Transcript Adaptability in the EES

Social services for the active inclusion of
disadvantaged people
Michele Calandrino – policy analyst
Inclusion, Social Policy Aspects of Migration, Streamlining
of Social Policies – EMPL E/2
DG Employment, Social Affairs & Equal Opportunities,
European Commission
23 April 2009 – CZ PRES Conference on Social Services
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The integration of people excluded
from the labour market
Target group
“people excluded from the labour market” [art 137(1)(h)]: nonemployed working-age population suffering from multiple
disadvantages (at-risk-of-poverty as a proxy): approximately
27.5 million people in the EU-25
Objectives:
1/ facilitate the integration into sustainable, quality
employment;
2/ provide resources which are sufficient to live in dignity,
3/ together with support for social participation, for those
who cannot work.
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The active inclusion approach
Strategy:
1)Adequate income support
2)Inclusive labour markets
3)Access to quality services which are essential to
supporting active social and economic inclusion policies:
Social assistance services; Employment and training
services; Housing support and social housing; Childcare;
Long-term care services; Health services.
Key steps:
- Council Recommendation 92/441/EEC
- COM(2006) 44 and COM(2007) 620: a two-stage
consultation
- C(2008) 5737 and COM(2008) 639
- Council conclusions 17 December 2008
- European Parliament resolution – May 2009
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The role of social services
New social challenges that have emerged since 1992:
- transition to a post-industrial knowledge and service
economy;
- demographic change;
- social trends such as greater individualisation;
=> need for quality social services and personalised
support even more pressing.
In particular:
- Access to services as a basic pre-condition for being
available for work;
- Constitute transfer in-kind to households in need and
hence reduce the poverty risk;
- Access to services supports social participation.
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Inactivity and
part-time due to
lack of care
services for
children and
other dependants
EU LFS
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Activation of long
term unemployed
national data
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Inequalities in access to health care (unmet need for care by income quintile for 3 reasons: too expensive,
too long waiting time, too far to travel), SILC 2005
EU-25
BE
CZ
DK
EE
IE
EL
ES
FR
IT
CY
LV
LT
LU
HU
MT
NL
AT
PL
PT
SI
SK
FI
SE
UK
1st quintile
7.8
2.4
1.9
0.5
11.7
2.4
8.5
2
3.9
9.9
6.2
30.2
10.3
0.8
6.5
2.1
1
1
13.5
10
0.5
5.4
5.5
2.9
2.4
2nd quintile
5
0.8
1.2
0.3
7.2
2.7
6
1.4
1.8
5.4
5.2
24.5
7.8
0.2
4.5
1.7
0.6
0.2
11
5
0.4
4.2
3.6
4
2.2
3rd quintile
3.9
0.2
1.1
0.5
5.5
3
4.4
1.1
1.5
4.4
2.7
18.6
7.2
0.4
2.6
2
0.7
0.4
9.4
4.4
0.3
2.9
2.4
2.4
2.5
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4th quintile
2.8
0.2
1.1
0.3
4
1
2.9
0.7
0.4
2.7
1.4
13.3
4.5
0.2
2.8
1.5
0.1
0.5
8.2
2.3
0.1
1.9
1.8
2.4
2.1
5th quintile
2.3
0.1
0.8
0.1
3.6
0.7
0.8
0.7
0.5
1.9
0.4
7
4.9
0.3
2.5
0.7
0
0.2
6.2
1.4
0.3
1.3
1.3
1.3
2.3
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Expenditure on benefits in kind and reduction of atrisk-of-poverty after social transfers - 2005
70%
Reduction in at-risk-of-poverty
60%
CZ
50%
SI
IE
40%
SK
30%
AT
HU
BE
NL
DE
EE
CY
LT
LV
BG
SE
FR
LU
UK
MT
PL
DK
FI
RO
20%
IT
ES
10%
EL
0%
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
Expenditure in benefits in-kind as % GDP
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Common principles on active inclusion
-Horizontal coordination: comprehensive policy design and
integrated implementation
-Vertical coordination: policy coordination between levels of
government and active participation of all other relevant
stakeholders
Principles common to all three strands:
(a) support the implementation of fundamental rights;
(b) promote gender equality and equal opportunities for all;
(c) consider the complexities of multiple disadvantages and the
specific situations and needs of the various vulnerable groups;
(d) take due account of local and regional circumstances and
improve territorial cohesion;
(e) be consistent with a lifecycle approach to social and
employment policies so they can support intergenerational
solidarity and break the intergenerational transmission of poverty.
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Inclusive labour markets
-Address the needs of people excluded from the labour market
in order to facilitate their progressive reintegration into society
and into the labour market and to enhance their employability;
-Take the necessary measures to promote inclusive labour
markets in order to ensure access to employment is an
opportunity open for all;
-Promote quality jobs, including pay and benefits, working
conditions, health and safety, access to lifelong learning and
career prospects, in particular with a view to preventing inwork poverty;
-Tackle labour market segmentation by promoting job retention
and advancement.
Practical guidelines: investment in human capital; active and
preventive labour market measures; financial incentives;
demand side policies; in-work support.
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Access to quality services
- Territorial availability, physical accessibility, affordability;
- Solidarity, equal opportunities for service users
employees, and due account for diversity of users;
and
- Investment in human capital,
adequate physical infrastructure;
and
working
conditions,
- Comprehensive and coordinated services, conceived and
delivered in an integrated manner;
- users' involvement and personalised approaches to meet the
multiple needs of people as individuals;
- Monitoring and performance evaluation and sharing of best
practice.
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Follow-up and supporting framework
– Monitoring and evaluation of the common principles in the
framework of the Social Open Method of Coordination;
–Social dialogue: autonomous framework agreement on
inclusive labour markets
– Network of Local Authorities’ Observatories to monitor
and promote best practices on active inclusion policies
especially in relation to quality services and to analyse the
development and implementation of active inclusion strategies
at the local level.
–EU Financial Instruments: The Commission will encourage
use of the provisions of the new ESF regulation to support
active inclusion measures;
– PROGRESS: mutual learning projects and peer reviews
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Thank you for your attention
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