union that worked with people living in situations of poverty and marginalization. As a result, it became an assessment authority on behalf of the European Council. EAPN is also a founding member of the European Social Action Network.
EAPN is committed to eradicating poverty and social exclusion. It seeks to enable those people who experience poverty and social exclusion to exercise their rights and responsibilities, as well as to free themselves from their isolation and their situation. Its main objective is to place both of these issues at the center of political debates in the European Union. 
The headquarters of EAPN Europe is in Brussels (www.eapn.eu)

The European network for the fight against poverty and social exclusion in Spain (EAPN-ES) works to transfer this objective to the situation in Spain and to influence public policy, just as much on a European level as on a state and regional level.