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'''ENMA''' is a small support and help network, members run meetings and offer support to those suffering from dependency on alcohol in 14 countries.  In a copy of their 2006 newsletter the following criticisms of the EU Commission were made:
===EU Commission rules self-defeating===
At the start of 2005 EMNA hoped to be able to submit a proposal for a European Project following a call for proposals related to initiatives to reduce social exclusion. In all respects, EMNA's members are well-positioned to make such a proposal except in one single respect: mutual-help has, almost by definition, very limited financial
underpinning. Indeed, some of our groups have no money at all! The greatest part of our work is voluntary and our un-paid workforce is massive. EMNA’s members have hundreds of thousands of voluntary workers. The EU wanted grass-roots involvement but EMNA could not proceed with its proposal because the Commission insisted on a financial commitment of at least 40,000 euros in cash. The value of the work and experience we were prepared to invest in the project – our main resource – was ineligible as an “in kind” payment. Thus, by its own rules, the EU excluded the very sort of new players in Europe which its governments wish to involve.{{ref|1}}

==Affiliations & Memberships==
*[[European Alcohol and Health Forum]]


==Notes==
#{{note|1}} EMNA Website [http://www.emna.org/news/2006_1.pdf. 2006 Newsletter] Last Accessed 3rd July 2007
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