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EUROPEAN COMMISSION
DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal
Opportunities
Walter WOLF
Social protection and inclusion policies
Monitoring progress towards
the objectives of the European
Strategy for Social Protection
and Social Inclusion
Bucharest, 17 November 2009
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How does the EU work in the social area?
‘Open Method of Coordination’ (OMC)
• Definition of common Objectives
and agreed indicators
• Reporting to national partners and
to the EU (EC, Council, EP)
• Facilitating mutual learning and
exchange of good practices
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EU social protection and inclusion strategy
Overarching Objectives
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social cohesion, equality between men and women
and equal opportunities for all through adequate,
accessible, financially sustainable, adaptable and
efficient social protection systems and social
inclusion policies.
•
effective and mutual interaction between the
Lisbon objectives of greater economic growth,
more and better jobs and greater social cohesion,
and with the EU's Sustainable Development
Strategy.
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good governance, transparency and the
involvement of stakeholders in the design,
implementation and monitoring of policy
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The 2006 Social Inclusion Objectives
Making a decisive impact on the eradication of poverty and
social exclusion by ensuring:
• access for all to the resources, rights and services
needed for participation in society, addressing exclusion,
and fighting all forms of discrimination
• the active social inclusion of all, both by promoting
participation in the labour market and by fighting poverty
and exclusion
• that social inclusion policies are well coordinated and
involve all levels of government and relevant actors,
including people experiencing poverty, that they are
efficient and effective and mainstreamed into all relevant
public policies
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Expenditure on social protection
as % of GDP in the EU in 2006
Data Source: Eurostat, ESSPROS 2006
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Expenditure on social protection
in PPS per capita, 2006
Data Source: Eurostat, ESSPROS 2006
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Child poverty within the “Social OMC”:
Key policy developments 2006-2008
National Strategy Reports 2006
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Child poverty as an important challenge for many EU countries
March 2006 Council conclusions
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Member States are asked “to take necessary measures to rapidly and
significantly reduce child poverty, giving all children equal opportunities,
regardless of their social background”
2007 thematic year on child poverty
o SPC Report on Child Poverty and Well-Being (adopted in 2008)
o Specific reporting by MS on strategies to fight child poverty
o Peer Review of the Social Protection Committee
2008 National Strategy Reports
• A key priority in 24 Countries
• Many have set quantified targets in relation to child poverty
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Key policy conclusions endorsed by all
Member States (Joint Report 2008-2009)
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Policies promoting equal opportunities for all and improving
educational outcomes are key to tackle child poverty
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Fighting child poverty requires a combination of adequate
income support, quality jobs for parents and enabling services
for children and their families
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The best performers combine universal support towards all
children with measures targeted at the most disadvantaged (Roma
children!)
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Efforts to tackle child poverty will gain leverage from an evidencebased diagnosis of the main causes of poverty and exclusion in
each Member State
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Quantified objectives can be instrumental in making a decisive
impact on the eradication of child poverty
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At-risk-of poverty rate in the EU (%),
total, children and elderly, 2007
35
Elderly
in CY
51%
% of the relevant population
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
EU27 CZ
NL
SK
SE
DK
HU
AT
SI
FR
Total population
FI
LU
MT
BE
DE
CY
PL
Children aged 0-17
IE
PT
EE
LT
RO* UK
EL
ES
IT
LV
People aged 65+
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Material deprivation and risk of poverty, 2007
Material deprivation rate (serious economic strain)
at-risk of poverty rate
60
% of total population
50
40
30
20
10
LV
PL
LT
HU
SK
CY
EL
PT
CZ
EE
SI
IT
DE
BE
FR
IE
ES
UK
AT
FI
DK
NL
SE
LU
EU
0
So urce: Euro stat, EU-SILC(2007)
Source: Eurostat SILC 2007
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Difference between urban and rural
child poverty rate, EU 2005
30
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25
20
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Source: Zsuzsa FERGE (2009)
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At risk of poverty rates, 2007
Unemployed
Total (aged 18 and over)
70
50
40
30
20
10
UK
EE
LT
LV
CZ
DE
SK
HU
LU
PL
IT
AT
IE
MT
FI
RO
BG
ES
SI
FR
BE
GR
DK
PT
NL
CY
0
EU25
SE
% of population concerned
60
So urce: Euro stat, EU-SILC (2007)
Source: Eurostat SILC 2007
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Children living in jobless households, 2007
18,0
% of total population concerned
16,0
14,0
12,0
10,0
8,0
6,0
4,0
2,0
0,0
EU- SI CY EL LU PT ES DK IT
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Children (0-17)
NL AT FI
LT EE CZ MT LV DE RO PL FR SK IE BG BE HU UK
Adults (18-59 - not students)
Source: Eurostat Labour Force Survey 2007, spring results, data missing for SE
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In work poverty: at-risk-of-poverty rate of
people in employment 18 and over, 2007 (%)
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14
12
%
10
8
6
4
2
0
EU27CZ BE DK MT RO FI NL SI SK AT CY FR HU IE DE SE EE LT UK LU IT LV PT ES PL EL
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Impact of social transfers (excl. pensions) on atrisk-of-poverty rate, total and children 2007 (%)
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
EU27 EL ES IT BG(1)
RO(2)LV CY EE PT LT MT UK PL SK LU DE IE BE SI CZ FR AT NL FI DK HU SE
Total population
Children aged 0-17
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Main achievements of the “Social OMC”
in the fight against child poverty
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Importance of child poverty on national agendas increased
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Broader understanding of the multidimensional nature of the issue
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Common indicators have been made available and further work is
being done, notably on material deprivation and on child well being
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The target-setting approach has gained relevance
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Mutual learning has taken place (e.g.: in the areas of pre-school
education)
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Stakeholders involvement in policy making has improved, although
in uneven manner across MS
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From processes to results:
Is there evidence of improvements?
• Latest data on child poverty give more than one reason
for concern, not only when we look at the most recent
figures, but also when we look at trends
• On average, in the period 2005-2007 at-risk-of-poverty
rates for children have remained broadly unchanged at
EU level (19%)
• While the risk of poverty has declined in the ‘new’ MS
(from 25% to 21%), it has slightly increased in the EU 15,
and some countries that were traditionally ‘good
performers’ have not managed to keep their good record
• Even more worryingly, available data refer to 2007 and
do not still reflect the impact of the crisis
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2nd Joint Assessment by the SPC and the EC
Social impact of the economic crisis
and of policy responses
• labour market (flexible working time
arrangements: maintain workers in
employment; activation/re-integration)
• income support (minimum income/wage)
• measures to mitigate the direct impact of the
financial crisis on households (protect
mortgage holders/access to credits)
• investments in social and health infrastructure
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Main areas for improvement
• Boosting analytical capacity, more and more timely
data, broader use of indicators and target
• Reinforcing horizontal and vertical coordination in
policy making
• Strengthening the mutual learning process
• Sustaining quality and continuous stakeholders'
involvement
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Child poverty in the Commission
work programme for 2010
Follow-up on key policy messages endorsed by MS
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New data
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2009 SILC module on material deprivation includes 20 child specific items
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Developing indicators of child well-being
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New analytical evidence
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Seminar on child poverty and well-being (26 November 09 in Brussels) –
presentation of a study financed by the European Commission
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Commission staff working paper on child poverty, with a strong focus on
target setting
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Focus on vulnerable children
Within the context of thematic focus on migrants and ethnic minorities
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Further Information:
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Opportunities website:
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