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EU Network of Independent Experts on Social Inclusion Homelessness and housing exclusion across EU Member States Recommendations Hugh Frazer & Eric Marlier Context • EU Network of independent experts on social inclusion: – independent experts from each of the 27 MSs as well as from Croatia, FYROM, Iceland, Serbia and Turkey (32 countries) – managed by Network Core Team: Hugh Frazer and Eric Marlier – 3 reports a year intended to support COM in its task of assessing independently implementation of EU Social Inclusion Process – ex: MIS, social monitoring of crisis, HHE, child P&SE… – main findings summarised in Synthesis Report with conclusions and “recommendations” re way forward: NCT responsibility – published reports available from PR & SA web-site • Today’s presentation: – based on 2009 Network reports on HHE – 15 minutes limited to recommendations – more: summary of main overall findings, full conclusions and detailed recommendations: web-site Recommendations (1/4) Political priority • Essential HHE issues remain integral part of Social OMC and be consolidated and continued post 2010 Definition • EU countries urgently need to arrive at a formally agreed definition – SPC and ISG have a key role to play in promoting agreement – European Typology of HHE (ETHOS), or initially a “reduced” version of it, as starting point • Member States where responsibility for HHE is devolved need to encourage a consistent approach to definition in devolved administrations Recommendations (2/4) Development of Strategies • MSs who have not already done so should consider developing comprehensive and integrated strategies to prevent and reduce HHE – clear objectives and quantified targets – multi-dimensional, balanced (3-pillar) “active inclusion approach” • MSs should strengthen governance arrangements related to HHE – effective coordination and integration of policies – ongoing involvement of all relevant stakeholders – effective links between the different levels of governance (national, regional and local) on HHE issues – promoting partnerships at local level • Clear allocation of resources to support integrated strategies – develop synergies with EU Structural Funds Recommendations (3/4) Exchange and learning • Maintain transnational exchange and learning under PROGRESS – greater clustering of stakeholders and different activities (MPHASIS project: very good practice!) • HHE should be one of the key themes in 2010 EU Year (FEANTSA consensus conference supported by BE Pres welcome) Recommendations (4/4) Measurement, monitoring and reporting • Agree common EU framework and common guidelines for measuring, monitoring & reporting on HHE • Regular EU report on MSs’ strategies to fight against HHE and on progress made (as part of Joint Report on SP&SI) • Monitor impact of economic and financial crisis on HHE as key part of EU level reporting on the social impact of the crisis • All MS to put in place a system for regularly collecting data on HHE and, as necessary, collating data from the regional and local levels – identify good national “package” of available data sources (e.g. surveys, registers, clients’ record data) & develop statistical capacity • Further enrich the new indicators on housing deprivation and complete them with a specific indicator on homelessness • Next (2011) Census: for first time compulsory for all EU countries to collect information on homelessness COM and MS (EP?) to urgently develop broad guidelines to ensure that data on at least rooflessness and houselessness be collected in an effective and (reasonably) consistent way