Human impact of austerity March 2018 Elke Vandermeerschen

Human impact of austerity March 2018 Elke Vandermeerschen Communications Officer European Anti-Poverty Network www. eapn. eu

Context <This deliverable is part of the 1. 1 activity in our WP: ‘analysing and signposting realities of poverty on the ground’. < Objective: provide a regular structured grassroots analysis of current key policy developments, impacting on poverty and inequality, from the perspective of people experiencing poverty and their organisations, highlighting priorities, good practices and lif stories…

Proposal: open for discussion <‘Human impact’ (of austerity) invites us to share real life stories, to show a human face, reality of people experiencing poverty <It’s part of the EAPN communications objectives (and overall objectives) to make the voices of people experiencing poverty heard <Proposal: a short video, based on very short video -interviews with people experiencing poverty, on how austerity measures impact their daily lives.

Why? <Using videos can give us another (potentially bigger) reach, can increase our impact <Videos (disseminated through social media) can strengthen and amplify our messages <Bringing the voices, faces, stories of people experiencing poverty closer to decision makers can work as an eye opener, reïnforcing our general policy and advocacy work

How? <Interview a person with direct experience of poverty about the impact of a concrete austerity measure on his/her daily life. <Organise the interview so that the person speaking gives enough context to be understood, also for an audience that doesn’t know the reality in your country <Send us a selection of maximum 1 minute, with the English translation of what the person is

Who? To be discussed <All EUISG members could make their own videos, sharing it on social media and on their website, newsletter…, use it in their advocacy work on national level <We can make a joint video, based on the selection of max. 5 stories/persons, from 5 different countries, edit it with a very brief statement against austerity, for social investment.

Technical Guidelines <Please use a camera or a smartphone with a decent camera and microphone (choose quiet venues to interview people!) <Try to use a tripod (or a selfie stick can help as well, you can also attach a selfie stick to a tripod) <Record with your phone in horizontal position (landscape) <Record on the highest resolution possible

Thank you for your attention! For more information, please contact Elke Vandermeerschen EAPN Communications Officer Elke. vandermeerschen@eapn. eu