European associations and research centres from Europe create the first European independent network of information of inequality, Inequality Watch, the European Observatory of inequality. “The objective of Inequality Watch is to improve knowledge about inequality in Europe between and in each country, explains Cédric Rio from the French associationObservatoire des inégalités and Inequality Watch coordinator, thanks to the gathering and confrontation of analyses from all Europe”. Analyses of Inequality Watch members are available on www.inequalitywatch.eu. Many public events will also be organized to debate about inequality in Europe. “Europeans benefit from better living conditions than other populations in the World, analyses Anna Barford, Inequality Watch Executive council member from British Organization The Equality Trust, but European societies are very contrasted.” Per example, wealth per inhabitant in 2009 was about 29 300 Euros in Austria against 10 900 Euros in Romania; a French woman is supposed to live 84,1 years against 76,7 years for a Bulgarian one. “Inequality levels in each country are very different, pursues Renato Carmo, Portuguese sociologist from the Observatòrio das Desigualdades and member of Inequality Watch Executive council. We have to understand why inequality is so high in Portugal and so low in Sweden!”.
Press release (Fr)
To launch officially Inequality Watch,
Network members are delighted to invite you to a public conference
“Inequality in Europe”
On the 7th of October 2011 at 17h
at Paris in Fondation pour le Progrès de l’Homme office,
(38, Saint Sabin street, 75011)
Program
17h00 – 17h30 : Inequality Watch presentation
Patrick Savidan (Philosopher at the University of Poitiers and Observatoire des inégalités president), Wojtek Kalinowski (Veblen Institute) et Márton Medgyesi (TÁRKI).
17h30 – 19h30 : A turn-table about Inequality in Europe
Turn-table about Inequality in Europe with Inequality Watch members. Session directed by Michaël Förster, senior analyst at the OECD Social Policy Division.
Information
Cédric Rio, Inequality Watch coordinator
E-mail address: cedric.rio@inequalitywatch.eu
Telephone: + 33 (0)1 40 36 86 94
E-mail address: cedric.rio@inequalitywatch.eu
Telephone: + 33 (0)1 40 36 86 94
Free entrance, subject to the availability of seats
